ajleary

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by ajleary 16y ago
Design the Obvious by Hoekman articulates the basic challenges of design in a very straightforward way.
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by ajleary 16y ago
Killing forms usually sounds great, but the familiarity of basic account create is super powerful. Keeping it simple will beat out engagement methods that someone new to your service can't understand. Out of these examples I think the grad
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by ajleary 16y ago
After first picking up a v1 iPad you knew there were a lot of trade offs to get it out the door. Pretty impressive to build billion dollar beta products, but they are beta products none the less.
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by ajleary 16y ago
Well said. Seems like most people replying are speaking as users who guard their privacy everywhere. Most consumer products are aimed at people that are looking for the bacon immediately. Facebook gives developers a lot of useful informa
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by ajleary 16y ago
Limitations are ok, but true bugs come from a team that just doesn't care about the product. It feels like a hostage situation: if enough people buy this thing, we'll actually fix it. If not, we are keeping your money.
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by ajleary 16y ago
These types of goals are optimization targets for growth products. They will use this goal to set the annual targets and then quarterly targets. The problem is that if you build a product with real growth the first year looks nothing like
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by ajleary 16y ago
The disappointing for most consumers will be that iPads require a computer to sync to itunes before you begin to use. Apple must fix this soon, but that require the ability to connect OTA and probably redownload purchased content (without a
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by ajleary 16y ago
This is really a story of the rising cost of college. As it has grown well beyond the cost of inflation it leave many with debt our parent's generation never had. My father busted his tail in the summers and paid for half a year of colleg
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by ajleary 16y ago
Pincus talked on Charlie Rose a year ago about wanting to build a lasting company as opposed to being a serial entrepreneur. I actually love that sentiment, but also think it is hard to differentiate from his current goal: going public. Wa
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by ajleary 16y ago
US bschools have been overly focused on banking and consulting for the last 15 years (or more). Innovation programs have tried to balance that bias, but in my experience those programs have mixed results. Someone with certificate in entre