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From Beta to Bedrock: Build Products that Stick.

As a product builder over too many years to mention, I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve seen promising ideas go from zero to hero in a few weeks, only to fizzle out within months. Financial products, which is the field I work in, are no exception. With people’s real hard-earned money on the line, user expectations running high, and a crowded market, it’s tempting to throw as many features at the wall as possible and hope something sticks. But this approach is a recipe […]

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High-Protein Breakfast Quesadilla

This healthy, high-protein vegetarian breakfast is ready in just 15 minutes. The post High-Protein Breakfast Quesadilla appeared first on MyFitnessPal Blog. Soft and chewy, with a burst of pumpkin flavor, these are not your grandmother’s oatmeal cookies. Canned pumpkin stands in for the butter normally used in oatmeal cookies. Be sure to blot the pumpkin dry briefly with paper towels to remove excess moisture — otherwise, the cookies may be too moist. Feel free to add a handful of heart-healthy walnuts to the batter if you’re so […]

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An Holistic Framework for Shared Design Leadership

Picture this: You’re in a meeting room at your tech company, and two people are having what looks like the same conversation about the same design problem. One is talking about whether the team has the right skills to tackle it. The other is diving deep into whether the solution actually solves the user’s problem. Same room, same problem, completely different lenses. This is the beautiful, sometimes messy reality of having both a Design Manager and a Lead Designer on the same team. And if you’re wondering […]

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Unlocking the Secrets to Stress Management: Tips for Finding Inner Peace

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Stress is an inevitable part of life, but how we manage it can make all the difference in our overall well-being. In today’s fast-paced world, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed and anxious, but there are ways to find inner peace and reduce stress levels. By unlocking the secrets to stress management, you can improve your mental and physical health, and live a more balanced and fulfilling life. One of the first steps to managing stress is to identify the sources of your stress. Take some […]

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Simplify Your Life: Tips for Decluttering and Organizing Your Home

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In today’s fast-paced world, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the amount of stuff we accumulate in our homes. From clothes and shoes to kitchen gadgets and knick-knacks, it can be difficult to keep our living spaces organized and clutter-free. However, simplifying your life by decluttering and organizing your home can have a huge impact on your overall well-being and peace of mind. One of the first steps to simplifying your life is to declutter your home. This means getting rid of items that you no longer […]

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The Dos and Don’ts of Networking: Tips for Building Strong Professional Relationships

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Networking is a crucial aspect of building a successful career. Whether you are just starting out in your field or looking to advance to a higher position, strong professional relationships can open doors and provide valuable opportunities for growth and development. However, networking can be a daunting task for many people, especially those who are introverted or shy. To help you navigate the world of networking, here are some dos and don’ts to keep in mind. Dos: 1. Be genuine: When networking, it’s important to be authentic […]

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Asynchronous Design Critique: Giving Feedback

Feedback, in whichever form it takes, and whatever it may be called, is one of the most effective soft skills that we have at our disposal to collaboratively get our designs to a better place while growing our own skills and perspectives. Feedback is also one of the most underestimated tools, and often by assuming that we’re already good at it, we settle, forgetting that it’s a skill that can be trained, grown, and improved. Poor feedback can create confusion in projects, bring down morale, and affect […]

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Asynchronous Design Critique: Getting Feedback

“Any comment?” is probably one of the worst ways to ask for feedback. It’s vague and open ended, and it doesn’t provide any indication of what we’re looking for. Getting good feedback starts earlier than we might expect: it starts with the request.  It might seem counterintuitive to start the process of receiving feedback with a question, but that makes sense if we realize that getting feedback can be thought of as a form of design research. In the same way that we wouldn’t do any research […]

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Designing for the Unexpected

I’m not sure when I first heard this quote, but it’s something that has stayed with me over the years. How do you create services for situations you can’t imagine? Or design products that work on devices yet to be invented? Flash, Photoshop, and responsive design When I first started designing websites, my go-to software was Photoshop. I created a 960px canvas and set about creating a layout that I would later drop content in. The development phase was about attaining pixel-perfect accuracy using fixed widths, fixed […]

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Voice Content and Usability

We’ve been having conversations for thousands of years. Whether to convey information, conduct transactions, or simply to check in on one another, people have yammered away, chattering and gesticulating, through spoken conversation for countless generations. Only in the last few millennia have we begun to commit our conversations to writing, and only in the last few decades have we begun to outsource them to the computer, a machine that shows much more affinity for written correspondence than for the slangy vagaries of spoken language. Computers have trouble […]

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