Criticism and Two Way Streets A post by Jason Fried titled “Give it 5 minutes” reminded me of a great technique I learned about from Bill Buxton. Bill is a Principal Researcher in Microsoft where his main role focuses on designing a company that permits great design to happen. As many have learned to their peril, it’s not simply a case of just dumping talent in a room full of Ikea furniture. Scrum board magnets - full tool set This PATboard set is the ultimate scrum tool. It can be used for agile project management methods like scrum. It’s magnetic, stackable, reusable and above all; it looks fantastic! True Dutch design. The cards are easy to write on. It doesn’t smudge and is easy to clean with water. Screw the Power Users I designed HomeSite and TopStyle for power users. Only power users would want to edit HTML & CSS by hand, so I made sure to cater to them. Those products were filled with features and tool buttons, and their settings dialogs contained dozens of geeky options. Customers liked them that way.
Healthy Nation Rankings: These Are the Healthiest Countries Maybe it’s something in the gazpacho or paella, as Spain just surpassed Italy to become the world’s healthiest country. That’s according to the 2019 edition of the Bloomberg Healthiest Country Index, which ranks 169 economies according to factors that contribute to overall health. Spain placed sixth in the previous gauge, published in 2017. What Drives Consumer Adoption Of New Technologies? I'm participating in a panel discussion this morning during the offsite of a major media company. They sent me a list of questions in preparation of the event. One of the questions was the title of this post; "What drives consumer adoption of new technologies?".
Five Practices to Build Emotionally Intelligent Leaders Emotional intelligence, or EQ, the capability of individuals to identify and manage their own emotions as well as recognize those of others, has been identified as a strong indicator and predictor of effective leadership. It has been studied and researched resulting in evidence that strongly suggests organizations with emotionally intelligent leaders produce a higher return on investment and profitability. EQ requires effective communication between the rational and emotive centers of our brain — it represents the path between feeling and reason. As written about by Daniel Goleman in his book, “Primal Leadership, Learning to Lead with Emotional Intelligence,” the four skills that make up emotional intelligence include: self-awareness and self-management (personal competence) and social awareness and relationship management (social competence). Goleman says “gifted leadership occurs where heart and head — feeling and thought — meet.” Rita Balian Allen is the president of Rita B.
Rarely say yes to feature requests - Inside Intercom Here’s a simple set of Yes/No questions that you can quickly answer before you add another item to your product roadmap. Saying yes to a feature request – whether it’s a to an existing customer, a product enquiry, a teammate, or a manager – is immediately rewarding. It’s an unspoken transaction where you barter long term product focus in exchange for short term satisfaction. Buying short term joy for the cost of long term pain is the human condition.
Designing products for single and multiplayer modes The first million people who bought VCRs bought them before there were any movies available to watch on them. They just wanted to “time shift” TV shows – what we use DVRs for today. Once there were millions of VCR owners it became worthwhile for Hollywood to start selling and renting movies to watch on them. Eventually watching rented movies became the dominant use of VCRs, and time shifting a relatively niche use. Thus, a product that eventually had very strong network effects* got its initial traction from a “standalone use” – where no other VCR owners or complementary products needed to exist.
Dr. Max Mckeown — The Innovation Book The Innovation Book is your roadmap to creating powerful innovations that deliver success in a competitive world. It has been written to make deep smarts about innovation accessible without dumbing down. Inspirational and practical. It answers the following questions: How do you become a more innovative thinker?How do you lead and manage creative people? A Product Manager’s Musings A Product Manager’s Musings A Product Manager is a strange occupation in Silicon Valley. You’re the mini CEO. But not really. You’re the jack of all trades but master of none.
Parquet Floors The 17th century, the so-called Age of Louis XIV, was an era of decadence. During Louis’s reign, French culture came to exercise a universal appeal – which is precisely what the great royal absolutist intended when he specified the best of everything for himself and his residences, flooring included…….. Read more The constant washing of the marble floors within the Palace of Versailles rotted the joists beneath. Accordingly, in 1684, an elegant wooden replacement for the marble floors was commissioned. Product Strategy Means Saying No If you’re building a product, you have to be great at saying No. Not ‘maybe’ or ‘later’. The only word is No. Building a great product isn’t about creating tonnes of tactically useful features which are tangentially related.
Armz: Revolutionizing Leisure With Customizable Smart Toys by GEARBUGS CORPORATION Risks and challenges Armz has reached the final stage of mass production preparation and has gone through rigorous tests. We are now focused on the development of the app content and play tests with a hardware foundation. Funds sponsored through our Kickstarter campaigns will be used to mass-produce accessory parts introduced here on this page and to finish developing the app. What Does Feature Creep Look Like? When you think about feature creep and bloated products what comes to mind? Endless tabs, toolbars, settings, and preferences, right? For a 5 year period you couldn’t sit through a UX talk without seeing some variation of this infamous Microsoft Word screenshot as example of the need for simplicity… Poor UI such as that above highlights the cost of feature creep. There is simply too much stuff for users to comprehend. The problem is that horrible screens like this don’t inform you about what to do next.