I'm Talal Munzar,

and I've been engineering human-centered & joyful digital experiences for over a decade.

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I'm originally from Islamabad ...

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did my undergrad in Lahore...
in computer engineering
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... and now I'm in the DC Area.

where I did a Masters in Human-Computer Interaction at the University of Maryland!
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I have been carefully crafting digital experiences in one form or another for over a decade. I have background in full-stack web development, with a specialization in front-end engineering.

Having worked closely with designers over the years, I have a keen eye for good visual design and a sense for seemless user experiences. With formal training in UX methodology, I also have the ability for user research, sketching, wireframeing, and prototyping.

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One of my biggest side-interests is teaching programming, and making the field of computer science more accessible to everyone. I was a graduate teaching assistant for several programming courses at the University of Maryland. I also co-authored a research paper on teaching computer programming using block-based methods.

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teaching is a very UX-based process, where you design and teach while incorporating feedback on the fly!
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I am fascinated by social media’s impact on society, especially misinformation and how it affects the world. I worked on a graduate school project where I performed an analysis of fake news networks.

My Skillset

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Engineering

ReactJS
TypeScript
Material UI
Styled Components
GraphQL
VueJS
Redux
NodeJS
Foundation
Bootstrap
PHP
Laravel
CoffeeScript
Ruby on Rails
Webpack
MySQL
SASS
LESS
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Design

Wireframing
Prototyping
Design Systems
Sketch
Figma
Framer
Principle
Adobe Suite
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Research & Ideation

User Interviews
Heuristic Evaluation
Usability Testing
User Personas
Data Analysis
Design Sprints