- In an interview for The New York Times, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey offered a good illustration of how it’s hard for startups to see the big picture.
- How Dropbox develops “North Star product experiences” — i.e., future visions for their products. (H/t Kenny Chen)
- Design Nonfiction, a series of video interviews that “explores and documents transformations in design between the Dotcom Crash and the rise of machine intelligence.” (h/t Peter Stoyko)
- An intriguing look at the structure of Google’s (software) design docs. (h/t Cyd Harrell)
- Ren Pope on the difference between data, information, and knowledge problems.
- Tim Sheiner on best practices for presenting numbers that change over time. (As in dashboards, etc.)
- Stephen Anderson released his first The Mighty Minds Club report, which is about exploring alternate futures. The best educational bang-for-the-buck I’ve gotten in a long time — highly recommended.
- The flexibility of software is enabling manufacturers to add or subtract features from products after they’ve been sold. This opens possibilities for new business models.
- A fantastic visual introduction to machine learning. (h/t Helen Armstrong)
- “Armed with 52 different bricks, let’s see what they can teach us about the design, layout and organisation of complex interfaces.” What you can learn about UI design from LEGO bricks.
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