Well-designed
by Jon Kolko · first published 2014
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"A new way to create-and then disrupt Industry disruption is no longer isolated to a unique product or service. Today's consumer needs engagement in order to be swayed to interact, connect, and buy your next offering. Achieve this and you'll achieve success. Sharp and refreshing, design insider and expert Jon Kolko offers a new view and usable process for conceiving and building powerful, emotionally resonant new products in this new book. In Well-Designed, Kolko-VP at MyEdu and Founder and Director of the Austin Center for Design--shows how deep, meaningful engagement happens when products an
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…without balance. Try to go beyond engineering and learn more about business and product design, which will help you prioritize engineering decisions. Some product-related books: Inspired by Cagan and Well-Designed by Kolko. Beyond engineering and product, as a C-level executive or director, people and hiring will be your primary concern. There are many management books, and I don’t have any particular to recommend…
on “Ask HN: What are good books/blogs to read for a first time CTO?” ↗…anyone). I'm not sure what I expected, but so far this hasn't been satisfying. The first couple of chapters have been laying out a framework and defining terms. Considering swapping this out for Jon Kolko's Well Designed - How to Use Empathy To Create Products People Love [3], which seemed much more actionable after picking it up at Barnes and Noble. * Real World OCaml - Yaron Minsky, Anil Madhavapeddy, Jason Hickey…
on “Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?” ↗