UNSW Learning and Teaching Forum 2019
Some Highlights from the Event The events conducted by Pro Vice Chancellor (Education), or PVC(E) for short, are always quite interesting. I get to learn what the educators at UNSW have been working on. But best of all, I get to meet people that I wouldn’t have known about....
StartCon Experience
My experience at “Australia’s Largest Startup and Growth Conference” The last couple of weeks have been crazy coz I was cramming events and assignments for a totally productive and healthy lifestyle. For Friday and Saturday (22nd and 23rd Nov), I went to the StartCon. I really wanted to go...
Back on Track
Now Now… I know it’s been a while since I last wrote my blog. But during that period I wrote a couple of travel blogs (I still haven’t finished those :/ ), participated in Peter Ferrell Cup (PFC) and pitched a few times. My last few pitches have been...
What Works in Education (Conference)
What Works in Education (Conference) On Thursday last week, I decided to attend a full-day conference at UNSW Business School, organised by STEP UP Research Initiative. Since my startup has got me into the education sector, I thought this might be a good opportunity to learn about the research happening. (I...
Opinion: Pitchfests with the majority of participants in their middle ages are a scam
Opinion: Pitchfests with the majority of participants in their middle ages are a scam Alright, hear me out on this one. I am just back from Jobs for NSW’s Regional Pitchfest event. The link to this event was sent on our Founders channel and that is how I got...
IxDA Event- Experience is the Product
IxDA Event- Experience is the Product On Wednesday evening this week, I attended (volunteered at, rather) an IXDA event ‘Experience is the Product’ by Peter Merholz. He is a UX designer, and an author and is often credited for coining the term ‘blog’. Peter’s talk focussed on the role...
A Hackathon at AWS
A Hackathon at AWS TLDR: The WIT Hackathon was a really different experience from my first one at MCIC UNSW WIT (Women in Technology) club had organised a hackathon at the AWS (Amazon Web Services) office in Sydney and I was fortunate enough to be a part of it....
We Pitched and we Lost
We Pitched and we Lost TLDR: Pretty much what the title says The last few days have been quite exhausting. We put in a lot of effort into the pitch and we spent quite some time perfecting the transcript. But guess what? We did not have a pitch deck...
Events!!!
Events!!! TLDR: Attended a bunch of workshops. Pitching next week. A bunch of things happened after I wrote my last blog. I went surfing and camping with UNSW WSSC club. Then one of the event organisers invited me to Rock and Swing dance class at the Roundhouse at UNSW....
Post GGJ 2019
Post GGJ 2019 It’s over. 48 hours (minus sleep time) spent on creating my first original game. I couldn’t ask for a better team. The idea was simple, the outcome was *meh* ok-ish. And in my opinion, our game idea has some potential and could be developed into a...