Ignore AI, qualities of great design, marketing without audience
3 best links on solopreneurship, product, and design this week ✨
Edition 33rd: Insightful read for the insanely curious
This week, I’m covering:
You can learn AI later.
The Qualities of Great Design
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Tools and resources
You can learn AI later.
I have seen this movie before. Remember crypto bois, NFT artists, and web three startups? Looking at my crypto portfolio brings tears for me 🥲.
Don’t follow the trend; strengthen the foundations and stay curious. Jason makes a good point: “They say necessity is the mother of invention, but it's really the impetus for learning. The time will come, and you can figure it out then. If anything, learning how to use AI will be easier once it settles in a bit. Currently, it's a moving target.”
The Qualities of Great Design
Great Design isn't magic; it is crafted with care by real people. Explore the characteristics of great design through the voices of designers from Apple and the design community. Learn how they take inspiration from everyday life, conceive and refine ideas, and push themselves to design apps and games that can stand the test of time. Watch below 📺
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Let’s say you have built a product or service but have no distribution channels. Read below to get started on how to make your first few sales and get going”
Tools and resources
Designing for inclusion →
Key practices of accessible design.Stakeholder research →
Why you should talk with stakeholders before talking with customers.A-ha moment in UX →
A simple approach to discover your product’s a-ha moment.
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I didn't got into the AI wave back in March. Even though I felt the "shiny object syndrome" pull then.
But now I started getting into it, and learning Python to go along with it. Learning technical stuff is always a fun challenge e_e
You're a pro curator Shivam. Does physical product design interests you? Would love to see a piece around physical product design. Like what are the books, the masters to follow, blogs etc.