product management
Dropbox product design
There’s a great thread on Quora about why Dropbox is more popular than it’s competitors. The answers are not surprising but they are a great reminder of the product design essentials. Here’s a magic quote from a competitor who tried to beat them in the market: I ran into the CEO of Dropbox and asked [...]
35 tips for writing for the web
During a meeting today someone said “writing for the web is easy, just use proper English!” Sadly, we all shook our heads and replied that no, writing for the web often means breaking the rules that you’ve learned through so many grammar lessons and style guides. Below are some rules for better web and interface [...]
More Kathy Sierra
A few more Kathy Sierra links, because you should have more Sierra in your brain: A video of Kathy Sierra at Carsonified 2008 – How to grow and nurture your community Notes from a presentation by Kathy Sierra in 2008 – Storyboarding for nonfiction
Notes from Kathy Sierra’s Business of Software 2009 conference presentation
I’m a huge Kathy Sierra fan, so I was delighted to have this chance to watch her speak. You’re better off watching this video of Kathy Sierra speaking at the 2009 Business of Software conference, but it’s an hour long, so if you’re in a rush you may find these notes useful – I took [...]
Producty goodness – May 13, 2010
Interesting post by Andrew Chen: http://andrewchenblog.com/2010/04/07/minimum-desirable-product-and-lean-startups-slides-included/ Min desirable vs. Min viable product. He advocates that a desirable product is better in some cases (high growth consumer-facing) than a viable product at the outset. From his slideshare: the IDEO human-centered design toolkit. They offer 2 free downloads as part of the HCD: HCD Toolkit (PDF) HCD [...]