Things I found on the web this week (8th June)

Jenny Brown
UX Qatar
Published in
2 min readJun 8, 2017
Image from Monument Valley just got a surprise sequel

This week: how to write like Google, learning from WeChat product development, creative resources for entrepreneurs, your new favourite waste of time.

Here are the things I found interesting on the web this week.

Happy reading!
@jennybee

// PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT THINGS

7 Things You Can Learn From WeChat Product Development
How to take an idea from an international market and adapt it for success in your own. Like how WeChat did in China.

People Don’t Buy Products, They Buy Better Versions of Themselves
A feature is what your product does; a benefit is what the customer can do with your product.” Here’s how other well known products highlight their benefits and win customers.

// SERVICE DESIGN THINGS

Making public services more effective, accessible and simple for all New Yorkers
Bear with me on this one, this article outlines the steps for making a brilliant service that people love. Whether it’s public services in NYC or technology solutions for Qatar. It applies to both.

// GOOGLE THINGS

What It Means To “Google” Something Just Changed Forever
“Google doesn’t want to just answer questions anymore. It wants to guess the question before you ask it.” Woah.

// CREATIVE RESOURCES THINGS

Creative resources for entrepreneurs
I discovered this blog recently and it’s packed full of amazing resources, tips and guidance for entrepreneurs.

// DISTRACTIONS THINGS

Monument Valley just got a surprise sequel
Goodbye social life! If you don’t know about this game I encourage you to download it. It’s beautiful and addictive for all the right reasons. And the team behind it are very clever — read about the making of the sequel.

// UX WRITING THINGS

UX Writing: How to do it like Google with this powerful checklist
“Notes from a Google I/O 2017 talk by three UX Writers. It’s a great resource to start creating a UX Writing process within your organisation.”

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Jenny Brown
UX Qatar

Director of Digital Experience and Digital Transformation at Qatar Museums