Laroche.fm - Design & Business

More thoughts on design context, how you prioritise a design process, where do you start and saying no to features.

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I am building Shosho, an app for your writing: shosho.co

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Some quick thoughts on what to do and not do when hiring a designer. Lately I have been talking with many managers that are trying to hire a designer and I noticed a couple of things we can all do better.

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I am building Shosho, an app for your writing: https://shosho.co/

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Read my articles on: medium.com/@eugenesanu

Learn about my work: https://eugenesanu.com

Follow the podcast on Spotify: tinyurl.com/y5langqg

Or Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/y5jj7ukh

Millions of years ago, on the continent of Africa, humans who survived and emigrated to other parts probably did so because when they saw many beings running in the opposite direction, they followed them. Herd mentality and conforming to group norms is almost always a positive approach for your survival. We survived because we followed and mimicked others. This helped us develop norms. Learn what is a norm and how to use them to design better products.

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In this episode I will share with you some of the best books I have read on business, design and behavioural economics. These are an important read for anyone who wants to design great products and experiences. Here is the full list of all books mentioned:

The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman

Don't Make Me Think by Steve Krug

Inspired by Maty Cagan

Nudge by Richard Thaler

Alchemy by Rory Sutherland

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

Creativity, Inc by Ed Catmul

Shoe Dog by Phil Knight

Brand Thinking by Debbie Milman

How to think Like a Great Graphic Designer also by Debbie

All books by Marty Neumeier (Brand Gap, Scamble, Zag, etc)

Flow and Creativity by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (2 books)

Zero to One by Peter Thiel

Creators and Intellectuals by Paul Johnson (2 books)

Poor Charlie's Almanack by Charlie Munger

Welcome to a new Raw! Behavioral economics, how we make choices, and how we can change value perceived by only changing a name and wallpaper and many more. Random thoughts expressed logically :)

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In previous episode we discussed 5 most important skills a designer must have. One of them was communication skills, but I did not discuss how to develop them. And one way is writing.

You can read the full article on Medium: https://tinyurl.com/y25g5njv

Study 1: https://tinyurl.com/y7qetd6s

Study 2: https://tinyurl.com/y4cnsvzh

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In this episode I will talk about the most important skills any designer must have - communication skills. These skills go above any other. I will give you examples from my experience and how to apply them.

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Link to the article: https://goo.gl/3TT9RG

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I this episode I will share some thoughts about modern privacy concerns, how we can design with privacy in mind and many more.

Vitaly Friedman article: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2019/04/privacy-concerns-ux-web-forms/

My work: https://www.laroche.co

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Medium: https://medium.com/@eugenesanu

Have you ever noticed that once we make certain things more efficient, we, sometimes, lose the emotional connection with the brand, service or object? For example, we now have more efficient planes, but the flying experience is less pleasant.

In this episode I will talk about how sometimes sacrificing an emotional experience for efficiency is not the best approach

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A couple of years ago, Wordpress had a security flaw, and once they fixed it, they asked all their users and customers to update to the newest version. Unfortunately, many people didn’t want to. After the Wordpress team gave it some thought, they came up with an unusual solution. During their next email update, they said they introduced five new emojis. And their users began updating the app.

In this episode I will talk about how there is no average, and why logic is not always the best approach. Especially if you want to create value.

You can follow me on:

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