UX: Avoid Staying In A State Of Unknown For Too Long
At the start of June, I spent 8.5 hours trapped in a toilet room, overnight, with a cat, in Paris. Very long story and I’m sure you have so many questions. So I published the story on Medium in case...
View ArticleWhy You Shouldn’t Build Until You Validate Your Idea
Last week I had an idea. I couldn’t get it out of my head. So I stopped what I was doing and took action. The idea had to do with UX portfolios. Instead of working on content, brainstorming cute domain...
View ArticleWhy You Need To Think About Marketing Before You Launch
In June some of my friends were in NYC for a conference. They’re entrepreneurs. You may have seen them on SharkTank … they created the product Nerdwax, an organic beeswax that stops your glasses from...
View ArticleDo You Have Evidence That People Want What You’re Building?
Recently I’ve been telling you a bit more about the behind the scenes of my business so that you can follow along and see how I put into practice what I tell you to do when it comes to product...
View ArticleThere Are No Shortcuts In UX. But Things Do Get Easier.
Newsflash … nothing is an overnight success. A lot of people ask me for shortcuts in UX. People want to know tricks and the paint by number way to do something. One thing I know for sure is that there...
View ArticleWhy you must validate your product idea & not build too fast
How do you validate your idea? What happens when you don’t validate your idea? A friend of mine works in sales and has been watching me slowly venture into the world of online courses. While at lunch a...
View ArticleLaunch Your Own Product: My Lessons Learned
Want to put your design skills to the test? I highly recommend that you launch your own product. It’s a great way to put to practice things like project management, feature prioritization, identifying...
View ArticleThe art of compromise in product development
In any project, it’s inevitable that you’ll need to compromise. You may need to compromise on your timeline, scope of work, or what you do versus what you delegate to others. But … compromise is really...
View ArticleIs Trying To Perfect The Tech Stopping You From Launching Your Product?
I did another experiment last week… I launched something that wasn’t perfect. But I knew I needed to launch it so I could gather feedback. It was a series of emails. Because I wanted to give the user...
View ArticleAccelerate Failure & Get More Insights In To Your Work
Accelerate failure. It’s a bit opposite from what we’re used to. Normally, we like to run from failure. We like to do everything we can do to avoid it. As designers, researchers, product managers, etc....
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