Extremely Rapid Prototyping

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1. Extremely Rapid Prototyping @contextjunkie Reflections/Projections 2012
2. @contextjunkie Extremely Rapid Prototyping Hey There, I’m Joe joeb@indeed.com @contextjunkie github.com/jboutros indeed.com/me/joeboutros
3. @contextjunkie Extremely Rapid Prototyping I work for where I run the team
4. @contextjunkie Extremely Rapid Prototyping Indeed - # 1 destination for jobs 80 million unique job seekers over 2 billion searches every month photologue_np (flickr)
5. @contextjunkie Extremely Rapid Prototyping We’re Hiring! Indeed Labs Hackers Software Engineers Interaction Designers Visual Designers Product Managers is this you? ?
6. @contextjunkie Extremely Rapid Prototyping writing algorithms
7. @contextjunkie Extremely Rapid Prototyping writing algorithms building products
8. @contextjunkie Extremely Rapid Prototyping writing algorithms building products !!
9. @contextjunkie Extremely Rapid Prototyping What is “product prototyping” 1. something I just made up 2. a heuristic approach to product development 3. an effective way to build stuff while you’re still figuring out exactly what you’re building 4. your job description if you work at an early stage startup
10. @contextjunkie Extremely Rapid Prototyping Why Prototyping? your brain works differently when you’re “thinking about stuff” vs. “talking about stuff” vs. “building stuff” vs. “using stuff”
11. @contextjunkie Extremely Rapid Prototyping Why Prototyping? don’t waste time building something that no one wants fail fast read this book!
12. @contextjunkie Extremely Rapid Prototyping _limoe (flickr) No prototyping engineering
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14. @contextjunkie Extremely Rapid Prototyping Realism, not perfection communicate your vision make it feel real focus on main use cases (but take notes!!!) high fidelity enough so you don’t distract with lack of detail
15. @contextjunkie Extremely Rapid Prototyping Speed Breadth-first feature development stub things out don’t repeat yourself (DRY) focus on highest value stuff
16. @contextjunkie Extremely Rapid Prototyping Pivots Happen “meh” foursquare clone
17. @contextjunkie Extremely Rapid Prototyping Pivots Happen realtime mobile collaboration software thumb kisses
18. @contextjunkie Extremely Rapid Prototyping Your Moment of Zen Strong Opinions
19. @contextjunkie Extremely Rapid Prototyping Your Moment of Zen Strong Opinions but
20. @contextjunkie Extremely Rapid Prototyping Your Moment of Zen Strong Opinions but Weak Attachments
21. @contextjunkie Extremely Rapid Prototyping What you don’t want
22. web frameworks ui toolkits databases hosting DVCS @contextjunkie Extremely Rapid Prototyping Parse
23. @contextjunkie Extremely Rapid Prototyping , srsly defaults get you 80% of the way there easy to customize once you outgrow the defaults
24. @contextjunkie Extremely Rapid Prototyping Techniques build on top of APIs use 3rd party libraries and modules cache is cheap
25. @contextjunkie Extremely Rapid Prototyping Responsive Design
26. @contextjunkie Extremely Rapid Prototyping Techniques manipulate existing stuff javascript injection
27. @contextjunkie Extremely Rapid Prototyping If you only remember one thing building products is an art
28. two s don’t repeat yourself @contextjunkie Extremely Rapid Prototyping If you only remember one thing building products is an art
29. two s don’t repeat yourself @contextjunkie Extremely Rapid Prototyping If you only remember one thing building products is an art three strong opinions, weakly held
30. @contextjunkie Extremely Rapid Prototyping Come help us help people get jobs!