Tag: design
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Jeff Gothelf and Lean UX
In case you don’t know, I’m a big advocate of “Lean UX” and the work of Jeff Gothelf on this topic. It was Jeff who originally coined the term ‘Lean UX’ and wrote a great book about it, together with Josh Seiden. In short, Lean UX is all about not doing all your product design…
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WeSwap (Product Review)
It’s all about the “sharing economy” these days. Think Uber, Airbnb and JustPark. Sharing is starting to become a ‘thing’ in the finance sector too; TransferWise is a good example in this respect. I recently came across WeSwap, which is a peer-to-peer travel money exchange service founded two years ago. I decided to review the…
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“The Laws of Simplicity” (Book Review)
“Simplicity” almost feels like a magic word, particularly when you’re a product manager or a designer. Last year I wrote about the rise of single purpose apps and mentioned John Maeda’s “Laws of Simplicity”. John Maeda is a well known graphic designer, computer scientist, investor and academic. He’s also an author and I recently read his most popular…
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Amazon Seller App (Product Review)
How do the likes of eBay, Amazon Handcraft, Notonthehighstreet, Rakuten and Etsy go about supporting the small businesses who sell products through their platforms? What are some of the typical data and customer insights that these sellers benefit from and why? Amazon recently launched its Seller App aiming to “help grow and manage your selling business…
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Experience Mapping – Learning from Adaptive Path
I do User Story Mapping. I do Impact Mapping. And I’ve recently added another forming of ‘mapping’ to my arsenal: “Experience Mapping.” I learned about Experience Mapping through this very helpful guide by Adaptive Path. An Experience Map is useful tool for capturing and presenting key insights that occur across user experiences with a particular…
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