Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Initially as a systems designer and programmer and post MBA as a strategy consultant. See definition of a whore. Some companies / products are designed for large organizations from day 1. Companies post the $5 / month product designed for self-service clients. For me, classic definition of deer segmentation.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Why You’re Going to Hire the Wrong Designer - Tony Wright dot com , September 14, 2010 “We are not UI experts but do know when we see a good design.&#. saw this on a mailing list I occasionally read, in a post where a company was looking to hire their first design employee/contractor. Good Design = Beautiful/Cool Design.

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socalTECH

JULY 5, 2017

We would have the design aesthetic of contemporary brands, combine that with performance-based fabrics to the like of Lululemon, Underarmor, and Nike Drifit. The last piece, was we figured that we could disintermediate a broken, retail channel, by creating a customized, sophisticated, Web 2.0 companies around the LA area.

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Frank Addante

MAY 12, 2007

Cost was definitely one of the driving factors, initially. However, this “assembly line&# can definitely have its disadvantages when it comes to quality. I believe in setting the vision, product definition and the architecture of the “user experience&# with resources here in the U.S. Engineers in the U.S.

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Frank Addante

JANUARY 30, 2007

Under Process, Over Deliver By Frank Addante (Part 2 of a 5 part series: " So, you need to develop a product? ") Ive learned that more process doesnt necessarily equal higher quality and it definitely doesnt result in increased productivity. Blogger Template originally design by Web-Kreation Converted By Jacky Supit

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Frank Addante

MAY 3, 2006

If you are looking for information on planning, process and procedure - then you are definitely in the wrong place: Go here instead. Blogger Template originally design by Web-Kreation Converted By Jacky Supit If you want to learn about being scrappy, moving fast and keeping it simple. this blog might be interesting to you.

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Frank Addante

JANUARY 23, 2007

Personally, I think the best products are designed, architected and built all at the same time. (As Scrappy engineers are harder to find and keep motivated than Steady engineers, so achieving this ratio is definitely a challenge. Blogger Template originally design by Web-Kreation Converted By Jacky Supit

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