looking ahead

I'm mainly interested in Corporate branding and I'd like to be exposed to different media of information dissemination like print, intranet, internet, cd presentations or any new media in the making. The collateral impact of various sources has to be regulated to capture the target audience and it is this challenge that inspires me to get my hands into this exercise on a daily basis.


I have been designing logos, making animated ads, print ads and layouts, designing layouts for web, have worked in 3d; spined by basic art skills. See http://www.kariyal.com for detailed work.

looking ahead

I'm mainly interested in Corporate branding and I'd like to be exposed to different media of information dissemination like print, intranet, internet, cd presentations or any new media in the making. The collateral impact of various sources has to be regulated to capture the target audience and it is this challenge that inspires me to get my hands into this exercise on a daily basis.

I have been designing logos, making animated ads, print ads and layouts, designing layouts for web, have worked in 3d; spined by basic art skills. See http://www.kariyal.com for detailed work.

Charge me up

Up Fly Focus Soar Drive Fast Quick Charge Dig Sense Live Dance Hard Push Chase Start Jump Encourage Love Listen Accept Hug Shoot Straight Fight Challenge See Understand Suggest Argue Assimilate Decide Conclude Plan Act Deploy Maintain Connect Reply Respond Reciprocate Run Sweat Try Again Extend Smile Laugh Appreciate Fix Attend Sing Aloud Feel Search Call Meet Learn Enjoy Move Ahead Open Imagine Deep Fantasize Reach High Higher Survey Think life give donate


Surinder, I read something like this on your blog somewhere-

"10% of Life happens to you. The other 90% is about how you respond to it. "


Someday, I'll tell you how this has been helpful!

Charge me up

Up Fly Focus Soar Drive Fast Quick Charge Dig Sense Live Dance Hard Push Chase Start Jump Encourage Love Listen Accept Hug Shoot Straight Fight Challenge See Understand Suggest Argue Assimilate Decide Conclude Plan Act Deploy Maintain Connect Reply Respond Reciprocate Run Sweat Try Again Extend Smile Laugh Appreciate Fix Attend Sing Aloud Feel Search Call Meet Learn Enjoy Move Ahead Open Imagine Deep Fantasize Reach High Higher Survey Think life give donate

Surinder, I read something like this on your blog somewhere-
"10% of Life happens to you. The other 90% is about how you respond to it. "

Someday, I'll tell you how this has been helpful!

change

The traveler and the midget walked down the road in the middle of the night, flanked by their pet wolves on either side. Both were lost in their thoughts; the traveler being in love and the midget in search of work. Their thoughts became transparent as each suggested to the other what they wanted for themselves!


"Why don't you get married?", said the traveler.

"Not now, I need a better job." He paused. "What about that other turf you went in search of? Do you plan to move on or stay put where you are?"

"Haven't decided."

They got into the carriage and headed out for supper.


Change is good. Change is disturbing. Change ruffles the settled and points to new directions in this endless voyage into this seamless, infinite, unpredictable life. Leave behind what cannot be fixed. You're not God. A lot needs to be done, so look ahead.

change

The traveler and the midget walked down the road in the middle of the night, flanked by their pet wolves on either side. Both were lost in their thoughts; the traveler being in love and the midget in search of work. Their thoughts became transparent as each suggested to the other what they wanted for themselves!

"Why don't you get married?", said the traveler.
"Not now, I need a better job." He paused. "What about that other turf you went in search of? Do you plan to move on or stay put where you are?"
"Haven't decided."
They got into the carriage and headed out for supper.

Change is good. Change is disturbing. Change ruffles the settled and points to new directions in this endless voyage into this seamless, infinite, unpredictable life. Leave behind what cannot be fixed. You're not God. A lot needs to be done, so look ahead.

thick blue paint

It doesn't matter how talented I am if I can't create an environment where my work is in synchronised tandem with others. Improvement done on a small scale immediately affects the top line growth of the firm. The act may be as microscopically and minutely tiny as moving a graphic by one pixel on the web page of the firm's intranet, but that act immediately creates a life form that flits and floats towards the overall giant aura that is like the sun, made of godazillions of fireballs, triggering a growth and evolution process that smashes past an artificial ceiling denoting a dated benchmark for quality and spreads- like seeds from a farmer's hand into tilled soil, pollen from a bee scattered among sunflowers, like sunlight ambushing dark space, like thick blue paint spreading in a glass of clear water, like a deluge bursting past a broken dam wall, like fine dust spreading in the air, like school children exploding out of the building in the afternoon, like a thousand birds fluttering out of a tree together, like sparks out of aerial fireworks, like water out of a wet dog drying himself, like the roots of a hundred-year-old tree and like a thought permeating the mind.

Here's to one year of blogging. Since I started on my 30th birthday, it makes it easy to remember. Cheers!

thick blue paint

It doesn't matter how talented I am if I can't create an environment where my work is in synchronised tandem with others. Improvement done on a small scale immediately affects the top line growth of the firm. The act may be as microscopically and minutely tiny as moving a graphic by one pixel on the web page of the firm's intranet, but that act immediately creates a life form that flits and floats towards the overall giant aura that is like the sun, made of godazillions of fireballs, triggering a growth and evolution process that smashes past an artificial ceiling denoting a dated benchmark for quality and spreads- like seeds from a farmer's hand into tilled soil, pollen from a bee scattered among sunflowers, like sunlight ambushing dark space, like thick blue paint spreading in a glass of clear water, like a deluge bursting past a broken dam wall, like fine dust spreading in the air, like school children exploding out of the building in the afternoon, like a thousand birds fluttering out of a tree together, like sparks out of aerial fireworks, like water out of a wet dog drying himself, like the roots of a hundred-year-old tree and like a thought permeating the mind.
Here's to one year of blogging. Since I started on my 30th birthday, it makes it easy to remember. Cheers!

One Life

I am capable of deploying branding and recall techniques in any media I can lay my hands on. I've already done it in print, internet and motion graphics. Ok, now that I know this, what am I doing about it?

Just One Life, dammit. Do something with it. If I don't act fast, I'll be convinced I'm nothing more than the Chinese astro sign that I am. A Stubborn and complacent ox sitting on the divider on the road. Do something, Arjun!

One Life

I am capable of deploying branding and recall techniques in any media I can lay my hands on. I've already done it in print, internet and motion graphics. Ok, now that I know this, what am I doing about it?
Just One Life, dammit. Do something with it. If I don't act fast, I'll be convinced I'm nothing more than the Chinese astro sign that I am. A Stubborn and complacent ox sitting on the divider on the road. Do something, Arjun!

Devinder is in Denver. A man travelling with a digital camera, living out of a suitcase and through hotel rooms, suddenly looks up and clicks the sight of sky scrapers merging into the sky, nose to nose with a Lufthansa, uploads a picture now and then. Wohoooo man you're living MY kinda life!

Cheers!

karry


Iglesias's 'Hero' seeping into my headphones... this is getting surreal!!!!!



Blogger has a new set of templates which looked tempting enough for me to give a shot at. Although there was a warning message saying that the entire template would be modified, I didn't think of the comments. Aarrgh... I'm feeling really bad about having lost those. What's possible now is commenting as 'anonymous'. Feel free to give me a piece of your mind... anonymously, if you like!


Also, the reason I've reverted back to this same old template is that the 'links' section disappears in the rest. Now I may have lost your comments, but I can't lose track of your blogs, can I? :)

Devinder is in Denver. A man travelling with a digital camera, living out of a suitcase and through hotel rooms, suddenly looks up and clicks the sight of sky scrapers merging into the sky, nose to nose with a Lufthansa, uploads a picture now and then. Wohoooo man you're living MY kinda life!
Cheers!
karry

Iglesias's 'Hero' seeping into my headphones... this is getting surreal!!!!!


Blogger has a new set of templates which looked tempting enough for me to give a shot at. Although there was a warning message saying that the entire template would be modified, I didn't think of the comments. Aarrgh... I'm feeling really bad about having lost those. What's possible now is commenting as 'anonymous'. Feel free to give me a piece of your mind... anonymously, if you like!

Also, the reason I've reverted back to this same old template is that the 'links' section disappears in the rest. Now I may have lost your comments, but I can't lose track of your blogs, can I? :)

grab those horns!

Ok, I've figured it out. There are basically 2 kinds of people- those who play it safe and those who venture out to do new things and also take the risk of looking stupid. History is witness to the fact that new ideas were always rubbished as pruducts of foolish minds. The 'safety softies' will stand on the side and watch, jeer and mock at the ones who step into the arena and dare to face the challenge and take it by the horns.

I just decided what I'd rather be. I can't imagine spending this lifetime doing things that have already been flogged to death.


Je suis très très joyeux. Aujourd'hui, je mettre un colleague dans lui place!

grab those horns!

Ok, I've figured it out. There are basically 2 kinds of people- those who play it safe and those who venture out to do new things and also take the risk of looking stupid. History is witness to the fact that new ideas were always rubbished as pruducts of foolish minds. The 'safety softies' will stand on the side and watch, jeer and mock at the ones who step into the arena and dare to face the challenge and take it by the horns.
I just decided what I'd rather be. I can't imagine spending this lifetime doing things that have already been flogged to death.

Je suis très très joyeux. Aujourd'hui, je mettre un colleague dans lui place!

Rock on!

According to Teen Hollywood's survey on the smelliest celebrities, Metallica, my all-time favourite band, ranks at number 9 (the whole band?!!). Reek on, guys!

Rock on!

According to Teen Hollywood's survey on the smelliest celebrities, Metallica, my all-time favourite band, ranks at number 9 (the whole band?!!). Reek on, guys!

safe

I can tolerate incompetent morons anywhere, anyplace, anytime. What gets difficult to handle is someone at work, a 'superior' who takes that coveted title, imposing his unpolished, crude, unsophisticated, run-of-the-mill, decaying, 'safe' ideas as products of experience on the team. What people don't realize is, resorting to this may surely help keep your job, (reminds me of the rat in the cylinderical treadmill) but will never get one to achieve a break-through. The best years of our life are wasted by 'playing it safe'. FUCK YOU.

What's hilarious is when dumbfucks like this try to be different, they come up with 'ideas' that are disfunctional enough to fuck up the whole effort altogether but feel good about the fact that they said something 'different'.


I hope the concerned person reads this. Was that offensive? Good. that's the whole fucking point. Atleast you're alive enough to feel it. Here it goes again. FUCK YOU, ARSEHOLE.

Bottom line, if you can't come up with something decent, let someone who can. He's probably confident enough to face the odds. Unlike you.

safe

I can tolerate incompetent morons anywhere, anyplace, anytime. What gets difficult to handle is someone at work, a 'superior' who takes that coveted title, imposing his unpolished, crude, unsophisticated, run-of-the-mill, decaying, 'safe' ideas as products of experience on the team. What people don't realize is, resorting to this may surely help keep your job, (reminds me of the rat in the cylinderical treadmill) but will never get one to achieve a break-through. The best years of our life are wasted by 'playing it safe'. FUCK YOU.
What's hilarious is when dumbfucks like this try to be different, they come up with 'ideas' that are disfunctional enough to fuck up the whole effort altogether but feel good about the fact that they said something 'different'.

I hope the concerned person reads this. Was that offensive? Good. that's the whole fucking point. Atleast you're alive enough to feel it. Here it goes again. FUCK YOU, ARSEHOLE.
Bottom line, if you can't come up with something decent, let someone who can. He's probably confident enough to face the odds. Unlike you.

FFFFfffffff...uming hot...

What I need in my coke is ice, lots of ice.

FFFFfffffff...uming hot...

What I need in my coke is ice, lots of ice.

Swing while you're winning.. and what a swing!

Shining India up didn't work. Neglected farmers can bring the house down; just the chance the awaiting vultures needed.

We also have younger charismatic people here with new ideas and a fresh outlook who appeal to the people as compared to a geriatric brigade of fundamentalists who dwell on mob culture and have agendas with communalist inclinations, reflecting their perception of the people's intelligence and priorities. The tables have turned and it whacks in the knee!

Swing while you're winning.. and what a swing!

Shining India up didn't work. Neglected farmers can bring the house down; just the chance the awaiting vultures needed.
We also have younger charismatic people here with new ideas and a fresh outlook who appeal to the people as compared to a geriatric brigade of fundamentalists who dwell on mob culture and have agendas with communalist inclinations, reflecting their perception of the people's intelligence and priorities. The tables have turned and it whacks in the knee!

ying yang

Saw the soul test on Reshma's site.

It's actually for girls only; but then, who will stop me?



You have a free soul! As all the souls go, yours is
the most free-spirited and adventurous. You
like camping, hiking, or interaction with other
people. Your a social butterfly, but not
because of your style, but because of your
willingness to communicate with everyone. You
probably have close friends who can rely on you
because you always seem to know whats going on
in the world. You love music and are
free-spirited and someone fun to be around. A
born leader and great explorer-dont ever
change-the world needs more people like you.



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ying yang

Saw the soul test on Reshma's site.
It's actually for girls only; but then, who will stop me?


You have a free soul! As all the souls go, yours is
the most free-spirited and adventurous. You
like camping, hiking, or interaction with other
people. Your a social butterfly, but not
because of your style, but because of your
willingness to communicate with everyone. You
probably have close friends who can rely on you
because you always seem to know whats going on
in the world. You love music and are
free-spirited and someone fun to be around. A
born leader and great explorer-dont ever
change-the world needs more people like you.


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bad boy, good car

I drove like a maniac today to get mom to the Railway station. She had to catch the 9:50 a.m. train to Bangalore. What I didn't do was take into consideration morning traffic through a metro construction route. I spent the next one hour speeding, honking, criss-crossing, shuttling over the yellow line and jumping a stop light. All the while I had one thing on my mind- if mom missed the train, there'll be no end to me hearing about this FOR LIFE. For the first time she sat silently throughtout the stretch; probably saving it up for the event of missing the train! I topped the cake by parking badly and skipping the platform ticket.

We sprinted through the station to reach the third platform. The train moved 1 minute after mom got into the compartment. My sweetie 800 saved my life today. Kisses to you, babyjaan. For being a bad citizen, I'll make up for it someday.

Here I am, wondering how I pulled it off without a scratch on my baby or me. Next time you see a bad driver on the road, don't cuss at the machine, blame the driver.

bad boy, good car

I drove like a maniac today to get mom to the Railway station. She had to catch the 9:50 a.m. train to Bangalore. What I didn't do was take into consideration morning traffic through a metro construction route. I spent the next one hour speeding, honking, criss-crossing, shuttling over the yellow line and jumping a stop light. All the while I had one thing on my mind- if mom missed the train, there'll be no end to me hearing about this FOR LIFE. For the first time she sat silently throughtout the stretch; probably saving it up for the event of missing the train! I topped the cake by parking badly and skipping the platform ticket.
We sprinted through the station to reach the third platform. The train moved 1 minute after mom got into the compartment. My sweetie 800 saved my life today. Kisses to you, babyjaan. For being a bad citizen, I'll make up for it someday.
Here I am, wondering how I pulled it off without a scratch on my baby or me. Next time you see a bad driver on the road, don't cuss at the machine, blame the driver.

When superpowers deploy inhuman methods to establish control, it's a sure sign of the epoch of another barbaric era. There's a certain implication of a set of values that are imposed on the rest of the world; to subjugate a faith and race for ulterior motives. Since they are capable of intimidating the loquacious media and influential armchair intellectuals, bogus justifications are ready to be served when needed, with the dressing and the candle light. Is this the meaning of being a superpower?

160. It's getting difficult to motivate myself.

When superpowers deploy inhuman methods to establish control, it's a sure sign of the epoch of another barbaric era. There's a certain implication of a set of values that are imposed on the rest of the world; to subjugate a faith and race for ulterior motives. Since they are capable of intimidating the loquacious media and influential armchair intellectuals, bogus justifications are ready to be served when needed, with the dressing and the candle light. Is this the meaning of being a superpower?

160. It's getting difficult to motivate myself.

102. My mind is somewhere else. all I'm trying to do is get the basketball pole and board set up with the gang and the committee's help so the kids can play ball. It'll never be that easy. Everyone must have a say and atleast one reason which is an obstacle. How does one get a job done through this 'ego forest'? This is a crucial learning process- tackling people. Remids me of what David said- just do it because there are too many cooks.


+61. Is that a fish tail I see in my triceps?

102. My mind is somewhere else. all I'm trying to do is get the basketball pole and board set up with the gang and the committee's help so the kids can play ball. It'll never be that easy. Everyone must have a say and atleast one reason which is an obstacle. How does one get a job done through this 'ego forest'? This is a crucial learning process- tackling people. Remids me of what David said- just do it because there are too many cooks.

+61. Is that a fish tail I see in my triceps?

130. I have this nice tingling sensation running down the back of my arms and a teeny weeny headache. If I'm not doing that last set, then basically dinner gets lighter too.

Two more weeks for my French exams. It's pointless doing French unless one mugs up the verbs and their conjugations.

There's loads of freelance print work happening and my comp can't handle it. Why do I think so hard on upgrading?

Finally got the gang to agree on a vendor for the basketball court. Aargh... there's politics EVERYwhere!


Awe, c'mon. do that last set, will ya?!


+34. Good boy! G'nite.

130. I have this nice tingling sensation running down the back of my arms and a teeny weeny headache. If I'm not doing that last set, then basically dinner gets lighter too.
Two more weeks for my French exams. It's pointless doing French unless one mugs up the verbs and their conjugations.
There's loads of freelance print work happening and my comp can't handle it. Why do I think so hard on upgrading?
Finally got the gang to agree on a vendor for the basketball court. Aargh... there's politics EVERYwhere!

Awe, c'mon. do that last set, will ya?!

+34. Good boy! G'nite.

162. Lean. Flex. Stretch. Burn. Breathe. The hell with the day's schedule. Encore. Cross 150 tomorrow too.

162. Lean. Flex. Stretch. Burn. Breathe. The hell with the day's schedule. Encore. Cross 150 tomorrow too.

day tripper

Today, I had black current and butterscotch icecream in the same bowl. Since I was having tea just before that, it was melting in the wait. When I turned to the ice cream, lo and behold! The two colours- violet and yellow, were swirling in a psychedelic whirl in some places and were flowing in vibrant rivers of high viscosity in another like volcanoes of each had errupted in close proximity. There were raisin boulders and butterscotch rocks being helplessly carried away in a giant metal scoop to finally endup in a huge gorge... yummmmm!

day tripper

Today, I had black current and butterscotch icecream in the same bowl. Since I was having tea just before that, it was melting in the wait. When I turned to the ice cream, lo and behold! The two colours- violet and yellow, were swirling in a psychedelic whirl in some places and were flowing in vibrant rivers of high viscosity in another like volcanoes of each had errupted in close proximity. There were raisin boulders and butterscotch rocks being helplessly carried away in a giant metal scoop to finally endup in a huge gorge... yummmmm!

jock

One hundred and fifty pushups done today, on a weekday. Not a Saturday or a Sunday but a weekday. I'm the man. Didja hear me? Aa sed am da MAAAAAAAN.


Pushups are the best, complete-body workout. It's least expensive too. All one needs is 1 x 2 meters of floorspace. Time management, Clarity and focus on schedules also slips in top gear. Does this have something to do with the blood running into the head? I actually WANT to revise my French lessons now.

C'est un beau jour! Je suis tres tres heureux.


Sgt. Arjun: Alright, ye smart ass. Simmer down now. We'll see how good your French is tomorrow, in class. This is probably the ONLY French you know. God-damn #@%*& punk... quel l'idiot...

jock

One hundred and fifty pushups done today, on a weekday. Not a Saturday or a Sunday but a weekday. I'm the man. Didja hear me? Aa sed am da MAAAAAAAN.

Pushups are the best, complete-body workout. It's least expensive too. All one needs is 1 x 2 meters of floorspace. Time management, Clarity and focus on schedules also slips in top gear. Does this have something to do with the blood running into the head? I actually WANT to revise my French lessons now.
C'est un beau jour! Je suis tres tres heureux.

Sgt. Arjun: Alright, ye smart ass. Simmer down now. We'll see how good your French is tomorrow, in class. This is probably the ONLY French you know. God-damn #@%*& punk... quel l'idiot...

I haven't had a drag in 14 days now. Today, when the guys went to the terrace garden for a smoke, I took along a cup of coffee and a few biscuits. The hands have to be kept busy. Since smoking kills the appetite, the aftermath of abstaining is putting on weight. I guess this is where the pushups come in- to tackle the eating binge that accrues from not smoking. The other problem is this constant lamenting on quiting. I'll probably make a big deal out of it till kingdom come.

Now here's the best thing that's come out of it.

I've suddenly become more organized- with my thoughts, work, quality time, money, my inspiration and my desire to learn new things. I'm now looking forward to what life has to offer, unlike earlier when I was more into what a bitch life is. Which of 4000 chemicals in a cigarette induces depression? Do they all work together like hyperactive cooks with a deadline to meet in a small kitchen? There has to be a tangible explanation for this because I've observed this difference in other smokers and non-smokers. Ouch... I'm hungry again...

I haven't had a drag in 14 days now. Today, when the guys went to the terrace garden for a smoke, I took along a cup of coffee and a few biscuits. The hands have to be kept busy. Since smoking kills the appetite, the aftermath of abstaining is putting on weight. I guess this is where the pushups come in- to tackle the eating binge that accrues from not smoking. The other problem is this constant lamenting on quiting. I'll probably make a big deal out of it till kingdom come.
Now here's the best thing that's come out of it.
I've suddenly become more organized- with my thoughts, work, quality time, money, my inspiration and my desire to learn new things. I'm now looking forward to what life has to offer, unlike earlier when I was more into what a bitch life is. Which of 4000 chemicals in a cigarette induces depression? Do they all work together like hyperactive cooks with a deadline to meet in a small kitchen? There has to be a tangible explanation for this because I've observed this difference in other smokers and non-smokers. Ouch... I'm hungry again...

I ache to know the Royal Enfield Bullet well and inside out. I wish I understood what's going on here (and the pages linked to it with hardcore info on the Bull's idiosyncrasies):


http://www.cybersteering.com/cruise/feature/bullet/thescience.html


I wish I could just download this stuff straight into my head like Neo did with the chopper manual. I mean I just plug this cable into the back of my cranium, crash for a while and when I wake up, I see the matrix. I turn to look at a Bullet and I see the bike in cross sections, like a transparent 3d application, like a blown up assembly diagram. There you go; that's nirvana for me.

I ache to know the Royal Enfield Bullet well and inside out. I wish I understood what's going on here (and the pages linked to it with hardcore info on the Bull's idiosyncrasies):

http://www.cybersteering.com/cruise/feature/bullet/thescience.html

I wish I could just download this stuff straight into my head like Neo did with the chopper manual. I mean I just plug this cable into the back of my cranium, crash for a while and when I wake up, I see the matrix. I turn to look at a Bullet and I see the bike in cross sections, like a transparent 3d application, like a blown up assembly diagram. There you go; that's nirvana for me.

toy collector

I picked up Gorm with a Mcdonald's's happy meal today-


http://www.lego.com/galidor/products/default.asp?id=2


From an eight-year old's point of view, I was thrilled and wanted all his buddies lined up on my bedstand. From a 31-year old's perspective, it was a neat marketing strategy between Lego and Mcdonald's. So this character designer basically sits with the marketing studs and they devise methods to get kids hooked onto happy meals. They ought to put 2 lines of text describing the character in the pamphlet so just in case the kid wants to brag about his toy, he has something to say to his soon-to-be-jealous friends. This description is present on the website, not with the toy. Agreed, kids are more imaginative at that age, but a short intro kick-starts their imagination to spin their yarn further.

toy collector

I picked up Gorm with a Mcdonald's's happy meal today-

http://www.lego.com/galidor/products/default.asp?id=2

From an eight-year old's point of view, I was thrilled and wanted all his buddies lined up on my bedstand. From a 31-year old's perspective, it was a neat marketing strategy between Lego and Mcdonald's. So this character designer basically sits with the marketing studs and they devise methods to get kids hooked onto happy meals. They ought to put 2 lines of text describing the character in the pamphlet so just in case the kid wants to brag about his toy, he has something to say to his soon-to-be-jealous friends. This description is present on the website, not with the toy. Agreed, kids are more imaginative at that age, but a short intro kick-starts their imagination to spin their yarn further.