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Ask HN: Which product/design blogs do you follow?

62 points by steamboiler 6y ago

I'm familiar with tech blogs, and semi-follow a handful. Which product/design blogs does HN follow? Any recommendations? Thanks!

throwaway158497 6y ago
+1 for the request, though I am skeptical you can find good ones. I am subscribed to PMHQ blog. I mostly find it to be corporate people writing great things about their own products. Nothing mostly which talks of rubber meets road kind of stuff. I would gladly read two kinds of product blogs 1) Failure post mortems. 2) Things which explain a startups decisions step by step. Eg: Why did Uber choose marketplace model instead of a fleet, how did zapier decide to pick a specific niche while starting off, etc
- steamboiler 6y ago
  > Failure post mortems, Things which explain a startups decisions step by step +1. I'd also add retrospectives/analysis of successful products to this list. Needn't necessarily be software even.
- ian0 6y ago
  >> Eg: Why did Uber choose marketplace model instead of a fleet, how did zapier decide to pick a specific niche while starting off, etc For this type of thing the easiest thing to do is look for interviews with the founders online, either in youtube or just old articles. You would be amazed at what you can find. >> 1) Failure post mortem. Not aware of any companies that do decent failure post mortem but you can find lots of startup failure post mortem on sites like this one[0]. [0] https://www.failory.com/interview-failure https://www.failory.com/interview-failure
bemmu 6y ago
https://sidebar.io/ https://sidebar.io/ which features 5 design links a day
- steamboiler 6y ago
  Bookmarked, thank you.
- wdb 6y ago
  Yeah, I enjoy that mailing list. Also enjoy reading https://uxdesignweekly.com https://uxdesignweekly.com
giza182 6y ago
https://growth.design/case-studies/ https://growth.design/case-studies/ I find the teardowns very interesting.
- steamboiler 6y ago
  Nice find. Thanks.
kosmodrom 6y ago
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sheldonapolis 6y ago
Here is a handful of blogs I follow on Design/UX/Product: - https://spotify.design/ https://spotify.design/ - https://thedsgnblog.com/ https://thedsgnblog.com/ - https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/ https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/ - https://www.creativereview.co.uk/ https://www.creativereview.co.uk/ - https://alistapart.com/ https://alistapart.com/ - One of the favs.
gitgud 6y ago
Well [1] Dribbble is pretty good, it's not a blog but has great product design projects. [1] https://dribbble.com/shots/popular/product-design https://dribbble.com/shots/popular/product-design

62 points by steamboiler 6y ago

I'm familiar with tech blogs, and semi-follow a handful. Which product/design blogs does HN follow? Any recommendations? Thanks!

throwaway158497 6y ago

+1 for the request, though I am skeptical you can find good ones. I am subscribed to PMHQ blog. I mostly find it to be corporate people writing great things about their own products. Nothing mostly which talks of rubber meets road kind of stuff. I would gladly read two kinds of product blogs 1) Failure post mortems. 2) Things which explain a startups decisions step by step. Eg: Why did Uber choose marketplace model instead of a fleet, how did zapier decide to pick a specific niche while starting off, etc

steamboiler 6y ago
> Failure post mortems, Things which explain a startups decisions step by step +1. I'd also add retrospectives/analysis of successful products to this list. Needn't necessarily be software even.
ian0 6y ago
>> Eg: Why did Uber choose marketplace model instead of a fleet, how did zapier decide to pick a specific niche while starting off, etc For this type of thing the easiest thing to do is look for interviews with the founders online, either in youtube or just old articles. You would be amazed at what you can find. >> 1) Failure post mortem. Not aware of any companies that do decent failure post mortem but you can find lots of startup failure post mortem on sites like this one[0]. [0] https://www.failory.com/interview-failure https://www.failory.com/interview-failure

bemmu 6y ago

https://sidebar.io/ https://sidebar.io/ which features 5 design links a day

steamboiler 6y ago
Bookmarked, thank you.
wdb 6y ago
Yeah, I enjoy that mailing list. Also enjoy reading https://uxdesignweekly.com https://uxdesignweekly.com

giza182 6y ago

https://growth.design/case-studies/ https://growth.design/case-studies/ I find the teardowns very interesting.

steamboiler 6y ago
Nice find. Thanks.

kosmodrom 6y ago

Futur

raterjobs 6y ago

Lockdown and COVID-19 have built a cult of Work from Home jobs among the youth and websites offering rater jobs like rater.in are trending now among school and college students. https://www.rater.in/ https://www.rater.in/

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sheldonapolis 6y ago

Here is a handful of blogs I follow on Design/UX/Product: - https://spotify.design/ https://spotify.design/ - https://thedsgnblog.com/ https://thedsgnblog.com/ - https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/ https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/ - https://www.creativereview.co.uk/ https://www.creativereview.co.uk/ - https://alistapart.com/ https://alistapart.com/ - One of the favs.

gitgud 6y ago

Well [1] Dribbble is pretty good, it's not a blog but has great product design projects. [1] https://dribbble.com/shots/popular/product-design https://dribbble.com/shots/popular/product-design