NITESH KUMAR

My Tryst With IMG

As I sit in front of my laptop, reading IMG's description, it reads something like this. IMG (Information Management Group) is a student's group in IIT Roorkee responsible for development and maintainance of internet and intranet applications in the institute, including the website of IIT Roorkee. But after spending about 4 years with the group, I would like to define it as a group of very passionate people who work their asses off to keep this institute running like a well-oiled machine. If there's one thing that IMG has taught me, it is to leave my comfort zone, fail spectacularly…

Why Sketch

Have you ever tried explaining a complex idea to someone? An Idea that is crystal clear to you but it just doesn't come out as you have it in your mind. This is because everyone listening to you is sketching their own version of your idea in their minds, which might be very different than yours. Different people have different visual languages. The circles in your head maybe squares in someone else's. Now, have you tried explaining an idea with a sketch on a paper or maybe a whiteboard? Everyone is on the exact same page and knows exactly what…

Jukebox Design Notes

4 years ago, when I opened Channel i for the first time, I saw a tiny box at the top. It looked like my windows file explorer and had a lot of folders. As I explored, I found that those folders were albums and I could select and play a song just as I would do on my computer. It was called Jukebox and it was one of the interesting bits of Channel i at that time. Back in 2012, when Channel i was rethought and built from scratch, that version of Jukebox was depricated. We knew that eventually we…

Hello there!

Welcome to my new blog. I've been looking for the perfect place to write for a while now. It would be a joy to write on, would let me experiment with design and wouldn't own my writing. This is the closest I've gotten. Those who know me for a while, know Parchment to be something different. For me, parchment is an excuse to share little mind explosions I have sometimes, to be creative and to say something. So when I sat down to name my blog, I thought,"what would be better than parchment"! With this blog I will try…