About

My name is Arvind Ashok. I grew up in Madras. Regretted my way through a Computer Science engineering degree from the University of Madras. Worked at a small antivirus company in India, which was and is the second largest selling consumer product in Japan. Then one fine day, decided I needed to learn more about why I was building what I was building and that led me to a Master’ in Human Computer Interaction from Indiana University in Bloomington, one of the best small towns I’ve ever been in. After that, me and two friends from the same program decided to move to the valley and ended up in Cupertino. There, I worked for a social media startup, trying to solve the multi-faceted approach to networking. Working at a startup straight out of grad school was probably the best thing that I did. Everyday was a new learning experience and the startup environment really helped me push myself. Unfortunately, the company shut down after not getting funded. After that, I got a job at AT&T Interactive and moved to San Francisco, which is where I am now. At my current job, I work on how users can get a listing on YellowPages.com and heady stuff like that.

This is my personal blog+website, where I very occasionally publish stuff. I define myself as an interaction designer, even though I have loads to learn about design. I firmly believe that design and design thinking are the most important movements in the next decade and onwards. My main interests lie in applying design in the developing world, in education and sustainability.

tldr – I am from Madras, India. I am an interaction designer. I am a heathen, and an atheist. I play Ultimate Frisbee whenever I get the chance. My gym has the best view(am not in the pic) in the world.

To contact me, send an email to “arvind (dot) ashok (at) gmail (dot) com”.