Author: Brad Becker
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Apple vs. MVP
http://www.inc.com/mark-kawano/lessons-from-my-time-at-apple-ship-something-you-re-proud-of.htmlThis Inc article does a good job of succinctly addressing the gap between MVP’s for startups, and the level of quality that most of us expect from our purchases.
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What CEO’s Need to Know About Design
Read this succinct exec summary of what DESIGN is… by the former head of design at Google and Yahoo.
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Design Concierge – buuteeq
A case study about unlocking a high-end market, reducing customer churn, and shortening onboarding time.
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eHospital – McKesson (NDC)
Case Study: McKesson (NDC) needed to move their product from an on-premise solution to a SaaS offering.
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Flash MX 2004 – Adobe (Macromedia)
Case Study: Adobe (Macromedia) was working on the next version of Flash and needed to figure out what the killer features were and how they should work for users.
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Moving to Austin
After spending the last eleven years in San Francisco and Seattle, we decided it was time to get some more sunshine and get closer to our families to the east. Tomorrow we move to Austin.
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Almost Famo.us
Famo.us is a very promising looking approach to gaining the Flash-like richness that once required a plugin. Is it as good as it looks?
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The Rise of the UX Expert
Hot on the heels of the New York Times article last week, we have this computerworld article about the rise in demand and salaries for UX experts. The article talks about all the usual suspects: Apple, mobile, designer/developer hybrids, the difficulty finding and hiring such folks, and—oddly enough—all the perks that are supposedly being lavished…
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Design Trends: Nouveau Vintage
I can’t resist the trend in design right now. You know the one I’m talking about—everything looks like it’s 1911 all over again. Technically, there are more geometric and grotesque typefaces, more of an emphasis on lettering (and type that looks like lettering), and lots of monochromatic design. I’ve temporarily ditched my site logo mark…
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New York Times: Design more important than Technology
Bits, the New York Times’ technology blog, ran a post today claiming that design is now more important than engineering or technology. I can’t say I was sad to see this article in the New York Times. Of course, the situation is more complex than represented—without tech the design is only an idea—but this is yet…