How We Do Spikes
Sophie Déziel gives a great summary of her team's approach to research spikes. We handle them in a similar way at Closely but I especially liked her simple…
Writing
From the Archive
Older posts preserved as history, with newer writing to follow.
How Bungie Embraced Evolutionary Product Design with Destiny
Dave Tach makes a great observation on the evolutionary nature of software products: This is the ebb and flow of software development, where bits and bytes…
Common Log-in Problems and Solutions
Nick Babich has a fresh look at one of the first and most error-prone experiences users have with any software product. Especially like his focus on the…
The Trouble With Photos
Over the past year, much has been made about Apple's declining software quality and while I'm not part of the 'Apple is doomed' camp, Walt Mossberg's…
Hearthstone Deck Recipes
I've been a closet Hearthstone player since shortly after the game launched in early 2014. As a player, I enjoy the game mechanics and strategy but as a…
How to Split User Stories
Some good advice from Mike Cohn on how to approach story decomposition: When something will take a long time to develop, that's exactly when I want to use a…
Capturing the Spirit of Hayao Miyazaki
The Verge has an excellent write-up of the Miyazaki Spirit gallery event that happened in San Fransisco this past weekend. Hayao Miyazaki is one of our…
The (Hidden) Costs of Real-Time Communication
Jason Fried on the pitfalls of group chat (he discusses some of this in a recent episode of Product Hunt radio): At its very core, group chat and real-time…
Coffee Cups of New York City
Gear Patrol presents a visual survey of New York's disposable coffee cups: The receptacle was not born in New York City, nor is it unique to NYC’s busy streets…
Get Closer to Your Customers
Great collection of tools and insights for startups to better understand their customers: “It’s impossible to operate a business without interacting with…