{"id":740,"date":"2008-05-29T15:08:55","date_gmt":"2008-05-29T22:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daviddalka.com\/createvalue\/2008\/05\/29\/tc08-chicago-designing-with-users-in-mind\/"},"modified":"2012-11-25T18:38:21","modified_gmt":"2012-11-25T23:38:21","slug":"tc08-chicago-designing-with-users-in-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daviddalka.com\/createvalue\/2008\/05\/29\/tc08-chicago-designing-with-users-in-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"TC08 Chicago – Designing With Users In Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following is a brief summary of the session that Former Feedburner folks\u00a0Matt Shobe and John Zeratsky<\/a> (I need to spend some time with that guy sometime) put on at TECH cocktail Conference 08.<\/p>\n

Without further delay, here’s their tips on designing with users in mind!<\/p>\n

Be Yourself \u2013 informal, fun<\/p>\n

Be Fast \u2013 the perceived time when people see speed, they perceive the experience and organization as reliable. Image sprites can help this. Steve Souders is a good source on this topic.<\/p>\n

Be Willing to Give Up Control \u2013 Give yourself permission to outsource certain tasks.<\/p>\n

Be Engaged \u2013 have a blog, more importantly, be engaged in other blogs. It\u2019s important to get the early adopters and beta testers to help you. It allows you to iterate.<\/p>\n

Be Polite \u2013 Try to be considerate\u2026from the users perspective.<\/p>\n

Be Surprising \u2013 Do things outside the norm. Hackathon. Had new feature coding retreat days. Engage random users.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The following is a brief summary of the session that Former Feedburner folks\u00a0Matt Shobe and John Zeratsky (I need to spend some time with that guy sometime) put on at TECH cocktail Conference 08. Without further delay, here’s their tips on designing with users in mind! Be Yourself \u2013 informal, fun Be Fast \u2013 the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,13,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chicago","category-customer-experience","category-entrepreneurship"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t