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Lean UX Workshop

Lean UX Workshop

Aligning Business, Design, and Technology

Clarke's rating: StarStarStarStarStar 5.0

On May 8, 2014 Clarke Ching wrote: Excellent overview of Lean, Agile and UX
I've spent a good part of today watching Jeff Gothelf's Lean UX Workshop - a paid video workshop from O'Reilly, which I didn't pay for because I'm part of the O'Reilly reviewer program. What follows is my brief, but honest, review: It's very good. Gothelf is a very good presenter - easy to listen to, easy to follow - and the content is excellent. I've had the good fortune to work with 3 excellent UX folk during the last year so I am familiar with some of the content, but not all of it. I learnt useful stuff though and I found it a useful complement to the book he cowrote with Josh Seiden. The workshop is broken down into 11 videos, some just a few minutes long, a few nearer 45 minutes long, totalling just over 4 hours. It starts with a very nice overview of Agile and an explanation of how Lean UX fits UX work into an Agile framework. It also covers, clearly and quickly, Lean Startup thinking. I really enjoyed this. The videos cost about $70, plus 4 hours of your time. Full Review >

OS X Mavericks: The Missing Manual

OS X Mavericks: The Missing Manual

Clarke's rating: StarStarStarStarStar 5.0

On May 3, 2014 Clarke Ching wrote: Brilliantly useful and readable
One of the best investments I've made since owning macs, is David Pogue's OS X Mavericks: The Missing Manual. Pogue knows what he's talking about AND he writes about technical stuff in a way that's easy to absorb. I also read his Switching to the Mac book, way back, and I recommend it to anyone who is switching from Windows to Mac. Full Review >

Take Control of 1Password

Take Control of 1Password

Clarke's rating: StarStarStarStarStar 4.0

On Jan 18, 2014 Clarke Ching wrote: good book - useful
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Software Requirements 3

Software Requirements 3

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On Nov 24, 2013 Clarke Ching wrote: Awesome and huge
This book is huge ... but very readable and full of top-notch advice Full Review >

The Myths of Innovation

The Myths of Innovation

Clarke's rating: StarStarStarStarStar 4.0

On Mar 12, 2011 Clarke Ching wrote: Myths of Innovation
I found it hard, when I first tried reading this book, to warm to it. The essay style didn't work for me. Perhaps I wasn't in the right frame of mind. Perhaps the thought of reading a whole bunch of essays didn't appeal. Who knows? Full Review >

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