9 Best Articles in 2021
Nielsen Norman Group
The Discovery Phase in UX Projects
Nielsen Norman Group
9 min read · 2020-03-15 · Although there can be many different instigators, roles, and activities involved in a discovery, all discoveries strive to achieve consensus on the problem to be solved and desired outcomes.
A List Apart
Discovery on a Budget: Part I
A List Apart
~11 min read · From 2018 · “Discovery” is a key phase of design. It’s the starting point, where you define and clarify the problem you’re about to solve. For established or big businesses with dedicated budgets, teams, and c…
medium.com
Documenting Design Discovery
medium.com
5 min read · From 2016 · How six assertions inform briefs, strategies, and other deliverables
nerds.airbnb.com
SmartStack: Service Discovery in the Cloud
nerds.airbnb.com
20+ min read · From 2015 · What is SmartStack? SmartStack is an automated service discovery and registration framework. It makes the lives of engineers easier by transparently handling creation, deletion, failure, and maintenance work of the machines running code within your organization. We believe that our approach to this problem is among the best possible: simpler conceptually, easier to operate, more …
producttalk.org
Doing Discovery Well: How to Measure and Guide Your Team
producttalk.org
8 min read · 2020-06-10 · How do you know that you are doing discovery well? If you want to improve your discovery process, what outcomes help you track your progress? I get asked these questions often. I like that teams are…
A List Apart
Practical Design Discovery
A List Apart
~19 min read · From 2017 · When we can’t trace low-level decisions back to a specific objective or problem statement, we lose sight of what we should and shouldn’t do on a project. Dan Brown shows us how to creat…
Marty Cagan
Discovery – Excuses
Marty Cagan
5 min read · Mar 27th · In this article I’d like to continue with the series on common problems with product discovery. So far I’ve talked about the difference between learnings and insights, the differences that result from…
nginx.com
Service Discovery in a Microservices Architecture
nginx.com
~14 min read · From 2016 · Explore the service discovery within a microservices architecture, including client-side and server-side discovery patterns, the service registry, & more.
rising.fm
Rising.fm | New Music Discovery
rising.fm
From 2016 · New music discovery charts powered by SoundCloud and built on social media buzz.
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The Ringer
The Day the Good Internet Died
The Ringer
~12 min read · Jul 21st · For a small slice of time, being online was a thrilling mix of discovery, collaboration, creativity, and chaotic potential. Then Google Reader disappeared.
Social Media Today
Snapchat Shares New Insights into Emerging Consumer Trends, Including AR, Digital Discovery and More
Social Media Today
2 min read · Jul 8th · The report highlights key, emerging shifts in eCommerce and product discovery.
Quanta Magazine
DNA Jumps Between Animal Species. No One Knows How Often.
Quanta Magazine
10 min read · Jun 9th · The discovery of a gene shared by two unrelated species of fish is the latest evidence that horizontal gene transfers occur surprisingly often in vertebrates.
The New York Times
Discovery of ‘Dragon Man’ Skull in China May Add Species to Human Family Tree
The New York Times
7 min read · Jun 25th · A laborer discovered the fossil and hid it in a well for 85 years. Scientists say it could help sort out the human family tree and how our species emerged.
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Benedict Evans
Search, discovery and marketing — Benedict Evans
Benedict Evans
9 min read · From 2015 ·
"However vast any person’s basic reading may be, there still remain an
enormous number of fundamental works that he has not read"
Italo Calvino
Erasmus is said to have been the last person in Europe to have read
everything. He lived just at the point that printing took off, and so it
was in his lifetime that it ceased actually to be possible to have read
everything. Some time later there was presumably also a last person to have
heard of every book, or every book worth readi
Marty Cagan
Discovery – Problem vs. Solution
Marty Cagan
3 min read · 2020-09-04 · To continue with the series on common misunderstandings about product discovery, in this article I’d like to discuss a very fundamental confusion that exists with a remarkably large segment of the…
Age of Product
Product Discovery Anti-Patterns Leading to Failure
Age of Product
~15 min read · From 2017 · Learn more about the product discovery anti-patterns that can manifest themselves when you try to fill Scrum’s product discovery void. #agileantipatterns #productdiscovery #productroadmap
National Geographic
These are the top 20 scientific discoveries of the decade
National Geographic
~16 min read · 2019-12-05 · The 2010s yielded many incredible finds and important milestones. Here are our favorites.
herbig.co
How to run a Product Discovery: A Full Step by Step Guide
herbig.co
From 2019 · A product discovery is about ensuring that the right product is built for the right audience. Here's how to stay on course for your next one.
producttalk.org
Why Engineers Should Participate in Discovery
producttalk.org
~13 min read · From 2018 · Are you inviting your engineers to participate in discovery with you? If yes, do you get pushback from them? Does your organization prefer that your engineers only write code? Marty Cagan, in Inspired, argues, “If you’re just using your engineers to code, you’re only getting about half their value.” I couldn’t agree more. But too […]
blog.pinterest.com
Search outside the box with new Pinterest visual discovery tools
blog.pinterest.com
4 min read · From 2017 · When it comes to looking for something you want to try—a new pasta dish, a new pair of shoes, a new table for your dining room—you really need to see it first. Humans are visual creatures. We use our eyes to decide if something looks good, or if it matches our style.
Smashing Magazine
More Than Pixels: Selling Design Discovery — Smashing Magazine
Smashing Magazine
~14 min read · From 2018 · Have you ever faced challenges when trying to sell Design Discovery to a potential client? In this article, Kyle Cassidy takes a deep dive into the importance of research as part of the UX design process and the core purpose of Design Discovery.
Marty Cagan
Discovery – Learning vs. Insights
Marty Cagan
3 min read · 2020-09-01 · I introduced the term product discovery about 15 years ago, and I’ve loved watching the industry gradually broaden its mind from the concept of someone – either an old-school business analyst or a…
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