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• Twitter's Consistency Conundrum
  September 09, 2011 in Design Strategy by Dmitry with 4 comments
  Photo by Joi. Yesterday Twitter CEO Dick Costolo used the word "consistency" as he talked about their new product focus on competition with Google+: Google+ could drive users away because of its complexity. Twitter's philosophy is to simplify. "We are always editing it down." We want to simplify the interface, we want it to be dead simple and consistent between devices and platforms....
  
• Small, Painful Buttons: Why Social Media Buttons Might be Killing Your Mobile Site
  January 17, 2012 in Implementation by Jonathan with 8 comments
  You build sites for mobile devices, right? Then you might've noticed the one pesky issue with responsive sites is the loading speed, especially when there's a slow cell connection. What you may not know is that there is a likely culprit for at least part of your problem — the ever-present social media buttons. On small devices, such as mobile phones, bandwidth and latency are at ...
  
• Influencers Answer Why It's So Hard to Hire a Designer
  January 16, 2012 in ZURB, Sparks by Dmitry with 13 comments
  It's no secret that hiring an amazing product designer is a big problem for everyone right now. Numerous articles have highlighted this issue over the last year, Garry Tan of YCombinator gave an interview on Mashable recently about his experience finding great designers, Jay Holtz wrote a great op-ed on NYTimes about his hardships finding a designer. We’ve seen first hand how hard it is to fin...
  
• Task Analysis and User Profiles Are Not Enough Anymore
  January 13, 2012 in Business and Startups, Design Strategy by Dmitry with 2 comments
  
  
• Who's Your Early Adopter?
  January 09, 2012 in Business and Startups, Design Strategy by Tanya with 7 comments
  
  
• It's Complex To Make A Product Simple
  January 04, 2012 in Business and Startups by Ryan with 17 comments
  
  
• Happy New Year from all of us at ZURB!
  January 02, 2012 in ZURB by Dmitry with 4 comments
  
  
• "We Have The Technology ... " or How We Rebuilt ZURBlog
  December 27, 2011 in ZURB, Implementation by Jordan with 5 comments
  
  
• A Cry for User Centered Design
  December 20, 2011 in Business and Startups, Design Strategy by Dmitry with 11 comments
  
  
• The Hidden Complexity In Simple Products
  December 14, 2011 in Business and Startups by Ryan with 14 comments
  
  
• Response Times: The 3 Important Limits
  November 15, 2011 in Implementation, Interaction Design by Dmitry Be the first to comment
  
  
• Two Weeks, Two Releases: Foundation Update
  October 28, 2011 in ZURB, Implementation by Jonathan with 1 comment
  
  
• Who Are Your Customers: Elephants, Rabbits or Deer?
  October 13, 2011 in Business and Startups by Dmitry with 2 comments
  
  
• Before You Disrupt The Markets, You Need to Disrupt Yourself
  August 25, 2011 in Sparks by Dmitry with 1 comment
  
  
• TripAdvisor: Using Verify To Test Concepts for a Mobile App
  August 24, 2011 in by Louis Be the first to comment
  
  
• Two Weeks In, Google+ is Looking Good
  August 11, 2011 in Sparks by Jonathan with 3 comments
  
  
• Books On Designing Products That Drive Action
  July 28, 2011 in ZURB by Dmitry with 6 comments
  
  
• What No One Seems to Mention About Google+
  June 29, 2011 in Business and Startups by Jonathan with 7 comments
  
  
• There Is A Puzzle Hidden In This Post
  June 24, 2011 in ZURB by Matt with 6 comments
  
  
• Tip: Reseting a Test Timer
  June 20, 2011 in by Louis Be the first to comment
  
  

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