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Thoughts from a team building a revolutionary collaborative text editor
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The real reason contentEditable doesn’t have a future
The real reason contentEditable doesn’t have a future
Text editing remains one of the most important but least improved features in modern software.
Blaine
Oct 30, 2015
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The ultimate guide to organising your startup team
The ultimate guide to organising your startup team
The hardest thing about starting something new is finding people to work with and being productive (and happy!) together.
Anna Maybank
Oct 23, 2015
How to build a text editor in 2015
How to build a text editor in 2015
A question we get asked a lot at Poetica is: why would we build yet another text editor?
Anna Maybank
Oct 16, 2015
Three things that will surprise you about how you write
Three things that will surprise you about how you write
We’re re-thinking some of the fundamentals of what it means to collaborate using technology. Our insights about how technology needs to…
Anna Maybank
Aug 5, 2015
Our six steps for customer development
Our six steps for customer development
At Poetica, we do a lot of talking to our users. One of the ways we do that is through customer development interviews: face-to-face…
Anna Maybank
Aug 4, 2015
The most important tools you need to run a startup
The most important tools you need to run a startup
As we build Poetica, we’re sharing what we learn, as we learn it. Our last post was all about how we get things done in our team.
Anna Maybank
Aug 4, 2015
Collaboration in apps isn’t a solved problem: here’s how to fix it
Collaboration in apps isn’t a solved problem: here’s how to fix it
Collaboration is a hot topic, especially in the market of workplace or productivity applications, but as a buzzword it is far too easily…
James Weiner
Jul 28, 2015
Poetica’s manifesto for humane app design
Poetica’s manifesto for humane app design
There’s not much point doing anything if you don’t have a good idea of what you’re trying to achieve. That’s why we have a clear set of…
James Weiner
Jul 27, 2015
Making Poetica: how we get stuff done
Making Poetica: how we get stuff done
We’re a five-person startup who’ve been working together less than a year on Poetica, a tool to help you get great feedback on your…
Anna Maybank
Jul 27, 2015
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