Archive for the ‘ Product Development ’ Category

Whats Does a User Experience Specialist Do?

Despite being a code loving femgineer I secretly harbor a prediliction for design, which is why I read books like John Maeda’s The Laws of Simplicity, Donald Norman’s Design of Everyday Things, design infographics (What its like to be a Yoga Instructor  in the US?, What does it cost to pursue your passion?, Studio Stats), [ READ MORE ]

Culture of Constraints

In 4 days it will be the 1 year anniversary of launching BizeeBee my second startup. When I started BizeeBee I was determined to put in place engineering principles that I hadn’t been able to at previous companies.  I also wanted to avoid a lot of bad practices that I had experienced throughout my [ READ MORE ]

Getting Your Startup Team to Understand Your Customer

Its been 8 months since we launched our first product at BizeeBee.  When we launched we had 3 customers (yoga studios), they saw the value in what we were building, so much that one studio owner  worked very closely with me for almost year.  Since launching my desire to please customers hasn’t stopped.  The buzz [ READ MORE ]

Major bug or vocal minority?

My recent blog post for Seattle 2.0: Major bug or vocal minority?  How to Use Feedback from Product Users.  The post covers how to think and evaluate bugs and features in the context of  pleasing users.  I’ll also be speaking at Deploy 2010, hosted by Seattle 2.0. Tweet This Post[ READ MORE ]