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jsorense's review against another edition
3.0
Decent book with sensible advice - I'd call it a strong 3 / 5.
Main points were:
* test your ideas early and continuously
- qualitatively (user interviews & observation) for open-ended questions
- quantitatively (A/B testing) for well-formed either-or questions
* prototype early and add incrementally
Only two things I think could have been improved:
* felt very repetitive to me
* the tone didn't help me respect the material (but maybe I'm just old school?) a little "flippant", and sort of preemptively angry about the fact that someone might disagree
Main points were:
* test your ideas early and continuously
- qualitatively (user interviews & observation) for open-ended questions
- quantitatively (A/B testing) for well-formed either-or questions
* prototype early and add incrementally
Only two things I think could have been improved:
* felt very repetitive to me
* the tone didn't help me respect the material (but maybe I'm just old school?) a little "flippant", and sort of preemptively angry about the fact that someone might disagree
incryptia's review against another edition
4.0
Super interesting read with lots of actionable advice, would recommend to anyone working in the IT world
ayushi88's review
5.0
Absolutely must read for anyone interested in the process. It’s so full of personality and explains everything so well. Definitely going to revisit this book over and over.
danigrrl's review
4.0
A great read, although as with most books on Lean, it focuses heavily on new product development. As someone working in Lean/Agile environments that often have existing legacy products, it would be really useful to incorporate ways to use these principles with embedded teams.
kevinalbrecht's review
5.0
Wow. This is the book for designing user interaction. Anyone who is designing or ever plans to design a user interface needs to read this.
lisarue's review
5.0
I loved Laura's book. As I read it I kept on putting it down thinking "I need to put this down and go follow her advice IMMEDIATELY" and then I would pick it up because I wanted to learn more and hear more of her voice. Since I know Laura I could hear her voice advising, explaining, and gently mocking commonly-held falsehoods. The tone combines with the topic matter to break down pre-conceptions, to convince and teach.
Laura's advice is incredibly practical. Having just been through a startup I could immediately see what I could have applied, and working with other startups now I do get an opportunity to apply more ideas. Many ideas are only obvious in retrospect (like testing fake features when you're operating on a shoestring budget) and then even once the idea is obvious, there's great advice for making the most of the idea.
Laura's advice is incredibly practical. Having just been through a startup I could immediately see what I could have applied, and working with other startups now I do get an opportunity to apply more ideas. Many ideas are only obvious in retrospect (like testing fake features when you're operating on a shoestring budget) and then even once the idea is obvious, there's great advice for making the most of the idea.
tofugirl's review
3.0
Great for complete beginners to UX. Detailed outline of the process, and lots of tips and tricks.
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