Lessons learnt (so far)

What did I learn during the past 8 years as a designer? Simple but important lessons I've learnt so far.

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1. Lessons learnt (so far) Digitized Conference, September 2013 Zaharenia Atzitzikaki sugarenia.com · workable.com
2. Lessons learnt (so far) Digitized Conference, September 2013 Zaharenia Atzitzikaki sugarenia.com · workable.com
3. Who am I?
4. Sugarenia (ʃʊgərɛnjɑ)
6. Work
7. Work Games
8. Work Games Cat .gifs
9. What is this?
10. Not my portfolio
11. Not a workshop
12. Just my mistakes
13. Pathfinder.gr
15. ONE BRAND Many services
16. NEARLY 600K passionate users
17. ...that hate change
18. Change = extra work
19. So?
21. PLAN A Iterations
22. PLAN B Opt-in change
23. Return to old version
24. Return to old version Guidance
25. Return to old version Guidance Rewards
26. LESSON #1 Users hate change
27. LESSON #1 Users hate change can love
28. HealthLeap
30. Now part of vitals.com
31. Front-end development
34. Early adopter
35. RELAX You can do it
36. LESSON #2 Stop reading, start doing
37. Keep your mind open
38. StartupGreece
41. LESSON #3 Don’t use Drupal
42. ...just kidding
43. Design in the browser
44. REAL LESSON #3 Ship first, worry later
45. Myself.gr
47. Lots of content
48. Lots of content Banner ads
49. Lots of content Banner ads Many different sections
50. WHAT I DELIVERED 20 static mockups
51. WHAT I SHOULD HAVE DELIVERED a content framework
52. ONE TINY CHANGE hours of work
53. Responsiveness
54. LESSON #4 Design content in the browser
55. Workable
56. Workable helps companies manage their entire hiring process online. http://workable.com
57. OpenFund II
58. Designing for a startup
59. ONE PRODUCT All. The. Friggin’. Time.
60. Design-oriented
61. Fast, fast, faster
62. LESSON #5 Create your own system
63. Working remotely
64. Is it even possible?
66. Team working
67. So how do we do it?
68. Stand-up calls
69. Stand-up calls Quarterly summits
70. Stand-up calls Quarterly summits Casual chat
71. LESSON #6 Yes, you can work remotely
72. Recap
73. LESSON #1 Users hate change
74. LESSON #2 Stop reading, start doing
75. LESSON #3 Ship first, worry later
76. LESSON #4 Design content in the browser
77. LESSON #5 Create your own system
78. LESSON #6 Yes, you can work remotely
79. LESSON #7 Never use Drupal har har har
80. Thank you! You rock hard. Questions? @sugarenia Zaharenia Atzitzikaki sugarenia.com · workable.com