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Human-Centered Design Dies at Launch
Finally, UCD’s focus on “successful” experiences obscures possibilities that lie outside of predetermined success metrics, preventing us from designing for uncertainty, failure, or experimentation in the ways we might.
Lis Hubert • Camera Obscura: Beyond the lens of user-centered design
To understand Product Design, you need to understand the tech industry.
The underlying appeal in software as a business is scale . With zero marginal costs, you can build your product just once and put it in the hands of billons. The goal is scale, and the strategy is growth.
But this strategy of endless growth cuts against one of the fundamental... See more
The underlying appeal in software as a business is scale . With zero marginal costs, you can build your product just once and put it in the hands of billons. The goal is scale, and the strategy is growth.
But this strategy of endless growth cuts against one of the fundamental... See more
(Not Boring) Software Inc. • No More Boring Apps | (Not Boring) Software
“Growth hacking” focuses on getting people to sign up for services through viral mechanisms. We’ve seen few product teams that try to develop a user experience that balances immediate experience with long-term values.
DJ Patil • Ethics and Data Science
Similarly, outside capital comes with the goal of maximizing returns — not fulfilling the vision. Dan Schmidt wrote about this in the context of the show, Silicon Valley : The vision of a cloud-based machine learning tool that uses their amazing compression algorithm turns into “the box,” because pressure from the outside leads to compromise of the
... See moreDavid Manheim • Overpowered Metrics Eat Underspecified Goals
The sad reality (and the opportunity for start-ups) is that most established products take their large userbases for granted and fail to maintain simplicity over time.