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  1. What is design debt?

    Paying down your product design debt enables you to hit the product metrics you are working towards like acquisition and retention. Let’s take a look at what design debt encompasses and some small projects to get you started.

    Lindsey Christensen
    February 22, 2021
    • Design
    • Product Design
    • User Research
    • Usability Testing
  2. Make a snazzy one-time code input in React Native

    Let’s take a look at making a nice one-time code input in React Native and how we can make the best possible experience for our mobile application users.

    John Schoeman and Devin Jameson
    January 14, 2021
    • React Native
    • User Experience
    • Mobile
    • Design
  3. Follow our Product Design Sprint with Health Match 360

    thoughtbot is conducting a pro-bono Product Design Sprint with the founders of Health Match 360, and you’re invited to watch the process unfold and learn how PDS’ help early stage companies get to the next level.

    Lindsey Christensen
    November 25, 2020
    • Product Design Sprint
    • Design
    • Health Tech
  4. New Online Workshop: Patient has entered the chat!

    Join thoughtbot Design Director Jaclyn Perrone for a fireside chat with Mallory McMillan, User Researcher at Seven, to uncover the challenges and triumphs of conducting remote user research for health tech.

    Jaclyn Perrone
    October 29, 2020
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    • Health Tech
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  5. The world does not revolve around your product

    A common problem I run into with product founders and larger organizations is the idea that their customers will be obsessed with their products.

    Eric Bailey
    October 6, 2020
    • Successful Products
    • Product Design
    • Design
  6. Saying no to Diez (for now)

    Evaluating Diez, a framework for creating and maintaining design tokens.

    Eric Bailey
    September 18, 2020
    • Design Tokens
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  7. Consider the Tomato

    Tomatoes are a bit of an ontological mess.

    Eric Bailey
    September 8, 2020
    • Information Architecture
    • Design
  8. When a Design Audit is Right for Your Team

    Design audits are an eye-opening, rewarding tool. Identifying when to use them is a skill of its own. Let’s explore the benefits for your brand and why a design audit might be the right choice for you and your team.

    Alex Chen
    August 24, 2020
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  9. Using patient interviews to prioritize features for a health tech product

    Conducting user interviews is especially important for heathcare companies. They help us shape our products, prioritize features, and sometimes even blow our minds.

    Kyle Fiedler
    August 11, 2020
    • Design
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  10. My first remote design sprint

    How to be a good human and how to be good to other humans in a remote design sprint.

    Elaina Natario
    August 3, 2020
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    • Remote
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