PinnedDesigning a people friendly hackathonI have attended a lot of hackathons since I started at UCLA (about 25) and I have organized a few including LA Hacks and HackingEDU. …Hackathons7 min readHackathons7 min read
May 19, 2021Building a Creative Community at UCLA (2016 Archive)I have been really passionate about design and web development ever since high school. …Design4 min readDesign4 min read
Jun 14, 2017Tutorial : How to do Full Screen Youtube Video Embeds without Any Black BarsEDIT: There seem to be some issues with this as of 04/24/18 and would advise against using this. Sorry I’ll try to update it if I get some time and can find the issue. A common thing people try to do is have fullscreen Youtube/Vimeo embeds on their webpages. While…CSS2 min readCSS2 min read
Jan 27, 2017Improving language learning in Duolingo through conversationsDuolingo is an amazing application that allows people to learn different languages through self-paced exercises. Chat bots were introduced a few days ago which try to simulate a conversation between a bot, letting users practice what they’ve learnt in a free form environment. The Problem The main purpose of learning a new…Language Learning6 min readLanguage Learning6 min read
Published inCreative Labs·Sep 16, 2016Project: Redesigning the Digital NewspaperThis is the first UX project I led at Creative Labs at UCLA which we started in Spring 2016 for digital design collaboration. I facilitated brainstorming in a group of six people and everyone helped with wireframing. …Design9 min readDesign9 min read
Apr 8, 2016Uber Design Challenge 2: Choosing dates for travelDesign challenge for Uber Design Internship Extracted Prompt: Problem Designing how someone might schedule their trip (both flight and lodging) on a travel booking website. Design the date selection process in particular. User Stories Since not a lot of details were given about the users, I thought of the 3 biggest types of users and…4 min read4 min read
Apr 8, 2016Uber Design Challenge 1: Multi SelectionDesign challenge for Uber Design Internship Extracted Prompt: Problem Revising OS X to support multi touch without the use of a keyboard but with continued support for a mouse. Start by focusing on design tools like Sketch or Illustrator Use Cases Selecting from lists of items Selecting from icons in a folder Selecting from objects…4 min read4 min read
Mar 12, 2016Founders School @ UCLA: Behind the designOne of the projects I am currently working on is designing the landing page for Founders School, an event at UCLA. I was however bored of making the same sort of landing pages for everything and wanted to do something more edgy+creative this time and explore different design possibilities. …Design5 min readDesign5 min read
Mar 10, 2016Beautiful EggertSolving a very simple but long withstanding issue with UCLA CS course specs — The Problem Have you ever been incredibly frustrated by something and wished someone would do something about it every time you encountered it? Well one of these things for me (and as I would soon realize for the rest of the CS students at UCLA as well) was the course specs for…CSS4 min readCSS4 min read
