• 21 April 2021

• 2 min read

Nylas Team Hackathon

Recently my team at Nylas wrapped up a 2 week hackathon and I was particularly impressed with the amount of things I was able to do.

• 3 March 2021

• 2 min read

Rewriting my website copy - A practice in storytelling

I was struck with motivation to update my website copy when I wrote a peppy introduction for a new Slack team I joined and decided that my site needed more of that tone.

• 25 February 2021

• 2 min read

Being a Dev that Designs

Back in 2018, they called someone with development and design skills a 🌈 unicorn 🦄. Then, and now, the road to a hybrid role is challenging.

• 5 December 2020

• 1 min read

Another For Toronto

In 2018 I wrote a blog post about how much the city of Toronto means to me. Since that post, I took a 3 month design course and got my first and second full time jobs while living here. This weekend I was able to add another beautiful layer to that story arc.

• 15 October 2020

• 3 min read

Introducing a Trial Expired experience to the Nylas Dash

Last week I launched a new experience for Nylas users who've had their trial expire. This blog outlines those changes and how I went about making them.

• 19 June 2020

• 4 min read

Shaping an App Spec

I recently started a new project, giving me the chance to build some Product Management skills. I've known about Basecamp's Shaping Up process for a while now and finally can try it out for myself. I've mostly stuck to the book on this one, but had to change some things.

• 11 June 2020

• 4 min read

Negotiating my Salary

I got a new job and negotiated my salary. I've always been interested in how to do this and wanted to share my experience.

• 28 May 2020

• 3 min read

Introducing arjunanimations

I've started a new project, a suite of JS and CSS animations called ArjunAnimations.

• 20 May 2020

• 2 min read

My Superpowers 2020

Writing a lot of cover letters so I had to put it in a blog.

• 23 March 2020

• 4 min read

Life Story Update 2020

Over the last 5 years I've been learning strong UX skills to build web interfaces and products that connect and enable people. I want to look back on this journey, thinking about where I've been and some of the specific memories I have.

• 18 January 2020

• 3 min read

Creating a Variable Design System

The brief for this project is to create an Ionic app that can be re-themed based on different brands.

• 30 December 2019

• 2 min read

2019 - Year in Review

2019 has been quite the year for me personally, as well as in global conversation. In both areas, the concept of Home has been central.

• 5 November 2019

• 4 min read

Creating a "Swipe-to-Confirm" Component

The Amazon app features a Slide-to-Confirm element inspired by Apple's "Swipe to Unlock". Surprisingly, a similar component is nowhere on the internet, so I'll need to create it myself.

• 25 September 2019

• 1 min read

Custom Input Behaviour for Numbers

After accomplishing this twice now on two different occasions, I want to note it down for future reference. I think this is pretty core functionality for number inputs.

• 15 September 2019

• 2 min read

Moving my blog to Gatsby

After seeing a shift in the industry from Medium, it's time I leave as well and host my blog on my own site.

• 16 August 2019

• 2 min read

How to use Modals in Ionic v4

After taking much too long to figure this out myself, I’m writing a blog post about it to help the next dev.

• 5 August 2019

• 1 min read

Learning About Time, After 3 Weeks Off

When I graduated University, my cousin told me that my next challenge would be learning routine, and with it, to respect time. I am…

• 27 May 2019

• 2 min read

Playing the Infinite Job Search Game

Recently I got an email expressing concern for finding a job, in my reply I explain what I call ‘The Infinite Job Search Game’.

• 15 May 2019

• 3 min read

Flailing for Flutter — trying something new

Looking to create a new app and I wanted to experiment with Flutter. My two concerns of themeing and charts were alieviated by two blog…

• 25 April 2019

• 2 min read

Learning CSS Grid for my Portfolio

Been seeing a lot about CSS Grid on Twitter, decided to fix some smelly HTML/CSS on my portfolio using it!

• 24 April 2019

• 1 min read

Poem about Home

I wrote this poem on the plane from Edmonton to Toronto in 2019. At the time I was upset about the concept of ‘Home’ and what it means.

• 22 April 2019

• 1 min read

Arty notes: sketch-noting my thoughts

I’ve always been fascinated with sketch notes and bullet journalling. Recently I started trying my hand.

• 21 April 2019

• 1 min read

Better code thanks to Twitter

Recently I sent a tweet to a stranger that I follow on Twitter asking for his help. The result? The coding culture on the Internet is…

• 17 April 2019

• 5 min read

Stylist Assistant, updating stylists to do more

My final year capstone project helps personal stylists recommend daily outfits for their clients and shows potential for market…

• 16 April 2019

• 3 min read

Viewing Vue with TheRadList

Learning Vue.js by updating one of my more simpler projects, TheRadList, the Edmonton restaurant webapp that restores the excitement of…

• 19 March 2019

• 1 min read

What I did in India for 3 weeks in 2019

I need a professional response for questions regarding my trip. This is me trying to figure that out.

• 16 March 2019

• 1 min read

Learning to Surf — a Mindset practice

Recently I went surfing for the first time ever. It was awesome.

• 9 March 2019

• 2 min read

I’m more lazy than you — backends with Google Spreadsheets

As most developers I’ve gone on a journey of how I can make websites faster and easier. I’ve experimented with WordPress, HTML5UP, Github…

• 4 February 2019

• 2 min read

Personalizing Images at the CBC Hackathon

This weekend I teamed up with my friends Abid and Meg to participate in CBC Radio-Canada’s hackathon all about personalization.

• 28 January 2019

• 1 min read

I don’t want to forget me

“Youth can not know how age thinks and feels, but old men are guilty if they forget what it is to be young” — Dumbledore, Order of the…

• 20 January 2019

• 1 min read

Getting more and more used to animations 🚀

I’m finding myself say “I can just make that myself” more and more often when I’m taking inspiration and hacking websites together.

• 15 January 2019

• 3 min read

Creating a Custom Loading Spinner for Android 🤖

Recently at Krugo, I was asking to implement a custom loading animation. I don’t usually write about work things, but this one was…

• 13 January 2019

• 4 min read

Stressful Tasks, a behavioural design experiment

Stress overwhelms people, but why? Prioritizing tasks and activities requires one simple trick, understanding that you can only give 100%.

• 9 January 2019

• 1 min read

Starting 2019 with a lesson — expensive and risky

I bought my trusty domain arjunkalburgi.com, exactly 4 years ago from GoDaddy. No one taught me about DNS or Domain Registrars, I needed a…

• 20 November 2018

• 1 min read

Online Styleguide

About a month ago I made a web version of my branding style guide at arjunkalburgi.com/styleguide. With the express purpose of being able…

• 20 November 2018

• 1 min read

Animating SVG with GreenSock 🧦

The next chapter in my quest to learn more about animating SVG on the web.

• 6 November 2018

• 1 min read

Do Animated SVGs 💔 React-Native?

I’ve been looking into SVG animations for my project, Slackify. I found that SVG offers a great animate property and so I decided I’d…

• 25 October 2018

• 1 min read

Using the BEM methodology for my CSS classifications

I learned about CSS classification methodologies at the Web Unleashed conference I attended in early October (highly recommend attending…

• 10 October 2018

• 5 min read

Redesigning Slackify, an easy custom emoji solution for Slack

When functionality is minimal, design can be too. How do you strip away the design process to create something small, for only what’s…

• 28 September 2018

• 1 min read

Thinking about being creative

I used to say “I’m not creative, I can’t do that”.

• 22 September 2018

• 3 min read

Potentially Potent Product Design — Got Expertise OnBoarding Project

How do you create a better experience for something you know your users won’t want to do? What steps can the visual language take?

• 21 September 2018

• 1 min read

If we can design doors that make us feel stupid, then can’t we design the world to feel awesome?

I’m busy learning as much as I can about the world so that I can make that a reality — everything, awesome. Let’s start designing with a…

• 13 September 2018

• 3 min read

Designing a mobile app with clarity, for yoga teachers

How do you create a visual language for a mobile app that must follow specific UX goals? What visual language do the users want? What…

• 21 August 2018

• 3 min read

Designing a clear brand and website for Legalicity

How do you create a brand for a legal tech client? What does a legal tech brand look like? What does it feel like?

• 14 August 2018

• 4 min read

The Hacker Questionnaire

Filling out MLH’s Coaching Application Questionnaire

• 27 July 2018

• 4 min read

Designing a Mobile App UI for Runnr

How do you create a visual language for a mobile app? What does a good visual language look like? What does it feel like?

• 12 July 2018

• 3 min read

What makes a Landing Page? (withINTERSTATE)

My first design project as a part of the course I’m taking at RED Academy

• 10 June 2018

• 1 min read

Hong Kong 2018 — solo trips are for uncomfort zones

Solo trips are scary. They’re a full send on getting you out of your comfort zone. They’re always described as “finding yourself” or…

• 28 May 2018

• 2 min read

TheRadList, a new side product

What can I say, I just love food…

• 28 May 2018

• 7 min read

Conversations with Wikipedia (Research Paper)

My research paper exploring the experience of conversational education.

• 2 May 2018

• 1 min read

Thinking about the last 5 years

• 30 January 2018

• 2 min read

Growth: HackED

This past weekend I organized my final HackED, I can’t even explain how weird it is to be done.

• 21 January 2018

• 1 min read

The Feeling of Focus

Sitting at my desk. My laptop in front of me.

• 1 January 2018

• 1 min read

New.NY2018

“New.” is becoming the title of my trimester series lololol I’ll go with it. My life is split by trimester, and each one I try to focus on…

• 20 December 2017

• 1 min read

6he 6ty that ma6e me

Today I walked around Toronto, the same streets I walked around three and a half years ago.

• 14 December 2017

• 1 min read

Confidence and anxiety, past and future

I posted to Instagram a while back,

• 3 November 2017

• 1 min read

Self mental health care

Hey pretty boy, time to check in <3

• 15 October 2017

• 1 min read

Unique

What makes me unique? Prompted by DevFacto application form

• 10 October 2017

• 1 min read

Project I’m most proud of

Question prompted by Electric City Hacks application

• 4 October 2017

• 1 min read

Favourite thing I’ve ever built

Question prompted by Granify job application

• 26 September 2017

• 1 min read

Why hackathons?

In this trimester, I’m preparing to go to 5 hackathons. Including organizing one, that’s 6 hackathons I’m involved with in a 4 month…

• 21 September 2017

• 2 min read

My Learning Style

Engineering is all about learning how to learn, especially in first year. I can’t believe it took me four years and one month to finally…

• 19 September 2017

• 1 min read

Cycle of Mentorship

Where would you be without mentors? I don’t even want to imagine it.

• 16 September 2017

• 1 min read

Engineering a solution to loneliness

I’m not sure the title is totally accurate…

• 11 September 2017

• 1 min read

An app for team bonding through Slack

Slackify, created at PennApps XVI

• 5 September 2017

• 2 min read

My New Mission (repost)

This post was originally posted in July 2016 on my old blog. It’s something I’ve been thinking about lately as I’ve been working on the…

• 31 August 2017

• 1 min read

New.2

The more I think I know about design, the more I know I don’t know. What a punch to the ego.

• 30 August 2017

• 1 min read

Thank you.

• 30 August 2017

• 1 min read

Read my lessons. Watch me work. See me live.

Most active here, Instagram and Youtube.

• 30 August 2017

• 1 min read

I believe in the power of action, engagement, altruism and growth.

They are my strongest traits, those closest to me understand how truly powerful they make me.

• 30 August 2017

• 1 min read

New.

Today my friends Wayland and Harkit joined me for a photoshoot

• 21 July 2017

• 3 min read

Creating ShoutBox: My First Hackathon

The beginning of becoming a maker.

• 19 July 2017

• 1 min read

Building for People: BlindGlasses

Building for people requires Design as much as Development.

• 25 June 2017

• 1 min read

Creating Great Experiences

I love creating great experiences, this can take a lot of shapes as there are a lot of ways to go about it. Over the last year my interest…

• 9 April 2017

• 11 min read

Security Review: UX of Canadian banking applications

Security is an important and undervalued part of our tech industry, especially in design. This review seeks to analyse how Canadian banks…

• 2 January 2017

• 5 min read

Cloudy Car

Cloudy Car is an Uber-like application that enables users to become drivers and riders. Cloudy Car was built for my Software Development class as a group project. The professor outlined User Stories for us to turn into a functionality spec. The following post will provide a detailed walkthrough and critique of some of the design choices made.

• 18 December 2016

• 1 min read

Publication Cycle

New content will be published every late-December and late-April and will discuss my projects over the previous four months.

• 1 September 2016

• 2 min read

A new blog, a new me — A renewed focus on creating value with design

Everything in my life is a journey, including the road to Projects to Products. My passion for creating value with design has been building…