Dr. Anders Ericssonâs research on expertise got attention in Malcolm Gladwellâs book, Outliers. Erics
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June 27 · Issue #12 · View online
đ„ UpLevel and PowerUp with top Ux & Design tips, insights, actionables, inspiring talks, events & more đ Curated by @
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Dr. Anders Ericssonâs research on expertise got attention in Malcolm Gladwellâs book, Outliers. Ericssonâs studies suggests that practice leads to extraordinary performance. Gladwell converted Ericssonâs study to a sticky, magical 10,000 hour ruleâ 10,000 hours (20 hours for 50 weeks a year for 10 years) of deliberate practice to become an expert. Though Ericsson has disputed the magical number and this may, at best, be an average for lifelong learning and mastery. And even if there are multiple, magical 4, 5 or 10 hour hacks to learn, mastery does require practice.
In my weekly meetings with product teams I often meet young Designers and Product Managers, maybe onto their first or second jobsâor some who have pivoted from Engineering to Design or from Marketing to Product. And many are hungry to learn faster and do exceedingly better. And this commitment to excel isnât limited to brand new talent. So what does the 10,000 hour rule mean in a world that is moving so fast, hungry for 4 hour hacks and changing so frequently? Disciplines with no visibly clear routines to practice unlike sports, flying or music? Hereâs some food for thought. This is a mere start of a thread, so welcome your comments and ideas.
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Developing a UX Practice of Practicing
âMajor League Baseballâs highest-paid player, Alex Rodriguez, does the same thing every lesser-paid player does: he practicesâ says Jared Spool. The Web Design veteran offers some thoughts and insights on practice for Product Designers.
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#The100DayProject
Projects spread over a long period are becoming the new norm. A way to practice a specific skillset, flex some creative muscles and keep it social, so youâre much more likely to honour you commitments. Hereâs an interesting series to launch you towards your own practice from The Great Discontent Mag.
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The scientific case for doodling while taking notes
This isnât strictly on the 10,000 hour theme, but its a great practice and an increasingly disappearing art. It isnât uncommon to see Product and Design folks go to meet users and struggle with typing on their mobile devices. No notebooks and pens/pencils in sight. The same holds true for at least 60% of people who attend the Design Office Hours. Does it matter? Iâll let Princeton, UCLA Researchers and TEDx speakers do the talkingâŠ
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On Icons
Changing gears to Icons: the headline may be deceptively simple but this is a thoroughly useful premier for all icon-happy designers or icon-hating-others. A series of interesting thoughts and arguments across the âicon-onlyâ to âlabel-onlyâ schools. And then theres this: âIf you answer every design question with âIcon!â, one day Don Norman may knock on your door and, when you open it, he will look deep into your eyes and sayâŠâÂ
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SAIF Partners: Pune Meetup
June 28, Pune Free | Though strictly not UX, this is an informal meetup in Pune for entrepreneurs based in and around Pune creating the amazing next gen products.Â
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Mind the Product2016 | Product Conference
Sept 29-30, London $$ | Mind the Product claims to be âTHE product management conferenceâ, and in the days when we monitored conference reviews, this scored pretty high. MTP brings together âproduct leaders from around the world to explore the intersection of design, technology and business, inspiring you to build better products.â
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RealUXCamp Bukovina
Aug 12-14, Bukovina, Poland $ | RealUXCamp is a real camp and unique in many ways: ânot only workshops, presentations and networking but also camping, making barbecue by the pond and watching sheep. Who will present and what topics will be covered is decided at the spot. Everybody can contribute: by giving a lecture, participating in a discussion, serving the drinks or chopping wood for the fire.â
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UX Foundations
HFI has a series of basic (and advanced) courses for those looking to build on their basic UX chops. Across the year and across multiple locations in India.
Until next week, @JDallcaps @SAIFpartners PS:Â And if youâre launching any 100 or 200 or 365 day challenges, keep us posted :-)
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