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Twitter Blue Thread: Newsletter Edition

Mosquito Chronicles • 4 HN points • 25 Apr 23
🕹 Technology Social media Product Development User Experience Regulation Competition
  1. Making large changes to social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook requires caution due to the complexity of the systems and the potential unintended consequences.
  2. Even small technical changes can have big impacts on user experience and site performance.
  3. User retention and engagement on social media platforms can be heavily influenced by subtle design elements and cultural dynamics.
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Things I learned at Anthropic

sémaphore • 2 implied HN points • 16 May 24
🕹 Technology AI Engineering Research Culture Product Development
  1. A team's success depends a lot on how quickly they make decisions and how willing they are to take risks.
  2. When building models, you might hit problems that stem from the data you used. It’s important to dig deep and understand these issues.
  3. Sometimes the simplest solution is the best one. You often find clear answers after thoroughly exploring a problem.

Founder’s Guide to User Interviews - Should Founders Tap into User’s Imagination of the Product ?

Build Startup In Public • 1 HN point • 29 Jul 24
💼 Business Startups Entrepreneurship Market research User Experience Product Development
  1. Ask hands-on questions that require people to explain their actions. This helps you understand their experiences better.
  2. Let users share their vision for the ideal product. It can reveal their pain points and what they really want.
  3. Instead of focusing on narrow user definitions, engage with users in their environment. This gives you a clearer picture of their needs and behaviors.

Launching Yo! Focus - Vietnamese Coffee

Jay's Data Stream • 5 implied HN points • 06 Aug 23
💼 Business E-commerce Marketing Entrepreneurship Product Development Customer Feedback
  1. The product, Yo! Focus - Vietnamese Coffee, was created to provide focus without jitters.
  2. The launch challenges included post-launch blues and a shift to e-commerce.
  3. Key action items after the launch include getting customer feedback, optimizing website funnel, understanding unit economics, and starting Facebook ads.

Lessons from going Multi-Product; Why positioning fails to make the jump from Marketing to Sales; How to get buy-in for your Marketing work internally

Femstreet • 2 implied HN points • 03 Mar 24
💼 Business Marketing Product Development Sales Entrepreneurship Startups
  1. Embarking on multi-product development is like exploring new territory in business, offering growth opportunities but also requiring strategic decisions for success.
  2. Internal marketing is crucial for getting buy-in on marketing efforts within a company, ensuring that the value of marketing work is effectively communicated and understood.
  3. Pricing is a powerful tool for growth often overlooked by product teams, and running willingness-to-pay studies can provide valuable insights for sustainable business growth.

UX is more than just usability or look and feel

A Better Designed World • 7 implied HN points • 16 Feb 23
🕹 Technology UX Design Product Development Visual Design User Experience E-commerce
  1. UX is composed of five key areas that include usability, utility, functional integrity, visual design, and persuasiveness.
  2. Good UX balances all five areas; a product might excel in one but lacking in others.
  3. Usability is crucial for a product to be easily learnable and memorable; utility determines the value; functional integrity focuses on reliability; visual design impacts appeal and perception; persuasiveness drives conversions and user engagement.

AI is creating new jobs

Year 2049 • 4 implied HN points • 08 Sep 23
💼 Business Job Opportunities Product Development
  1. AI is creating new job opportunities by introducing new technologies and needs.
  2. New AI job roles like Prompt Engineer & Librarian and Senior AI Product Counsel have specific responsibilities, qualifications, and high salaries.
  3. There is a growing demand for skills at the intersection of law and AI, highlighting the need for legal counsel in product development.

Why You Should (Still) Join Pinecone

Why You Should Join • 4 implied HN points • 04 Sep 23
🕹 Technology Artificial Intelligence Database Management Machine Learning Product Development Startup Growth
  1. Pinecone has seen significant growth and is actively hiring for various roles in different locations.
  2. Pinecone developed the first fully managed database for vectors, making working with vectors easy and efficient.
  3. Pinecone remains a market leader with a strong team, continuous product improvements, and a growing customer base.

The Unconventional Journey of Virgílio and Sword Health

The Healthtech Initiative • 2 implied HN points • 13 Sep 23
💼 Business Healthcare Innovation Team Management Product Development Company Culture
  1. Virgilio's journey with Sword Health shows the importance of resilience and commitment in innovating healthcare and technology.
  2. Overcoming obstacles like limited funding helped shape a robust company culture, attracting investors and grants.
  3. Sword Health's success came from addressing healthcare buyers' needs, embracing complexity, and prioritizing talent and team management.

Eight Key Lessons for Rocket-Shipping AI Products

Unsupervised Learning • 1 implied HN point • 10 Apr 24
🕹 Technology AI Products User Experience Product Development Market Strategy
  1. Move quickly and launch your product fast. It’s better to get user feedback sooner than to wait for the perfect version.
  2. Involve your users in the creation process. Let them guide the product's direction so that the final result meets their needs.
  3. Testing your product internally before releasing it to users is key. It helps to ensure quality and makes sure you’re delivering something valuable.

The NPE Canvas: Fundamental Principles for any end-user facing product

Venture Prose • 19 implied HN points • 27 Apr 17
💼 Business Product Development Entrepreneurship User Experience Investing Startups
  1. Building a successful consumer product takes time, talent, and hard work. Patience is key.
  2. For end-user facing applications, it's crucial to focus on a strong Narrative (user behavior), a simple Primitive (core feature), and Enablers (enhancements).
  3. Entrepreneurs should take time to reflect on their product's Narrative and Primitive to ensure clarity and simplicity.

L'Échelle de Valéry, ou Pourquoi les Gens Intelligents Créent des Produits Trop Compliqués

Mind Fooled • 0 implied HN points • 03 Sep 23
🕹 Technology Design User Experience Product Development Innovation Digital Products
  1. People tend to create products that are too complicated due to unconscious forces pushing towards complexity.
  2. The L'Échelle de Valéry model illustrates the spectrum between overly simplistic (Simplistic) and overly complex (Usines à gaz) products.
  3. To combat the trend of overly complicated products, actively expose yourself to user feedback and make efforts to simplify the design process.

客户群体不对，做什么都是错的

Yong’s Newsletter • 0 implied HN points • 11 Jul 23
💼 Business Marketing Market research Customer Feedback Product Development
  1. Identifying and targeting the correct target customer group is crucial for business success.
  2. Understanding customer needs and preferences is essential for delivering value and aligning products/services with the market.
  3. Iterative testing, learning from mistakes, and adapting to customer feedback are key for aligning products/services with the right target customer group.

What Taylor Swift Can Teach Us About Business

Digital Native • 0 implied HN points • 16 Mar 23
💼 Business Marketing Community Management Brand building Product Development Customer Engagement
  1. Great products revitalize and expand markets, like Taylor Swift did with country music to pop.
  2. Cultivating loyal communities and engaging with fans online is crucial for businesses, just as Taylor Swift did on Tumblr.
  3. Strong branding is a valuable moat for companies, as seen with Taylor Swift's well-defined brand that evolves with culture.