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Done is better than perfect

January 14th, 2012

Done is better than perfect, or “the best” is the enemy of “the good”. Perfectionism is a form of procrastination. It assumes that time is an infinite resource, that other tasks can wait while you add “just one more touch” and that “perfect” is attainable. One of the guiding principles behind Shopify’s apps team. Great advice […]

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Communicating with humans

November 14th, 2011

Take time to think about your own professional communications. Don’t accept biz-speak as the right solution, regardless of how ubiquitous it is. Be human, and engage directly with people — they’ll respect you for it, and be more willing to give your business a chance. Matt Gemmell rewrites Adobe’s press release announcing the end of Flash […]

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UX design isn’t just a step in a project

March 17th, 2011

UX design begins by learning about the business model, doing user research and understanding how a service can fit into the users’ lives in a meaningful way. Thus UX design has a crucial part in defining the business strategy, providing baselines for business decisions with such design deliverables as personas or user stories. A UX-driven process doesn’t end with […]

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Why is Dropbox more popular than other tools?

January 27th, 2011

Speaking of simplicity. Isaac Hall, co-founder of Dropbox competitor Syncplicity, answered the Quora question “Why is Dropbox more popular than other tools with similar functionality?” It’s a wonderfully in-depth answer, encompassing PR companies, the press, and how to structure a beta, but despite all of those influences it came down to this: In the end, it really came […]

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A multiple discovery moment

December 9th, 2010

The time has arrived that three communities–the business, design, and technology communities–have independently discovered the same thing. That the best way to build new technology products, services, and the businesses that deliver them is to work in small, cross-functional, highly collaborative teams. To use lightweight, informal methods. To use rapid cycles of designing, making, and […]

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