Technology News
Minimum Viable Product
- First Lean Startup Meetup in SF
- Actually MVP
- Two types of MVPs by N. Taylor Thompson via HBR
Project Management
Visual Design
- Method of Action: A collection of tools, games and articles to help you learn design. Especially check out the kerning test.
- Universal Principles of Design, a good book to own.
- Recommended readings from the authors of the above.
- Robert Bringhurst’s The Elements of Typographic Style, a good book to own. This is an important read for both designers and editors.
Prototyping
- Avocado: An open source interaction design toolbox built by IDEO
- Many good prototyping resources here: Technology and Design Thinking
- A list of tools from stephenmeszaros.com. Also see his post on getting started with your own prototypes.
Hiring
- Matt Youell: How To Hire Me (or any other programmer for that matter) and Follow-up to “How to Hire Me”
Business Strategy
- Discovery Driven Planning, via HBR
- Discovery Driven Planning, IDEO Futures podcast no. 3 and podcast no. 8. Be sure to grab their taco truck spreadsheet from no. 3.
- The Innovator’s Dilemma, Clay Christensen
- The Lean Startup and related SXSX 2012 sessions
Future: Near, Far
Usability
Vendor evaluation
Media Technology Management 