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How to Eat an Elephant, One Atomic Concept at a Time
Kevin Kwok | Strategy | 2020-02-05
It feels a bit redundant to promote a Kevin Kwok blog post that has already made its rounds, but I can never get enough of his essays. This covers how Figma and Canva are taking on Adobe.
Presenting to the CEO in 5 Slides
Tom Critchlow | Communication | 2020-02-09
Thereâs lots of good stuff in this post beyond the initial scope of SEO presentations: âExecutive presence is about being concise, credible, and compelling.â I found the section on being concise particularly useful.
How To Put Faith in UX Design
Scott Berkun | Design | 2021-02-03
âI donât think Hurstâs lost faith is actually in UX. User Experience design is primarily a set of skills. You canât lose faith in UX any more than you can lose faith in carpentry. Instead, he has lost his faith in the willingness of predatory (big tech) corporations to do the right thing.â
Common Mistakes in Defining Metrics
Brian Balfour | Metrics | 2021-02-05
Another short and sweet post from Brian Balfour. I come back to the question of outputs and inputs frequently. Itâs important to distinguish between the metrics you should monitor vs. those that you are trying to move.
Visual Search Engine
Same Energy | Aesthetic | N/A
This site is so cool⊠You can search or drop in an image and it uses deep learning to algorithmically curate images that look similar to the one you selected. Might be seeing some of these in the closing of future Oversimplified issuesâŠ
Notion Meeting Workflow
Sam Corcos | Productivity | 2020-06-25
Sam Corcos, CEO of Levels published this loom a while back on his meeting workflow in Notion. This is interesting to me first off since itâs not far from the problem we solve at Hugo. On a side note, look at that packed calendar!
Food for Thought
One excellent way to develop a high standard is to interview people who you see doing a great job in their field. Find out what their standard is and add it to your own. â Ben Horowitz
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