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Design Craft & Shipping the Details

Craft & quality in design, or any work you do, is important.

Yet most companies are really bad at following through with the details.

Here are examples of companies doing it well, and how I push the team at OneSignal to deliver craft.

Read on Medium




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Spice it up the Arabic way: Spice 6

Lovers of authentic Arabic cuisine now have a restaurant that can satiate their palate




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Watch | An online design studio inspired by Tamil literature




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Watch | A Kashmir papier-mâché artisan's dream project




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Capturing Kerala’s heritage structures in monochromatic sepia

Exhibition of Dinesh Shenoy’s paintings inaugurated at Mattancherry




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Madras Week | Pose at one of Chennai’s oldest photo studios, thriving since 1930 despite the age of selfies

From glass negatives to daguerreotype cameras, 92-year-old Sathyam Studios in Mylapore is a testament to Madras’ rich history with photography



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Madurai to Philadelphia: journey of the temple stones. Art historian Darielle Mason compiles findings in new book

Darielle Mason on her search for clues to the century-old ‘jigsaw puzzle’ that is the famed ‘mandapam’ installation at the Philadelphia Museum of Art



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Contemporary artist and collector Amit Ambalal on the commerce-led revival of pichwai art

Pichwai’s iconic cow and lotus motifs are seeing a revival almost everywhere, from fashion to interior design




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The Booker Prize may have boosted the profile of Indian translations but it is hard to make a living doing it, says author and translator Jerry Pinto

The author has ended the year on a high, authoring four books, including two anthologies




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New Delhi | Artist-collector Shalini Passi’s photo exhibition shows a deserted capital city in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic

The black-and-white series titled ‘Forever Delhi’ is on display at the India Design ID 2023 till February 26




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Artist Koilpitchai Prabakar presents the third exhibition on the terrace of his Chennai home

He has displayed acrylic paintings and ceramic sculptures in Mottamadi, a solo art show at his rented house in Perambur



  • Life & Style

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The trial that progressed rapidly towards Independence

Decades after the Red Fort trial, it is hoped that India’s leaders find the wisdom to commit themselves again to what unites us citizens as a people




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Shed the myopia, refocus on the relevance of English

The government must prioritise the promotion of English not as a competitor to Indian languages but as a vital tool for national and international communication




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Israel’s brutality in Gaza, India’s pin-drop silence

New Delhi’s response to the Gaza war is a reflection of the ‘new India’s’ collective anti-colonial amnesia




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A picture of a growing economic divide in India

Data from the paper titled, ‘Relative Economic Performance of Indian States: 1960-61 to 2023-24’, show a growing gap that is leading to the questioning of federalism




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Kerala temple fireworks explosion: BJP, CPI(M) workers face off over incident

BJP alleges that low-intensity Chinese-made firecrackers were stored in a shed on temple grounds and the explosion only destroyed shed’s roof, while CPI(M) urges political leaders to avoid blame games during a sensitive time




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Kerala temple fireworks explosion: 101 undergo treatment at various hospitals, one critical

7 persons among the injured are on ventilator support; Kasaragod District Police has announced a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the incident; the district administration said that the additional divisional magistrate has been directed to carry out an inquiry separately into the incident and submit a report




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Wayanad bypoll: Kerala CPI secretary sees Congress-BJP ‘deal’ to defeat the Left

Binoy Viswam alleges that businessman Robert Vadra, who is UDF candidate Priyanka Gandhi’s husband, may have played a role in the ‘deal’




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Security staff to be appointed at Nadapuram hospital

The move came after doctors protested against alleged interference by local panchayat leaders, demanding compliance with rules favouring ex-servicemen for hospital security roles




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Relocation of pipelines: water supply in Kozhikode to be disrupted for five days

Old pipelines to be connected to newly laid pipelines to facilitate national highway widening




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‘One Nation, One Election’: Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan criticises NDA’s proposal

The BJP-led Union government will not be able to implement the proposal since it does not have absolute majority in Parliament, he says. He says the upcoming Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll has been ‘inflicted on the people’




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Lifetime Achievement Award for poet P.K. Gopi




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Hypocrisy a trait of CPI(M), says Satheesan

Leader of the Opposition said that CPI(M) had raised objections when the Oommen Chandy government tried to introduce seaplanes




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Swine flu confirmed at Kottiyoor in Kannur; pigs on three farms to be exterminated




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Women's Empowerment, the Gender Gap in Desired Fertility, and Fertility Outcomes in Developing Countries [electronic journal].




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Who demands labour (de)regulation in the developing world? Insiderâ??outsider theory revisited [electronic journal].




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What is a foreign firm? Implications for productivity spillovers [electronic journal].




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What Determines the Capital Share over the Long Run of History? [electronic journal].




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Welfare State, Inequality, and Globalization: Role of International-capital-flow Direction [electronic journal].

National Bureau of Economic Research




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Weber Revisited: The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Nationalism [electronic journal].




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Volatility, Valuation Ratios, and Bubbles: An Empirical Measure of Market Sentiment [electronic journal].




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Voestalpine Bohler Edelstahl GmbH & Co KG MarketLine Company Profile [electronic journal].

Marketline




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Versatile Forward Guidance: Escaping or Switching? [electronic journal].




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Valuation in the Public and Private Sectors: Tax, Risk, Debt Capacity, and the Cost of Capital [electronic journal].




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The vagaries of the sea: evidence on the real effects of money from maritime disasters in the Spanish Empire [electronic journal].




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Understanding Overlapping Policies: Internal Carbon Leakage and the Punctured Waterbed [electronic journal].

National Bureau of Economic Research




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U.S. Monetary Policy and International Risk Spillovers [electronic journal].

National Bureau of Economic Research




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Trade From Space: Shipping Networks and The Global Implications of Local Shocks [electronic journal].




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Tractable Epidemiological Models for Economic Analysis [electronic journal].




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To Ask or Not To Ask? Bank Capital Requirements and Loan Collateralization [electronic journal].




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Technology Boom, Labor Reallocation, and Human Capital Depreciation [electronic journal].




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Taming the Global Financial Cycle: Central Banks and the Sterilization of Capital Flows in the First Era of Globalization (1891-1913) [electronic journal].




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Superstar Exporters: An Empirical Investigation of Strategic Interactions in Danish Export Markets [electronic journal].




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The Stopping Rule and Gender selective mortality: World Evidence [electronic journal].




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'Stall Speed' and 'Escape Velocity': Empty Metaphors or Empirical Realities? [electronic journal].




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Social Proximity to Capital: Implications for Investors and Firms [electronic journal].

National Bureau of Economic Research




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Social capital and the spread of Covid-19: Insights from European countries [electronic journal].




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SIV Capital Ltd. MarketLine Company Profile [electronic journal].

Marketline




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Shelving or developing? The acquisition of potential competitors under financial constraints [electronic journal].




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Services Trade Policies and Economic Integration: New Evidence for Developing Countries [electronic journal].