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by alabut 14y ago
I heard a catchier way to phrase #2 and #4 - the "me, make, meet" schedule: http://managinguxteams.com/2010/03/27/me-make-meet-how-to-ma... It's written by a former Google manager on how he used his calendar to maintain his sanity and ind
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by alabut 14y ago
You're right - people get confused between a UI's learnability vs it's usability. Just because you need to ramp up on something initially doesn't mean it's hard to use over time. Plus a new feature can get lost or ignored by people already
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by alabut 14y ago
No, it's not a contradiction to have an agenda in mind and to also try not to ask leading questions. An example of a leading question in this context would be like asking them "do you see the button labeled 'learn more' to your right?", whi
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by alabut 14y ago
Great idea on using Exec - I hadn't thought of that. We've got Taskrabbit upstairs in our building so that's an option as well.
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by alabut 14y ago
It depends on the method of testing. If I'm doing an in-person session, I'll record the session with Silverback, review the footage in there and make some notes along the way, then build a quick powerpoint deck with major findings and selec
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by alabut 14y ago
That's hilarious. I should've mentioned in the section on testing drunks that the moderator should stay at least somewhat sober :) but I'm glad you got some insights at least.
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Usability Testing: the secret sauce of startups(refer.ly)
39 points by alabut 14y ago|8 comments
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by alabut 14y ago
It's not given in written form - it's a friendly oral conversation.
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by alabut 14y ago
I'm glad you're conflicted! Because it is a trap, an intentional one meant to simulate the unintentional randomization that happens in real life at work. I'm sure we've all had that thing happen when someone threatens to accidentally scra
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by alabut 14y ago
For those that can't see the post, try this - it's a cached version from Instapaper: http://www.instapaper.com/text?u=http%3A%2F%2Frefer.ly%2Fblo... And we're sorry about the downtime on the blog! We're trying to fix it as we speak and it
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A delicious way to network in Silicon Valley(refer.ly)
10 points by alabut 14y ago|0 comments
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by alabut 14y ago
Yeah, I had a similar experience. I was inspired by Jason when I first heard his story and tried out barefoot running, only to give myself plantar fasciitis instead. I'm glad it worked for him though!
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From gymnast to runner: interview with Jason Shen (Ridejoy, YC S11)(refer.ly)
17 points by alabut 14y ago|2 comments
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by alabut 14y ago
Here's a graphical illustration of why it'll probably be priced lower than $299, whether at $249 or $199: http://www.iamconcise.com/main/the-reason-for-the-ipad-mini.... Apple has an excellent track record of not leaving price umbrellas u
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by alabut 14y ago
" The bigger picture is a lot harder to balance. What happens after those 3 months? How do you run the startup while still maintaining a reasonable work-life balance? " My theory on how to maintain work-life balance after YC is that you hav
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by alabut 14y ago
"I’ve divided this post into four core parts because I know you’re a busy person and I love you." He really does talk like that. Man am I going to miss this guy.
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by alabut 14y ago
Never thought this was how my theater minor would come in handy one day.
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by alabut 14y ago
" Most people die here without ever failing, but nobody realises that they died without trying. " That's a heartbreakingly true line about the mentality. My Turkish parents were raised to believe that "making it" meant having careers in muc
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by alabut 14y ago
To put the political use case aside for a second, Seth and I first talked over email just before YC started about how I could use Amicus to rescue dogs at shelters from euthanization and getting them into no-kill foster organizations instea
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by alabut 14y ago
If two products are even in terms of features, design can be the tiebreaker. Design can be even more critical than that and more valuable than feature parity. Facebook had way less features than Myspace - you could do all kinds of stuff o
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by alabut 14y ago
I'm a CDO and occasionally feel the sting from it being such a new term. When the press covered Referly's big new features last week (an API, shopping experience and design overhaul) the ones that mentioned me put my title in dick quotes -
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by alabut 14y ago
Pinch, poke, you owe me a Coke.
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by alabut 14y ago
Riiight, sock puppet accounts to get on the front page of HN... on a Saturday night when the traffic is practically zero. No, Danielle's just having fun writing on Svbtle and treating it as her own fun shiny toy for the day. The scary thing
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Go Ahead, Feed The Trolls(distributionhacks.com)
21 points by alabut 14y ago|10 comments
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by alabut 14y ago
Oh god. Showing old versions of my designs is like showing the world my underwear. This thing was clutter city just 6 weeks ago. Thanks for keeping today interesting, Danielle :)
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by alabut 14y ago
He's learning design the healthy way - practicing the principles he's learning and also keeping in mind that they're not strict rules, like physics. Everything has to be contextualized to your own circumstances and tested in the wild to see
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by alabut 14y ago
And to think that shortly after you unplugged and went to New Zealand to shake it all off before jumping back into your next awesome new venture (which seems to be going really well). I bet you would've burnt out if you hadn't and Torbit wo
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by alabut 14y ago
We've got some stats visualization built in already and getting to it is a bit subtle - you hover over the table cells in your list of links on the account dashboard, then click on "more info" - but agreed that yeah, we could do a lot more
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by alabut 14y ago
I'm about to find out if this is true because I'm kicking off a "work out every morning" routine as we go through YC. I figure when I first wake up is the best time to sneak in something that I don't need all the gray matter for anyway and
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by alabut 14y ago
Shoot, sorry, I didn't see this comment until I left town for a week and left my iPad behind.

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