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Design Thinking Vs. Design Sprint: Why You Need Both If you work in digital product design, chances are you’ve heard the terms design thinking and design sprint quite a bit. However, because the two are closely linked, there’s also... Read more at: buff.ly/2POEjGw

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4 Of The Best Remote Usability Testing Tools Usability testing is an essential step in our design sprint process at Checkmate Digital. However, we conduct the majority of our testing remotely so we’re not limited... Read more at: buff.ly/2ZB0WCs

Why Users Breaking Your App Is Good For Your UX Design The last thing you want is for users to break your product, right? Wrong. Contrary to what one might think, people breaking your planned user experience (UX) is actually good for... Read more at buff.ly/2zqVHG4

What Is Design Thinking? (A Definition) Many of today’s most established organizations embrace design thinking principles to better understand their customers’ needs and design products that address them. But what is design thinking and... Read more at buff.ly/2ZvuJvB

3 Components That Improve The Prototype Stage Of Design Thinking Prototyping is an integral part of design thinking and product design as a whole. A prototype is essentially a model of a proposed solution, created for the purpose of... Read more at buff.ly/329Dr0l

PoC vs. Prototype vs. MVP: What's the Difference? Over the last several years, the tech startup industry has developed its own sub-culture, and with that its own unique lexicon. When we’re doing well and feeling great, we’re “crushing it”... Read more at buff.ly/2LpqdGb

4 Design Thinking Exercises From Industry Experts Design thinking is a process for creative problem-solving that focuses on users. During workshops, designers utilize different creative exercises to better understand the people a product... Read more at buff.ly/2Pcn15x

Storyboarding In UX Design: Tools & Tips To Get Started Designers rely on storyboarding to outline the key concepts and user experience (UX) design elements to include in their designs. In the context of UX design, a storyboard is like a... Read more at buff.ly/2NCIiTI

4 UX KPIs To Track & Why The user experience (UX) is a critical element of every digital product—but it can be very challenging to measure success. Because UX is primarily focused on human behavior, it’s difficult to quantify.... Read more at buff.ly/2ZwZa0m

How To Run A Competitor Analysis For UX Design Ask any business owner and they’ll be the first to tell you that it’s wise to keep an eye on your competition. But when it comes to tech, including software and mobile applications... Read more at buff.ly/2Hucdd3

Usability Testing For UX Design: 5 Tips For Success Whether you’re creating a new mobile application, website, or piece of software, usability testing is a critical part of the design process. User testing provides insight into the user... Read more at buff.ly/2U7yxOu

Designing For B2B Startups: Our Unique UX Design Process Ask any user experience (UX) designer and they’ll be the first to tell you: there’s a lot of ambiguity surrounding their role and the UX design process. Across the industry, people... Read more at buff.ly/2ZvS2Bw

We messed around with a GIF campaign which, so far, has left 10M+ impressions...does anyone else think there's an opportunity here? 🤨 #TuesdayThoughts #giphy #productdesign #MarketingStrategy

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Voice search is more than just cool new tech. @GoogleDevExpert @afirstenberg looks at how voice will change the way we interact with technology. Watch the full presentation from @gdgnewhaven's DevFest 2017 here: youtu.be/VXaoHzUhXeI

Watch @Google's @cawelty presentation on how @googlemaps and #AI handle complicated data and the subjective nature of truth. You can see the full presentation here: youtu.be/zrZS4hY5KlY