This analysis delves into the cyclicality of the crypto market, focusing on Bitcoin. The current cycle, which is the sixth, has been ongoing for just over a year. The market seems to be in the middle phase of a median-duration bull cycle, if it follows similar patterns from the past. The current Bitcoin cycle has been relatively smooth in comparison to previous cycles, though it's likely to see at least 10 more corrections before reaching the cycle's peak if the past is a guide. The post also dives into some of the other factors affecting the Bitcoin cycle and crypto cycles in general.
This post delves into how crypto is evolving towards modular architectures, with examples in Cosmos and Ethereum, where separate trust networks and middleware like oracles and indexing enhance functionality and interoperability.
Jito announced details around user eligibility for its airdrop, giving a detailed description of the different tiers and token allocations users can expect.
This thread gives a good overview of what is going on with stablecoins, often a leading indicator for the market, and even breaks the flows down by ecosystem.
Alex Masmej, CEO of Showtime Technologies, was recently given a scare when FBI agents reached him by phone. He later found out he was the target of a sophisticated cybercrime attack. Masmej provides some helpful suggestions and takeaways from the experience in this thread.
Several patent applications have been filed by Apple since 2015 that describe a smart ring. The last one suggests it's not just about fingers.
Samsung's Galaxy S24 Ultra will feature a flattened screen design, sharper screen edges, and a titanium finish. According to the company, its upcoming devices will use its Gauss model to generate AI on-device. Recent leaks suggest the S24 devices will support over a dozen languages and translate messaging apps in real time.
Google is updating the tablet Gmail app by introducing a left-aligned navigation rail, replacing the bottom bar elements. This update also relocates the compose button and hamburger menu to the sidebar, providing a clearer view of the email list.
Flat design became a thing. We saw an overnight shift in the interface design approach when Apple introduced iOS 7 in 2013. Notable design projects like Reddit’s new branding, macOS’s new icons, new Airbnb designs, and Shopify's updated design system are the latest moves away from fully flat designs.
Whether it’s user research, strategy, or product and service design, if you trust random AI tools without intention, your output will be as tasteful as overcooked spaghetti at a fake Italian restaurant. Designers should use generative AI tools to support and enhance their UX skills, not replace them.
While emojis help break down cultural and linguistic barriers, they can also hurt the user experience. These symbols can make accessing and understanding web content harder for screen reader users, people with cognitive and vestibular disabilities, visitors of multilingual websites, and many other use cases. From not overusing emojis to considering the need for localization, this article provides best practices for adopting emojis.
The UI Game presents two UI mockups and the player must select the more appropriate design. If the player chooses the correct option, their streak will increase.
This handy Figma plugin dynamically generates seamless tiled noise, textures, patterns, gradients, and more.
Drag and drop to generate stunning product shoots in seconds.
Designers who stick to a static job description and stay within the artificial boundaries of one job function will reach their limits quickly. There are three ways for designers to grow: growing within design, broadening their focus, and building bigger things.
The average recruiter looks at a curriculum vitae for six seconds. Considering the short window of opportunity, a compelling portfolio offers an alternative for gaining more attention. Despite this, most designers fail to capitalize on some low-hanging fruits when showcasing their work.
2023.12.05·intenseminimalism.com·4 min read·TLDR Design While effective at boosting conversions, deceptive patterns lead users to take action outside their best interests. Their use is unethical and legally problematic. You can avoid them by understanding how they manifest and identifying these patterns in your designs.
Cookie banners are essential for user safety. They should be designed in a consistent and empathetic manner. An analysis of 48 cookie pop-ups found that most lacked UX accessibility and empathy for the user, with inconsistent designs, misleading wording, biased button designs, and ambiguous "Decline" options.
Unconscious biases affect perception, action, and decision-making. They can influence various activities, including designing, user research, and deciding what to build.
Hootsuite’s survey revealed that audiences aren’t embracing AI-generated content as much as marketers are flocking to use it. 62% of consumers say they’re less likely to engage with and trust content if they know it was created by AI. Brands plan on decluttering their social platform mix in 2024. They’ll be focusing efforts on top-performing channels based on ROI.
Gmail's spam filters received a substantial upgrade through RETVec, a new text classification system. It enhances the platform's ability to tackle "adversarial text manipulations" often used in spam emails. This type of manipulation is characterized by special characters, emojis, and typos previously challenging for machines to comprehend. RETVec showed a 38% improvement in spam detection and a 19% reduction in false positives.
“Promotions” is a feature in Google Merchant Center that allows offers to be shown below Shopping Ads. It shows up as a clickable link or a promotion badge and is not the same thing as a “sale” annotation. The promotion can be an amount off, a percentage off, a free gift, or free shipping. This feature is a powerful way to improve click-through and conversion rates.
The ultimate cheat sheet to master ChatGPT prompting. It includes steps in creating a chain prompt, 10 best prompting tools, and general prompts for marketers.
Useful tips include merging multiple Excel files, employing macros for spell checking, detecting languages, counting cells by color, and using ArrayFormula in Google Sheets for streamlined data analysis and calculations.
These features cover AI-powered search campaigns for strategic targeting, Performance Max AI's broad reach and audience exploration, Google Analytics 4's predictive capabilities, and more.
Google made a change to only show video thumbnails next to results on the main Google Search results page when the video is the main content of a page earlier this year. This change now extends to search results in Video mode. Videos that aren’t the main content of the page will appear as “No video indexed” in Search Console—resulting in a decrease in the number of video impressions in the performance, video indexing, and video rich results reports.
Past results from working with an agency don’t always predict future results. It’s critical to look at the environment in which the agency has produced results. For example, restructuring your ads account and refreshing creative one time will work initially but will not continue to provide growth. Good agencies will be consistently testing and the ones driving new ideas and learnings.
The creator economy is booming, with over 50 million creators worldwide. It is predicted to reach $250B in 2023. This article shares 7 insights distilled from industry experts including the significance of platform proficiency, developing an authentic niche, and crafting binge-worthy content while maintaining consistency.
Brand touch points can be used to forge market positioning. This includes the design you use, emails you send, content you share, and events you organize.
This post discusses the feelings color wheel, powerful cognitive biases, Stephen King’s writing rules, Cashvertising’s LF8 and 9 wants, and Cialdini’s 7 persuasion principles.
A marketing case on how Kit-Kat set out to create a chocolate that celebrates Ramadan.
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Usage-based pricing is great for users, but can be painful to implement. Orb [5] is the drop-in billing solution that just works — for your customer, your teams, and your stack.
There is a trend of increasing specialization in product management. Industry, technology, audience, product type, and skill are all different specializations that PMs can intentionally focus on as their careers progress.
Growth hacking is a systematic process focused on data analysis and testing across various aspects like acquisition, engagement, and retention. Sean Ellis’ approach underscores the importance of understanding customer needs, product-market fit, and aligning messaging with customer preferences for sustainable, long-term growth. He advocates for a cross-functional, data-driven culture, and applying these principles to both B2B and B2C products.
By separating out product backlog (i.e. what you could do) from sprint backlog (i.e. what you will do), you can create more space for both. This article defines these two different backlogs and gives actionable tips on how to use the backlogs together effectively.
This thread critiques conventional performance metrics for product managers, using a scenario where two PMs handle a project differently to show how traditional measures like scope and impact can be subjective. It proposes assessing PMs based on knowledge, teamwork, decision-making, and outcome contribution, questioning whether performance should be measured individually or at an organizational level.
This article outlines a hierarchy of considerations for individuals choosing a startup to join, emphasizing the importance of the company's stage, team quality, culture, metrics, role, and compensation. It advises readers to align their skills with what the company needs, prioritize a strong team and culture, and understand that equity and company performance play crucial roles in compensation in the startup environment.
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Manual QA is error-prone but scaling automated test coverage is expensive and takes years. What's a PM to do? QA Wolf [11] is the answer. They’ll get your app to 80% test coverage in just 4 months [11], plus provide unlimited parallel test runs on their infrastructure. They also have multiple case studies of customers saving at least $200k/year in QA engineering and
The best strategic thinkers predict the future based on what they know today and make decisions based on that prediction. A good decision is one that strikes the right balance of risk and reward - they may not always have a successful outcome. This article gives a framework to make better decisions through 4 steps: identify the decision, analyze success, analyze failure, and make the decision.
This article explores the evolution of the MVP concept in the context of corporate strategy, contrasting the lean startup approach with traditional top-down strategic planning. It suggests a hybrid approach that combines validated learning with strategic decision-making, emphasizing the importance of continuous validation of assumptions in strategy development. The article introduces the Strategy Value Chain framework, which encompasses strategy development, planning, cascading, and execution.
A big part of a PM’s job is to understand how a business works and how a product impacts the different financial levers of a business. This article shares the risks of when PMs only focus on product production but forget about the business aspects.
InVision's failure to evolve alongside the market led to its decline, overshadowed by Figma's deeper integration into the design process. Its decline is a lesson in the power of going deeper into the customer problem. This case highlights the importance of continuous innovation and adapting to changing market needs for product managers.
This piece dives into a PM Lead’s first year at Databricks. He spotlights the PM team's extraordinary seniority within the company and acknowledges the company's strengths while also identifying areas for improvement, including diversity and potential burnout challenges. The post reflects positively on Databricks, noting ongoing achievements in continual learning, team building, anticipation of an IPO, financial goals, and sustained high growth.
A big redesign usually takes a long time to ship but rarely turns out to be successful. Gravity of habit is a user psychology that is frequently overlooked in these redesigns. With the recent shifts in AI, more and more users will likely expect a shift to a new model where products can turn user intent into outcome, instead of requiring users to learn how to navigate designs and redesigns.
This article defines the different stages of the product life cycle: ideation, product development, market introduction, expansion, maturity, and saturation. It also highlights different approaches that will lead to effective product management across the different stages.
Flow is a state in which people are so immersed in doing an activity that nothing else seems to matter. This article provides 8 rules that make it easier for users to get into a state of flow when they engage with a product.
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