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Hi there. I worked on this launch. Designing for Slack had a difficult learning curve and I wanted to share some of what I learned along the way. Here's a twitter thread I wrote th…

One of the most rewarding things I've learned in the past few years has been how much better work can be when you really get to know your co-workers. Our team uses a team-question …

I wrote this to share some methods that I've found to be helpful for the startups that I work with. What do you think? I'd love to know where others have found value in "launch han…

I wrote this article because I've seen the many ways that user experience methods can contribute to lean startups. Launching is a good technique for learning. But I've seen many qu…

I hear from startups all the time that they're struggling to find participants for user studies. You can only recruit your friends or hang out a the local Starbucks a few times bef…

I hope you like the article. I'm interested in how similar/different this is from engineering interviews.

So I've been thinking about this more since yesterday. I think some people misunderstood me and thought I was saying that pixel-perfect and polished designs are always necessary. T…