Melissa Perri

MAY 5, 2016

Testing products before you build them? This idea was prime for testing. In my particularly jaded company, a developer ended up creating a hack to test a new feature that broke every time someone went to use it. After reviewing the information, we knew we had to learn more. So, we had to build a software solution.

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Product Solving

APRIL 11, 2023

TL;DR: Domain fidelity is a critical aspect of software development that ensures a system or product closely aligns with the real-world needs of its users. A nightmare scenario for any development team, yet one that is all too common in the high-stakes world of software development. I hope you all enjoy this one, let me know if you do!

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freshtrax

JULY 9, 2019

So, before your designers start plugging in codes, a linguistic translator and localizer will also need to get their hands on all text, images, and mockups as well. Beginning in the late 80s, the need to mass-produce software on a global scale developed a need for localization (or L10N). The Japanese use the word “???”

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UX Planet

APRIL 12, 2024

Typically, and I remember interviewing for these roles in 2009/2010, the hiring manager would typically ask me: would you consider yourself a generalist, or do you specialize in particular field. The expectation was essentially for the professional to be able to be a “Swiss Army knife” of the Design world.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 18, 2020

Well, maybe it’s due a revival – this time as an unofficial mantra for the SaaS sector. Whatever problem you have, there’s a bit of software that does it for you or your users. Software is incredibly competitive and developers cope with that by zeroing in on very tight niches. 4 A/B Testing. Source: cultofmac.com.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Atari also elected to skip audience testing due to the time constraints, trusting instead that the popularity of the IP and a timely seasonal release would boost sales. Thanks to the success of the original Peek, TwitterPeek was released shortly after in 2009 receiving a much frostier reception. What went wrong?

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The Product Coalition

MAY 21, 2020

Now, we can use it to describe both hardware and software design. The team who made your email inbox interface? ) The design for the iMac as we know it today came out in 2009. In a world that constantly changes, and constantly wants what’s new, having a desktop computer stand the test of time for 11 years is pretty remarkable!

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Modus Create

MARCH 16, 2020

While organizations like the Institute for Supply Management recently unveiled a study that estimates that Chinese manufacturers are operating at 50% capacity , inventory shortage due to the effects across worldwide supply chains is starting to become noticeable and will continue to impact resource availability.

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UX Studio: Product Management

JANUARY 8, 2021

Since 2009, they have worked with many notable companies such as Netflix, Adobe, Salesforce, Opera, and Avast, just to name a few. Intuz is a team of passionate mobile app designers and developers providing end-to-end software development services. . Eastern European software design and development service provider.

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Radical Product

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

When designers at Facebook came up with the initial idea of the Like button, the idea was repeatedly proposed and shot down for two years, never passing Mark Zuckerberg’s review. The company has begun to change its content-recommendation software to prioritize posts from friends, trusted media companies and local news.

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Business of Software Conference

JUNE 29, 2020

Teresa Torres (Product Discovery Coach, Product Talk) – Managing Outputs vs Outcomes from Business of Software Conference. So really reframing customer needs in their own words is going to help be a really good litmus test for it’s really a customer need. Video, Slides, Transcript, Sketchnote below. Transcript.

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Mixpanel

MAY 5, 2021

Prior to this position, Neil was VP of Engineering, after working as a Software Engineer and leading Infrastructure Engineering. We’ll cover why in the next section, after reviewing examples. Each participant had their own cursor and could type, edit, scroll, click, or code. Mixpanel: Messages & experiments product.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

I went from most of my day being watching other people do things, being in meetings and reviews and so on, to all of a sudden writing specs, doing designs and trying to figure out what the product was. And they would name a bunch of software, but they’d use Docs and Sheets to do just about everything. We went from DOS to Android.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Siri received mixed reviews when she first landed in the iPhone 4S in 2011. The next year the Asilomar Conference on Beneficial AI was held in California, with the aim to formulate basic principles and a code of ethics for AI technology. As of December 2019, Mercedes-Benz and Bosch are testing self-driving taxis in San Francisco.

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Business of Software Conference

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

In this cathartic talk from Business of Software Europe 2018, Tim talks about some of the lessons learned he learned during some very, very tricky days for DataSift. Tim Barker (CEO, DataSift) – “It Was The Best Of Times, It Was The Worst Of Times”: Every CEO Ever… from Business of Software Conference.

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Business of Software Conference

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

How does a bootstrapped software company effectively market especially when its founders despise (and, in fact, suck at) sales and marketing? Shawn Anderson & Shane Corellian (Co-Founders, PDQ.com) – Alternative Marketing, or “Oops I Did A Marketing” from Business of Software Conference. Upcoming Events.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

But the demand for software developers was high and I was good. My First Review Revealed Pay Sexism. My First Review Revealed Pay Sexism. Aside from learning how to learn about a new domain, I learned that software is all about interpersonal skills. The design reviews were about the integrity of the product and the code.

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Lenny Rachitsky

JANUARY 28, 2025

For more: Lennybot | Podcast | Courses | Hiring | Swag Subscribe now Everyone working in product today knows about the Design Sprint—a five-day method for teams to design, prototype, and test new products. The Stockholm solution In January 2009, I took a weeklong business trip to Stockholm. A year and a half went by. A prototype.

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