It’s NOT about the features,
                     stupid!




               Alex Barrera (@abarrera)
                        IDCEE Kiev 2012
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1. National Technical University of Ukraine (NTUU - KPI)



       40.000+                          4.500/year




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2. Kyiv Taras Schevchenko National University (KNU)



       20.000                        8/15 technical




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3. Karazin Kharkiv National University



        15.000                      11/20 technical




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Stanford University, Palo Alto



                        15.300




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ACM International Collegiated Programming Contest (2000 - 2012)
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                      Russia          China           Poland


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International Olympiad in Informatics (2000-2012)


                             7%
                       9%
                                          30%                     USA
                 11%                                              Poland
                                                                  Russia
                                                                  Belarus
                  13%                                             Bulgaria
                                       17%                        Croatia
                            13%
                                                                  Estonia




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Face it, we aren’t good designers...




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We are too practical...




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The MAN CAVE
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Meritocracy, [mer-i-tok-ruh-see]
 noun, plural mer-i-toc-ra-cies.


    1. An elite group of people whose progress is based on ability and
    talent rather than on class privilege or wealth.

    2. A system in which such persons are rewarded and advanced

    3. Leadership by able and talented persons.




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We love total control!




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Too many choices!

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Paradox of choice - Barry Schwartz
http://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_choice.html




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175 salad dressings




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Reducing the Cognitive Overload in Continuous Combinatorial Auctions: Evidence from an fMRI Study.
                      Adomavicius, G., A. Dimoka, A. Gupta, P.A. Pavlou. 2009.

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Emotions
                                                                                          kicking in!




Reducing the Cognitive Overload in Continuous Combinatorial Auctions: Evidence from an fMRI Study.
                      Adomavicius, G., A. Dimoka, A. Gupta, P.A. Pavlou. 2009.

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Startup Compass Typology

                          Months to
       Types                                Team         Market size Money raised    Example
                            scale

                                                                                      Google,
    I: Automator              21          Tech heavy        $11B         $600K
                                                                                      Dropbox


IN: Social transformer        32           Balanced         $13B          $2.3M     Twitter, 4SQ


                                                                                    Zendesk, Kiss
    2: Integrator             16           Balanced         $7B          $700K
                                                                                      Metrics


                                                                                     Atlassian,
    3: Challenger             64        Business heavy      $65B          $4.1M
                                                                                      Yammer




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Startup Compass Typology

                          Months to
       Types                                Team         Market size Money raised    Example
                            scale

                                                                                      Google,
    I: Automator              21          Tech heavy        $11B         $600K
                                                                                      Dropbox


IN: Social transformer        32           Balanced         $13B          $2.3M     Twitter, 4SQ


                                                                                    Zendesk, Kiss
    2: Integrator             16           Balanced         $7B          $700K
                                                                                      Metrics


                                                                                     Atlassian,
    3: Challenger             64        Business heavy      $65B          $4.1M
                                                                                      Yammer




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Startup Compass Typology




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iPod Case




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Engineers suck at naming...




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Simplicity 101




  5 models: classic, mini, nano, shuffle, touch

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Simplicity 101




      5 models: 920, 900, 800, 710, 610

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11 f**king m
Simplicity 101                                                onths!!




      5 models: 920, 900, 800, 710, 610

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“Focusing is about saying NO”
                                                 Steve Jobs - 1997




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Core vision: Cool portable pocket device




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Space: Useful

                                                  MPMan - 1998




                                                      64Mb




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Space: Useful

                                                  MPMan - 1998




                                                      64Mb
                                                   0.0625Gb




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Design: Coolness

                                              RIO PMP300 - 1998




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Design: Coolness

                                              RIO PMP300 - 1998




                                               WTF??!


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Design: Coolness

                                              RIO PMP300 - 1998

                                             FUCKING
                                                     UGLY!




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Size: Pocket




            Personal Jukebox - (9.9 ounces) 4.86Gb - 1999



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Size: Pocket




            Personal Jukebox - (9.9 ounces) 4.86Gb - 1999
                 iPod classic - (4.9 ounces) 5Gb - 2001

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Core vision: Cool portable pocket device




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Design matters
http://www.ted.com/talks/don_norman_on_design_and_emotion.html




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Design isn’t photoshop!




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Cool
 hip
 designer
Design isn’t photoshop!




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Pleasant things work better...




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Pleasant things work better...




          Antenna-gate? WAT?!

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Emotion Design - Don Norman
http://www.jnd.org/dn.mss/emotion_design.html




         Fear, unhappiness, anxiety – Laser focus

         Relax, happiness - Broad focus




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3 Dimensions of Design

    Visceral                   Behavioral                       Reflective




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Visceral dimension: Attractiveness




                   Symmetry,
 colors,
 fonts,
 etc.

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Behavioral dimension: functional  understandable




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Behavioral dimension: usable




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Reflective dimension: ego, image




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Reflective dimension: cultural convention




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Sexy helps ignore design faults

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Balance your design profile
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        Visceral                 Behavioural                  Reflective
                               Balanced          Nerdy


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Go fucking talk to customers!




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Product design: How to create a product