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How soon is now? Discovering the many jobs of language in design
How soon is now? Discovering the many jobs of language in design
In a simple design, every element has to pull its own weight. A messaging app — no matter what frills it’s decorated with — should be a…
Elizabeth McGuane
Apr 18, 2017
Know when to ask for help with the 15 Minute Rule
Know when to ask for help with the 15 Minute Rule
A fact of startup life is that no matter what team you work on, you’re guaranteed to run into problems you get stuck on.
Intercom
Feb 26, 2017
How to run 1:1 meetings that work for 2
How to run 1:1 meetings that work for 2
As an Engineering Manager it’s not always obvious where to allocate time for maximum impact.
David Lynch
Mar 21, 2017
Design-led is a fallacy. Integrated design isn’t.
Design-led is a fallacy. Integrated design isn’t.
Cultivating design leadership is hard when you don’t fully understand what design can do for a business. Ask an entrepreneur what they…
Intercom
Jan 23, 2017
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Sequoia’s James Buckhouse on why product design should start with a story
Sequoia’s James Buckhouse on why product design should start with a story
James Buckhouse, founder of the Sequoia Creative Lab and a self-described “storyteller”, will be the first to tell you that that the word…
Intercom
Aug 30, 2017
6 weeks: why it’s the Goldilocks of product timeframes
6 weeks: why it’s the Goldilocks of product timeframes
Process for a product team can be suffocating, or process can be liberating. And no process at all? Well that’s fun for maybe a week or two…
Brian Donohue
May 19, 2017
Behind the scenes on the Inside Intercom illustrations
Behind the scenes on the Inside Intercom illustrations
When we revamped the Inside Intercom blog, we wanted to provide readers with a truly editorial experience — something you would get from…
Intercom
May 9, 2017
Tina Roth Eisenberg on 4 things designers-turned-startup-founders need to know
Tina Roth Eisenberg on 4 things designers-turned-startup-founders need to know
“I sometimes laugh because here I am, sitting, looking at Excel spreadsheets and talking and worrying about margins. How have I become that…
Intercom
Mar 28, 2017
How do you say no to customers?
How do you say no to customers?
Building a successful product means getting good at saying no. But exactly how do you say it? What if you’re on the front line…
Intercom
Mar 9, 2017
Why you need to make failure part of your PR plan
Why you need to make failure part of your PR plan
Let me tell you a story.
Intercom
Feb 15, 2017
How the words you use build your product
How the words you use build your product
Words in a product evolve. They start with the people who first invent the product and name its parts.
Intercom
Feb 7, 2017
Why not talking to your customers can be a good thing
Why not talking to your customers can be a good thing
No matter how good your support team is, it’s an inescapable fact that some customers simply don’t want to talk to them.
Intercom
Jan 12, 2017
The best things we read this year — favorite links from the Intercom team
The best things we read this year — favorite links from the Intercom team
Few industries are as prolific as the tech world when it comes to creating content. And we’re pretty good at consuming it.
Intercom
Dec 22, 2016
Is your phone getting in your way?
Is your phone getting in your way?
When phones become more important than people, your productivity suffers.
Intercom
Nov 24, 2016
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