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Never Threaten Your Users(blog.jasonshah.org)
2 points by jason_shah 15y ago|0 comments
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by jason_shah 15y ago
My guess is that this is Gilt's model. To them the cost of users like you navigating away (perhaps without entering your email address) is smaller than the benefit they get from getting people who wouldn't otherwise enter their email addres
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by jason_shah 15y ago
Hey Kevin - OP here. Thanks for the response. All of this is 1) pure speculation without any data or understanding of the underlying business strategy 2) intended as constructive criticism rather than firebombing and throwing stones to be c
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3 UX Fails in the Gilt Groupe Checkout(blog.jasonshah.org)
2 points by jason_shah 15y ago|4 comments
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by jason_shah 15y ago
That IS a difference, but I don't follow anyone on Path (yet). The Path links I consume are via Twitter, as were the Foursquare ones, so arguably the credibility and selection bias are equalized. Since the links I consume have been shared o
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by jason_shah 15y ago
This underscores how important it is for companies to get as close to right early on, no matter how MVP. Arguably if 4sq. started including photos sooner, or had a less boring UX on those UGC landing pages in the first place even if they la
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by jason_shah 15y ago
Fair point. Photos definitely are (IMHO) more engaging than plaintext or even Google Maps of where someone is. But this post compared photo posts on either platform, so to be fair, the medium was the same -- but you're still right in that F
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by jason_shah 15y ago
I have noticed a personal trend that I click all the time on links shared via Path for all sorts of people (friends and people I have never met). But I don't do the same for Foursquare. For what other apps do people click through when links
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How Path Gets Clicks and Why Foursquare Flops(blog.jasonshah.org)
48 points by jason_shah 15y ago|17 comments
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by jason_shah 15y ago
I have noticed a personal trend that I click all the time on links shared via Path for all sorts of people (friends and people I have never met). But I don't do the same for Foursquare. What other apps do people click through for when links
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by jason_shah 15y ago
I was also surprised, there's a few possible explanations/related observations: 1) It doesn't seem like players in this space make very many acquisitions. Has Box? 2) Dropbox appears to do a lot with not very many people. Recently I remembe
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Almost Three: A Brief History Of Foursquare Time(techcrunch.com)
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by jason_shah 15y ago
Congratulations to the Cove team! -- I wonder if talented, experienced, and coveted engineers and designers in the Valley right now (read: talent frenzy) can start their own stealth companies and reasonably plan towards a relatively early s
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Dropbox Buys Cove To Bring Former Facebookers To The Team(techcrunch.com)
51 points by jason_shah 15y ago|9 comments
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by jason_shah 15y ago
Thanks for the kind words! Hm - your comment underscores an important point. Most of us users don't even know exactly why were prefer certain UXs but they make us FEEL a certain way. And that indescribable sense seems to be the difference w
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by jason_shah 15y ago
Good point. I wonder if there is a way to quantify the sources of contributions and figure out how much is family/friends that would contribute regardless of the UX, and how much is from people that the UX significantly influenced (and woul
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by jason_shah 15y ago
Kickstarter's really taken off. Has anyone given to them recently and can comment on what they found compelling about the user experience? I wonder if there are lessons that Kickstarter took from IndieGoGo and similar platforms when designi
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Kickstarter's Million Dollar UX | How Kickstarter Makes Me Pull Out My Wallet(blog.jasonshah.org)
19 points by jason_shah 15y ago|7 comments
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Big timing(cdixon.org)
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Founders Den Demo Day Part Deux: 14 Startups Come Out Of Hibernation(techcrunch.com)
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by jason_shah 15y ago
Author here. Fair points. These are all my personal views and understandably not everyone agrees. Subverting browser behavior happens frequently and can be a positive thing. Lightboxes achieve a UX experience that bouncing someone elsewhere
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by jason_shah 15y ago
Collaborative consumption sites have unique challenges in earning user trust. Anyone know of successful UX tactics other applications have used?
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Airbnb UX Wins and Losses(blog.jasonshah.org)
35 points by jason_shah 15y ago|17 comments
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Newsle Launches To Let You Track News About Your Friends(techcrunch.com)
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When Imitation is not Flattery but Forgery(rekatz.tumblr.com)
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How This Entrepreneur Raised $28,000 Using Airbnb to Fund Her Startup(bothsidesofthetable.com)
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It's Unnatural(parislemon.com)
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In Defense Of The Not-So-Lean Startup(fastcompany.com)
3 points by jason_shah 15y ago|1 comments
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by jason_shah 15y ago
The article claims that Fairchild Semiconductor was the first venture backed startup and describes the "fundamental shift [venture capital] represented in the relationship between capital and labor." Capital was now chasing talent. A lot of
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How Gordon Moore Invented the Talent Economy (and Changed The World)(pandodaily.com)
13 points by jason_shah 15y ago|4 comments

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