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Gamification In UX

UX Studio

Even though the term “gamification” made its appearance in 2008, it didn’t gain popularity until 2010. It combines Kanban methodology with the binary “done” and “not done” approach, making progress visible, and intermediate states differentiate tasks started from those not. What a buzzword, right?! Not really.

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The Rise & Fall Of Enterprise Software | Bill Janeway, Warburg Pincus | BoS Europe 2018

Business of Software Conference

There are few people as qualified to talk about the landscape of software investment as Bill Janeway. On joining Venture Capital firm Warburg Pincus in 1988 he built their IT Investment practice, which focussed heavily on Enterprise Software. The Rise And Fall Of Enterprise Software”. Upcoming Events. departments.

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Behind Every Great Product

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Their code base had diverged and it was extremely slow and costly for Microsoft to be implementing Word separately for each platform: Windows, DOS and Mac. It also meant that there was great pressure to get the release out so they could start to gain the efficiencies of a single code base. In 1993, Word 6.0

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What Makes Amazon’s Product Strategy So Sticky?

ProductPlan

Open 24 hours a day, the site was user-friendly, encouraging browsers to post their own reviews of books and offering discounts, personalized recommendations, and searches for out-of-print books.”. In 2008, millions shifted to billions with $19.1 For Amazon, speed is a critical competitive differentiator. Britannica.com ).

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The Podcast Ecosystem in 2019 – a16z’s 68 page analysis (Guest essay by Li Jin)

Andrew Chen

After this analysis, I’m looking for really differentiated verticals of audio. However, the gender gap has narrowed from a 25% gap in 2008 to 9% today. Many apps for listening to podcasts, but little differentiation or loyalty. Based on our conversations, lag in monetization isn’t due to lack of efficacy of ads.

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The Podcast Ecosystem in 2019 – a16z’s 68 page analysis

Andrew Chen

After this analysis, I’m looking for really differentiated verticals of audio. However, the gender gap has narrowed from a 25% gap in 2008 to 9% today. Many apps for listening to podcasts, but little differentiation or loyalty. Based on our conversations, lag in monetization isn’t due to lack of efficacy of ads.

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The Product Strategy and the Product Life Cycle

Roman Pichler

2] iPod sales reached their peak in 2008, which also marked the start of the maturity stage. Due to its lack of success, Wave was discontinued at the introduction stage about a year after its launch. You’ll therefore have to fend off competitors and keep the product clearly differentiated. In 2009, sales started to decline.