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NOMADS: The HCI Podcast!

Connie and Sunny, two HCI grad students talk to professionals from diverse and rich backgrounds in the field of Human-Computer Interaction. As you see, we'd like to call ourselves NOMADS as we have been moving from place to place, away from our comfort zones, friends and family not only for opportunities and wisdom, but mainly because we want to make these societies more Equitable, Humane and Accessible through HCI and Technology! While HCI, Design and Tech are considered to be niche and fancy, I think we are responsible to create outreach about what we do and why it matters for all the 7 billion people(in the long run, of course).

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NOMADS: The HCI Podcast!

Becoming the CEO of Your Own Life w/Sanika Doolani

September 11, 2020 • Sunny M • Season 1 • Episode 2

NOMADS welcomes Sanika Doolani for our second episode! We talk about Sanika's' unique journey from India, where you can be an Engineer or a Doctor or...if you're like Sanika, transition into HCI from Computer Science background. By owning her own life--"becoming the CEO of her own life", Sanika discusses how she harnesses her thinking skills to create an optimal balance to work in industry and research and her plans to solve economic inequalities using HCI such as her project, "At Your Service" conceptualized to create employment for daily workers in India during the COVID-19 pandemic. How do you think you can become a "CEO" of your own life?

Connect with Sanika Doolani:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanikadoolani/
https://starsanika.com

For further info on what we discussed:

AR vs VR | Virtual Reality Lets You Escape the World. Augmented Reality Improves It.https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/01/augmented-reality-vs-virtual-reality-the-future-of-tech.html
TED Talk by Elon Musk | First Principles Thinking for problem-solving: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIwLWfaAg-8
Steve Jobs WWDC Keynote 1997 | Designing products from users to tech, not the other way around!
OGMA | VR Language Learning System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFMfm7nkUCM&feature=youtu.be
Life during Pandemic | At Your Service App for India: https://starsanika.com/at-your-service-app

About US:
Sunny and Connie (Co-host) are grad students majoring in Human-Computer Interaction and are passionate about designing experiences to empower people around the world.