A talk by a programmer turned designer on how the free and open source community's methodologies and working models help in better designs through efficient use of technology.

1. THIS SLIDE IS INTENTIONAlLY LEFT BLANK.

2. DESIGN
THE GEEK WAY

3. DESIGN
THE GEEK WAY
HIRAN VENUGOPALAN

4. WARNING: ITS NOT ANY ROCKET SCIENCE. ITS A SIMPLE TALK, MEANT FOR BEGINNERS.

5. ME HIRAN VENUGOPALAN
FREE SOFTWARE ACTIVIST.
DEVELOPER, SWATHANTHRA MALAYALAM COMPUTING.
FOUNDER CTO, SALTMANGOTREE.
ENGINEER.
GEEK.
BRAND EXPERT.
TYPE DESIGNER.
SCREEN WRITER.

6. ? TOOLS.
IDEAS.
THEORY.
TRICKS.

7. TOOLS

8. TOOLS
GIMP

9. TOOLS
INKSCAPE

10. TOOLS
PHATCH

11. TOOLS
SCRIBUS

12. TOOLS
FONTFORGE

13. TOOLS
BLENDER

14. IDEAS

15. IDEAS
DONT GIMP
GIMP IS FOR PHOTO EDITING. NOT DESIGN.

16. IDEAS
DONT GIMP
GIMP IS FOR PHOTO EDITING. NOT DESIGN.
WIN GUYS, READ REPLACING GIMP WITH PHOTOSHOP.

17. IDEAS
BLANK
ITS THE BEST WAY TO START.

18. IDEAS
PLAN
ITS SUPER POWERFUL.

19. IDEAS
ANALOG
PAPER IS STILL AWESOME ALONG WITH PENCILS.

20. IDEAS
RESEARCH
INSPIRE. COPY. STEAL. INSPIRE. IDEATE. ITERATE.

21. THEORY

22. THEORY
VECTOR
VECTOR IS BETTER THAN RASTER.

23. THEORY
INSTAGRAM
DONT ADD ALL EFFECTS ON THE SAME DESIGN!

24. TRICKS

25. TRICKS
ORGANIZE
SAVE THE SOURCE. FOLDER THEM. ORGANIZE.

26. TRICKS
TEMPLATE
TEMPLATING IS PART OF AUTOMIZATION.

27. TRICKS
STOCK
KEEP STOCKS. MAKE STOCKS. SHARE.

28. TRICKS
CLOUD
CLOUD YOUR FILES. SPECIALLY FONTS.

29. TRICKS
SVG
LET THE SOURCE BE TEXT!

30. TRICKS
GIT
CONTROL THE VERSIONS.

31. TRICKS
CODE
MAKE SCRIPTS, ADD ONS.

32. TRICKS
PENCIL
HOLD IT, BITE THE RUBBER. IT INSPIRES.

33. Q QUESTIONS?

34. HI HIRAN VENUGOPALAN
HIRAN.IN
H@SALTMANGOTREE.IN
9496 346 709
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THANKS LIST:
SMT MEMBERS. SMC MEMBERS. 2009 BATCH CSE, VAST.
PRAVEEN A. ANIVAR ARAVIND. ASHIQ S. ANOOP JOHN. SANTHOSH THOTTINGAL.
GNUANU. ANOOP PV. JISHNU MOHAN. CK RAJU. HUSSAIN KH. SURESH SURUMA.
PRAMODE CE. UNNI KP. MANU ANAND S. SHALI K. SAREESH P. PEEYUSH KP.
KIRAN GOPAL. RETHEESH RAJ. GEORGE THOMAS. JASNA. ARUN K R. ARUN M.
HITHA V. ARDRAMANASI. ORION C. CHETHAN C. AHMED SIDHIQUE. VIVEK RANJITH.