Independent thinking. Since 1997.
Musings on usability, design, and other creative pursuits
Interrupting a Person's Flow Is Never a Good Experience
One of the worst sins of a multiple concurrent app desktop environment is what I refer to as "stealing focus." This lousy experience used to be more prevalent in websites that...
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Presented at Frontrunners in DC
Earlier this year I had the pleasure to speak at Frontrunners in the DC area, presenting "Design Systems from 0 to 1." The video of that talk is now up on YouTube. If you need h...
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Everyone's Favorite Influencer Starts Speaking
This one quick hack will revolutionize your app UX and give you amazing growth! It's super simple! Just talk to your users (not ChatGPT or "Synthetic Users") Fix the problems...
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Or Why Touch Screens Everywhere Is Dangerous
When I was growing up I wanted to be an astronaut. I played a vintage game on my MacSE called "Orbiter" which basically was a recreation of the Space Shuttle cockpit, complete w...
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Discussing "Investing in Internal Tools"
John appeared on the Product Thinking Podcast this week with Melissa Perri. John and Melissa discuss how he shifted focus to the importance of internal tools at Living Social, h...
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Speaks with LegalZoom on Lessons Learned
Angie Athayde-Stevens, who runs our sister company "Meticulous Talent Management" was interviewed by Jenn Morson for an article at LegalZoom entitled "Lessons Learned: How Mompr...
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