(via cupcakes: the secret to product planning - Adaptive Path)
Adaptive Path drops some knowledge on product strategy.
We have taken this to heart and think of our little experiments as ‘cupcakes’. In doing so, we cook up small, desirable and executable standalone prototypes that have room to grow into larger projects.
(via Dwolla: How we’re different (Episode 1) - Dwolla)
Nice illustration making a complex system simple.
(via Symbolset)
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Eleven Compelling Startup Pitch Archetypes
Nice breakdown of pitch archetypes:
The Standard Problem > Solution
Traction
X for Y
Personal Story
The Pivot
Evolution Next
Painting the Future
Service at Scale
Wouldn’t It Be Cool If…
Insane Tech
The Dream Team
Consumerification of Enterprise
If you can take a piece of language that is commonly used and be associated with it, it’s a very powerful way to say you’re leading in your space.
The Eight Pillars of Innovation
- Have a mission that matters
- Think big but start small
- Strive for continual innovation, not instant perfection
- Look for ideas everywhere
- Share everything
- Spark with imagination, fuel with data
- Be a platform
- Never fail to fail
Illustration by John Conrad Berkey
The best interface is none at all
Principles of User Interface Design
Great collection of 20 Principles, but I’ve extracted my top 10 list below:
+ Clarity is job #1
+ Conserve attention at all costs
+ Keep users in control
+ Direct manipulation is best
+ One primary action per screen
+ Provide a natural next step
+ Smart organization reduces cognitive load
+ A crucial moment: the zero state
+ Great design is invisible
+ Build on other design disciplines
