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Swapnil Acharya

Official ideas, opinions and rantings from Swapnil.
Latest Episode2/27/2023

Design Q&A: Episode 1

Season 2, Ep. 1
You have asked me a bunch of question over time on various social media platforms. I may have gotten back to you with individual responses but then somebody else would come along and ask the exact same question. So, I decided to compile all of yours frequently asked questions and make a podcast out of it.This is one of the first episodes in Q&A format. I will do more of these in the future - so if you want something answered, simply reach out to me with your question.
2/27/2023

Design Q&A: Episode 1

Season 2, Ep. 1
You have asked me a bunch of question over time on various social media platforms. I may have gotten back to you with individual responses but then somebody else would come along and ask the exact same question. So, I decided to compile all of yours frequently asked questions and make a podcast out of it.This is one of the first episodes in Q&A format. I will do more of these in the future - so if you want something answered, simply reach out to me with your question.
9/29/2022

Do designers need domain specialization?

Season 1, Ep. 5
Can designers afford to be generalists or is there a need for them to focus and excel in a specfic domain or an industry? It is a question that I asked myself a decade ago and decided to go on a path that would make me really good in one thing and one thing only; and it helped!
9/20/2022

What do design titles really mean?

Season 1, Ep. 4
In this episode, we take a look at various titles and positions used by designers and their employers. While most of the roles are straightforward and describe what the designer really does, some titles are already confusing and to add insult to injury; designers use these terms without really knowing what it means. I will try to clear up the fog around designer titles so that you can use your title with confidence.
9/8/2022

Why Introverts Don't Make Great Designers

Season 1, Ep. 3
A designer's career is very much reliant on their ability to express and articulate themselves. Design is not something you sit in the back bench and do in solitude. Design follows a process where you need to interact with users and stakeholders at every stage of the project life cycle. In this podcast, I will break it down for you why you, as a designer need to verbose about what you do and always keep a tab on the people around you who make an impact on what you do.
8/31/2022

Why are Government Websites so Bad?

Season 1, Ep. 2
We're talking about Nepal government websites. There are so many of them but each one of them has their own unique crippling user experience, awful design aesthetics and messed up content priorities. Are these websites really dumb or they're actually quite smart to be dumb by design? In this episode we see some of the reasons why Nepali government websites have terrible UX, and hopefully by able to prescribe few solution to stakeholders.
8/24/2022

Getting started with my Design Journey

Season 1, Ep. 1
So yea, I'm quite literally getting started all over again with this podcast business. But in this video, I talk about how I got started into design and how one thing led to another. The decision to become a designer did not happen overnight and it is a process that kept repeating itself over and over every time I tried doing something new with my life.