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  • “The Emotional Life of Your Brain” (Book Review)

    “The Emotional Life of Your Brain” (Book Review)

    In 2012, Richard J. Davidson, Ph.D. with Sharon Begley, published The Emotional Life of Your Brain. Davidson is a professor of psychology and psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “The Emotional Life of Your Brain” explores how the unique patterns of our brain affect the ways in which we think, feel and live – and how…

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  • “Big Bang Disruption” (Book Review)

    “Big Bang Disruption” (Book Review)

    After reading “Crossing the Chasm” by Geoffrey A. Moore, I read “Big Bang Disruption: Strategy in the age of Devastating Innovation” by Larry Downes and Paul Nunes. I could stop the book review right here by saying that the product lifecycle of a traditional product looks very different to that of a “Big Bang Disruptor”. The…

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  • AO.com (Product Review)

    AO.com (Product Review)

    Looking at eCommerce sites helps me to learn more about effective User Experience design and user journeys. I recently looked at AO.com, a UK website specialised in selling white goods. Fig. 1 – Screenshots of the homepage of AO.com Fig. 2 – Different ways to discover fridges on AO.com Way 1 – Via top level…

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  • SQL – Learning about the basic “SELECT” statement

    SQL – Learning about the basic “SELECT” statement

    I’m still doing my Stanford online course on relational databases. Today, I learned about the basics of SQL, a special programming language designed for managing data held in a relational database. The teacher of the class, Jennifer Widom, kicked off the class by talking about the difference between a Data Definition Language (‘DDL’) and a…

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  • Meerkat (Product Review)

    Meerkat (Product Review)

    The other day is saw a discussion about whether Meerkat will or won’t last. Meerkat is a simple video app which lets people stream live to their Twitters. It launched about two weeks ago and has been talked about (and used) a lot since. Let’s do a quick review of the app: Main learning point: It…

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  • What is Guerrilla Testing?

    What is Guerrilla Testing?

    I don’t know how many of you are familiar with “guerrilla testing”, but I’ve been doing it for a few years now and it’s a great way to get some quick user feedback on your product or idea. To me, guerrilla testing means going into a coffeeshop or another public place to ask people there about…

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