Serendipity and Learning

 Recently a friend sent a small video he had created with the caption, "I cant believe I created this". I opened the video and it was a nice video with text, images and a simple background score. He had created a small clipping of the Bhagavad Gita. And he wanted someone to create the video - but he created it on Canva and was thoroughly pleased with the effort. This is why Canva is so loved. It makes you feel that you can design your folder, brochure, ppt, video - you name it. The free version is so generous - it is possibly the most generous app - and it makes you feel that design is accessible, affordable and captures your unique voice.  Ideally if you are building something, you want the users to feel the way they feel after they use Canva. That satisfying feeling when a painter takes two steps back from the canvas, admires her work and says "I did that".  Canva makes users feel they are designers. They can do it. It is easy. It is unique. And of course, it capt...

As I was discussing this at home - my new found learning in creating videos - my son said, "Learning a technology is not a big deal. It is all about creating the technology" I agree. Just because you are consuming youtube, twitter and facebook and using an android phone or google doesnt make you techno-savvy. You are just a techno savvy user. But that is the starting point. And for the person who is not used to it - it is a big deal.  I remember my father using computers for the first time in the late 90s at work. Indeed when I started working, MSExcel had just started making inroads into finance (it was all Tally and books till then). And the first users were using MSExcel exactly like a book without any advanced features. Most of us who use MSWord or Googledocs - use only the basic features.  So the first step is to learn to use something. That is to be a consumer. 90% of the world are consumers. Probably more.  The next stage is to create content - for whatever reason....