Build Stuff That You'd Use

As a designer or developer, keeping up with and growing your skillset can be challenging. However, figuring out what to do with those skills once you have them can be even more difficult. In this presentation, we’ll explore ways to come up with ideas that can lead to enhancing your work and workflow, shipping those ideas even when they aren’t perfect, and creating things that other people might even pay to use.

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1. DaveKiss Saturday, August 24, 13
2. @ DaveKiss Saturday, August 24, 13
3. build stuff that you’d use @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
4. @davekiss #prototypecamp My Favorite Failure Saturday, August 24, 13
5. @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
6. @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
7. @davekiss #jschi “Who’s going to use this?” Saturday, August 24, 13
8. @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
9. @davekiss #jschi my only sale Saturday, August 24, 13
10. @davekiss #jschi Saturday, August 24, 13
11. @davekiss #jschi Saturday, August 24, 13
12. you will do what makes you happy @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
13. “When you sign up to run a marathon, you don’t want a taxi to take you to the finish line.” @davekiss #prototypecamp @sivers, via Anything You Want Saturday, August 24, 13
14. you’ll be doing what you know @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
15. @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
16. you’ll show up @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
17. be opinionated @davekiss #prototypecamp you’ll Saturday, August 24, 13
18. @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
19. option paralysis via blackcoffee.com @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
20. you’ll expand your toolbox @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
21. @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
22. @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
23. your future you will thank you @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
24. reinventing the meal @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
25. @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
26. if you think you can make it better, reinvent the meal @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
27. wheel @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
28. peel @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
29. steel @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
30. veal @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
31. teal @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
32. seal @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
33. “but i don’t know what to build” @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
34. Brad @davekiss #prototypecamp my 10th grade songwriting buddy Saturday, August 24, 13
35. “All of the good lyrics have already been written.” @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
36. @davekiss #prototypecamp airplane style Saturday, August 24, 13
37. cvs Saturday, August 24, 13
38. @davekiss #prototypecamp The Dentist Saturday, August 24, 13
39. My first real song @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
40. “Oh yeah, that’s the Bright Eyes song from a few years ago.” @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
41. First day of my life by bright eyes @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
42. First day of my life by bright eyes @davekiss #prototypecamp making music for the money by dave kiss Saturday, August 24, 13
43. CREATION REQUIRES INFLUENCE @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
44. @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
45. @davekiss #prototypecamp idea babies @jaltucher, via Choose Yourself Saturday, August 24, 13
46. @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
47. copy copy copy copy co copy copy copy copy co copy copy copy copy co copy copy copy copy co copy copy copy copy co copy copy copy copy co copy copy copy copy co copy copy copy copy co copy copy copy copy co copy copy copy copy co copy copy copy copy co copy copy copy co copy copy copy co copy copy copy co copy copy copy co copy copy copy co copy copy copy co copy copy copy co copy copy copy co copy copy copy co copy copy copy co copy copy copy co copy copy co copy copy co copy copy co copy copy co copy copy co copy copy co copy copy co copy copy co copy copy co copy copy co copy copy co copy co copy co copy co copy co copy co copy co copy co copy co copy co copy co copy co Saturday, August 24, 13
48. @davekiss #prototypecamp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_dump Saturday, August 24, 13
49. @davekiss #jschi Saturday, August 24, 13
50. Do nothing @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
51. @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
52. Ask around @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
53. @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
54. change your routine @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
55. @davekiss #jschi Saturday, August 24, 13
56. “i already have an idea.” @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
57. put it out there @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
58. @davekiss #jschi prototype Saturday, August 24, 13
59. D f a s p @davekiss #prototypecamp Don’t make your future users wait and suffer with your shitty competitor’s product Saturday, August 24, 13
60. slap a price on it @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
61. Good idea okay idea bad idea @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
62. Everyone is an entrepreneur. The only skills you need to be an entrepreneur are the ability to fail, to have ideas, to sell those ideas, to execute on them, and to be persistent so even as you fail you learn and move on to the next adventure. @jaltucher, via Choose Yourself @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
63. what’s your favorite failure? @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
64. Stop working to make someone else's dreams come true and starting working on making your own. @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
65. Read. Anything You Want by Derek Sivers Choose Yourself by James Altucher Watch. Everything is a Remix @davekiss #prototypecamp Saturday, August 24, 13
66. thank you Resources http://everythingisaremix.info http://jamesaltucher.com http://sivers.org Saturday, August 24, 13