What is design debt?
thoughtbot.com/blog/what-is-design-debtWhat does this look like in the real world? Imagine our team is working on a personal training app that lets users get on-demand virtual training from available trainers. We’ve decided to launch a new feature that also prompts the user to order fitness products. We assume this will be a bonus revenue stream. It makes sense, right? Shouldn’t more opportunities to make money = more money? If our team had done some user interviews and user testing, what we would have actually learned is...
No Free Plan
nofreeplan.comWhy you should probably not offer a free plan.
People expect technology to suck – kbps
kilobitspersecond.com/2020/09/22/people-expect-technology-to-suck/A few jobs ago, I was helping someone with a small tech issue, standing over their shoulder at their computer. The screen was unbelievably dark; I’m not exaggerating when I say it looked to be near 0% brightness. For all I knew, this person had some vision sensitivity or just a basic personal preference that […]
🛠️ How To Write Great Microcopy - The Product Person
theproductperson.substack.com/p/-how-to-write-great-microcopyHere are 40 pro tips for writing microcopy.
Design’s Unsexy Middle Bits - Christina Wodtke - Medium
medium.com/@cwodtke/designs-unsexy-middle-bits-a8cc17f0246dIn How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Design Thinking, I wrote about how I learned to value design thinking and in Five Habits of Design Thinking I explain how you can build the skill of…
SHAPE UP
basecamp.com/shapeupStop Running in Circles and Ship Work that Matters
Alan Klement
whencoffeeandkalecompete.com/'Customers don't have needs, they just want to make progress within the system they belong'
Good Design is About Process, not Product
blog.jaredsinclair.com/post/97655887470/good-design-is-about-process-not-productNatural talent and training aren’t substitutes for good design habits. The right process can cover many shortcomings of talent and skill — but the opposite is never true. A good process will bring out your best and most unique work. A bad process will leave you with tired, unsurprising clichés.