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Hey there! I'm Smitha, a user experience and information designer currently residing in the Boston area. I graduated in 2011 from Carnegie Mellon's CPID Master of Design program. I also play the violin, geek out over foreign languages and volcanoes, and travel as often as I can.
This is the most recent iteration of my personal website, which has been around since 1996. I talk about design, science, music, culture, animation, and stuff like that.
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Bombino, and tonight’s show
8 September, 2012 – 12:48 am | Filed under  music, personal | No Comments »
There were a few major takeaways from Omara “Bombino” Moctar‘s concert with his friends and band in Somerville tonight. (For those who aren’t familiar with him, he is a brilliant guitarist who hails from the Sahel region of Africa, specifically the country of Niger, and more specifically from the Tuareg nomadic group. He’s been called “the Hendrix of the Sahara” for his stylings. In order to escape the violence that afflicted the region, he and his guitar moved throughout northern Africa, and he spread messages of peace and solidarity through his music.
1. He remembered us from last time! He came over to greet our t