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What We Learned About Building Products People Love in 2016

Mind the Product

Suzie’s post both educates and entertains and is full of practical advice and, as Suzie says, its point is “to empower you and inform you about technical practices that are meant to be business-relevant”. It was a day full of inspiring and entertaining talks from product leaders, so there was much to absorb and learn.

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User friction can sink your app. Here’s what it is and how to avoid it.

Mixpanel

Bad user experience (UX) design is a big source of user friction, but it’s not the whole story. Sure, if your user interface disregards UX best practices and is actively difficult to use, you’ll have so much user friction that you will abdicate the privilege of having users. Your UX design needs to be clear and to the point.