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What I learned in my first year as a product designer

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by on August 17, 2014 at 12:05 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Design & Dev

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Alvin Hsia is a Product Designer at Edmodo. This post originally appeared on his Medium blog. For the past year, I’ve had an incredible experience contributing to the design team at Edmodo, a K-12 education startup backed by Greylock Partners, Benchmark Capital and Union Square Ventures. While I wasn’t new to building stuff, having hacked projects together with friends in college, the last 12 months have afforded me the opportunity to ship world-class software alongside seasoned veterans. Now that I have a couple of product cycles under my belt, I’ve learned a lot about what to do (and what not to) when working…

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Use crowdsourced data to find out what’s draining your iPhone battery

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by on August 17, 2014 at 12:27 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

A new app called Normal might help you finally get to the bottom of your iPhone’s disappointing battery life. Unlike any other iPhone battery tracking app, Normal uses crowdsourced data from everyone using the app to provide personal advice on how to improve your battery. Once installed, Normal starts giving actionable suggestions like ‘kill Google to save 1 hour of battery life’ rather than just presenting you with stats. The real beauty of Normal is being able to see if your battery drain is normal compared to others using the same model of iPhone. Each app listing tells you if your apps are draining battery…

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How to find your friends at this year’s Burning Man festival

Aug16
by on August 16, 2014 at 5:00 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Apps, Around the Web, How-To's, Social Media

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Ryan Matzner is the Director of Strategy at Fueled, a mobile design and development shop based in NYC and London. In just over a week, I will make my first pilgrimage to Burning Man. And while I look forward to leaving the mainstream grid to frolic with fellow creative creatures, I’m not so keen on what I understand is a common struggle at Burning Man: losing track of your friends on the playa. Some people will rely on printed Facebook invites and directions from BurnerMap to find their friends, but these days, workable printers only exist in offices with PCs. And once you’ve left that…

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