Senseless Syndrome

ramanujam November 15th, 2006

Yesterday was World Usability day 2006 and the chennai conference was held at Tidel Park. I was not sure whether to go there or not and later chucked it. It was supposed to start at 4 o clock in the evening.

3:20(at my home): I was completely out of the world!I was inside the Heart of Gold spaceship on the Infinite Improbability Drive. Ok…It was in the nice book The Hitch hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy in which i completed reading the first part today.
Grrrr…..Grrrr…..
[My cell phone vibrates....]
Sagaro: Machan, we will go da…..
Me: it’s 3:20….ok i will start now.
[cut...After the 8 seconds call]

I closed the book and hurriedly took a shower and in another ten minutes i was standing outside my home ready to go to tidel park. It is some 10 km from my home ( i guess) and it was 3:35 already and i would noway be there by 4 0 clock. The bus stand is in front of my flat and no use in waiting and i stopped an auto …

Me:Tidel park ….
Auto driver: evlo kudupeenga????
Me: nengale sollunga….
Auto driver:Hmmmnnn…..120 rupees..
Me:?!?!?!?
Just then the aadi ku oru vaati amavasai ku oru vaati vara direct bus which travels between my flat entrance and Tidel Park entrance came….
I took the bus and reached there to see that i was the third registrant and the event was delayed by some 45 minutes.Huh! corporate world! Anyway saved Rs.116.50 !

Only few people were there and i sat in one chair after collecting the papers they gave. Jammy was roaming there and he waved…

Jammy: Inga enna da panra??
Me: Knowledge Foundation….
Jammy: Ada paavingala!!!!

I was waiting for S and others and after 5 min i heard a familiar voice and all the Knowledge Foundation(TKF) makkal were sitting in the far end. Some of the sessions were boring. The last one by Prof Anirudha from IDC,IIT Mumbai on Human computer interface and software engineering process was nice although i didn’t get most of what he said except the cartoon which he played at the start. In between Vijay spoke about Proto the event to be conducted by TKF. We took the usability quiz and dropped the papers but the results were not given. Overall the event was nice except the cold samosas at the break;) Also met Thennavan and had a few words with him. Later thothified with kiruba and due thanks to him for dropping me at home:)

World+usability+day WUD+chennai usability

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