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💼 Who’s a CTO? A superman who comes to the rescue when there’s a corporate tech crisis?
Of course, a CTO does this. But there’s a better explanation of the role
A CTO is a tech guru, who aligns corporate goals with technology innovation for a better chance of growth 🎯
Get a peace of mind after hiring a CTO for your company! Btw, if you need one, feel free to text us to book a free consultation - @cxdojo_inc💆
👉 Check out our CTO-card design on Dribbble
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What’s it like to be a virtual CTO? 🤔
You have to wear many different hats and try not to lose your head as you go along
This is a perfect description of what a tech visionary does on a daily basis. Depending on the type of business and its niche, the responsibilities of a CTO change. A virtual CTO may act as a tech consultant, engineer, strategist, team leader, etc 🧑🏻💻
In our new article, we expand on the role of a CTO and the value such an expert brings to a modern company. There’s also an inside peek into the real projects and how an on-demand CTO helps to achieve certain business goals 🎯
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Woohoo! It’s a chillout Saturday! 💃💃💃
We’ve decided to join the wave of hype around Facebook taking place now and recommend you to watch a biopic about Mark Zuckerberg
The Social Network brings us back to the days when Facebook was born and became a true phenomenon
Film name: The Social Network
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake
Directed by: David Fincher
👉 Enjoy the movie
#bookoftheweek
Eric Ries knows, and you? 👀
The lean startup methodology was described by Eric Ries back in 2011. But it is still relevant and has lots of followers among entrepreneurs. Why did it make such a stir? Simply because it works
To save you a great deal of time, we’ve outlined the major principles of the lean startup. The methodology is applicable to companies of any size since its focus is on validated learning
💁 Hypothesize — work out predictions of what you expect to get in the end
🔧 Build — create a minimum product that may help you test the hypothesis
🔍 Measure — study the results obtained after the minimum product release
🎓 Learn — decide on the direction to follow, either pivoting or sticking to the original idea
And Repeat, if necessary
If you are a fan of books, make sure to read The Lean Startup from cover to cover
If you are not a reader type of person, watch Eric Ries presenting his book during Talks at Google (☝️hint: just search it in YouTube)
👉 Discover the book
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The role of regression testing in product development
No digital product is released without testing — otherwise, it will be full of bugs 🐞🐞🐞
Regression testing helps spot defective parts of code early on since it is performed successively, in short iterations. Regression testing also ensures that previously detected errors remain fixed and do not affect code after each implemented change
But when a project is complex and has multiple interfaces, any form of testing is a real hassle 😱 Manual testing is hardly applicable in this case 🙅 It takes a ton of man-hours and resources. Besides, there’s a risk of human error
We, at CXDojo, are not afraid of challenges! Check out how we approached this task and what the end result was
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🔥 We are back with a new video!
We’ve selected 10 design-related questions and asked Julia Khutor, a UI/UX designer at CXDojo. And you know what? We got really unexpected answers!
For this interview to come out, we had to block Julia’s access to Figma and didn’t let her leave the video production studio for hours. So, go check it out!
👉 Watch now!
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Take a look at a couple of screens for a restaurant app 🥑
👉 Check out our Dribbble
#design_system
🤩 Do you need help to plan, build and grow your design system? Check this awesome checklist
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Let's talk about real-data synchronization 🤩
When you build cross-platform apps, all of your clients share one database set in real-time. They also automatically receive updates with the newest data. It is called data synchronization
It would be best if you had a way of synchronizing data between databases in real-time
For example, when data is changed in one place, it should be synchronized with another database. Changes need to be detected and automatically synchronized with another database. This process should be fully automated
We have developed a set of algorithms and tested them. This set allows us to:
📌 Store and sync data with our cloud database
📌 Remain all the data available even when your app goes offline
📌 Sync the data once the device is back online
In addition, data synchronization results in cost-efficiency, high performance, data security, data consistency, and accuracy for an organization
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🤖 Meet Robojo, a friendly auto-reply bot
This animation was created with the help of After Effect
👉 Let us know what you think on the Dribbble comments section!
#boooftheweek
Ed Catmull has been associated with Pixar Animation Studios throughout his career. He knows firsthand how to grow a newly launched animation studio into an instantly-recognized global brand by embedding creativity within the company’s culture 🤹
During his tenure, Pixar launched some of the most popular movies including Toy Story trilogy, Incredibles, Finding Nemo, Up, WALL-E, Monsters Inc. and many others
In the book Creativity, Inc, Catmull writes about creative strategies that you can add to your organizational structure through simple changes and create goals that bring all the employees on a unified path to success 🎯
🚀 To Infinity... and Beyond! (c) Buzz Lightyear
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📱 Wonder what the technology stack is behind dating apps? 👩❤️👨
Think about this for a moment: dating apps are still social media apps
The maintenance of high load on the platform, responsibility for the security of users’ sensitive data, and providing a good user experience with the system are those factors that define extreme importance to approach dating apps tech stack
🧐 Below are mentioned the use of technologies that will streamline the dating app development process
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🧐 Sometimes, it might be unclear where to look and what to click for users of your product
🌀 With the help of well-designed animated elements, you can point the users’ attention in the right direction and make them more confident about the flow of using your product
Here’s an animation that displays a smooth navigation process and prompts the user to swipe up
👉 Check it out on our Dribbble
#boooftheweek
⚓ Why do some products capture widespread attention while others flop?
⚓ What makes us engage with certain products out of sheer habit?
⚓ Is there a pattern underlying how technologies hook us?
Nir Eyal answers these questions (and many more) by explaining the Hook Model. This book is written for product managers, designers, marketers, start-up founders, and anyone who seeks to understand how products influence our behavior
A perfect weekend reading. Enjoy 📖
👉 Discover the book
#product_management
While product managers may not build the actual product they produce something very tangible for a team: decisions
These decisions can be about anything: small ones like a line of copy in the docs, to big ones like what the MVP of a new feature should be
Typically, the most important decisions that a PM makes are, in order:
🔸 Why a team exists (vision and the impact they aspire to create)
🔸 What the general approach is to accomplish the vision (strategy)
🔸 What to build now, and what not to build (project prioritization)
🔸 What the smallest thing that can be built is that achieves the impact (MVP)
A great article that focuses on what it means for a PM to be a good decision maker
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#bookoftheweek
📘 Everything is negotiable. Wait… Is it?
“Faced with a difficult opponent, it is better to concede something of little value in order to create goodwill.”
✅ True / ❌ False
If you replied ‘True’, Gavin Kennedy’s bestselling business book is a must-read for you. The author talks about techniques that will help you get better deals and be on top of any negotiation
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#user_experience
❌ Stop building products that nobody uses!
Why products and services fail? Because they can’t deliver experiences that users seek
UX strategy ensures that you deliver the right product to the right audience. But it’s not only about user needs. A good UX strategy lies at the intersection of stakeholders’ vision, user research, and competitors’ analysis
This is how you can approach each element of the puzzle:
Business vision 👉 stakeholder interviews
User needs 👉 surveys, focus groups, customer feedback, A/B testing
Competitor research 👉 SWOT analysis, profiling
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Catch me if you can!
Haven’t worked out today? Get inspired by our Running Man design and let’s go jogging together 🏃
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68% of US companies outsource some sort of their activities to third parties. Product development is on the top of the list of the most outsourced services
However, few know how to make collaboration with external teams truly effective. As you might have guessed, we are among those few. And we are glad to share the key takeaways with you
Just tap the link below and listen to the voice of outsourcing wisdom☝️
👉 Check it out right now
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💀 Are you safe from cyber-attacks?
According to The Identity Theft Research Center, there have been 1,291 data breaches in 2021. And you will be mistaken if you think that the targets are big companies only. It’s just there’s more hype around them
🧐 Now, consider how well do you protect your data? Below is a short checklist of common security practices in the corporate setting. Tick the boxes of what you adopt in the workplace. If something is missing — it should serve as a red flag
✅ Permit only secure SSL/IPsec connection
✅ Encrypt and back up sensitive data
✅ Restrict access from unauthorized devices
✅ Activate 2FA for all corporate accounts
✅ Enable permission-based access
✅ Work out a BYOD policy
✅ Perform regular security audits
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🚀 Launching a startup with an allocated budget or people resources is always a challenge. Tons of articles and books have been written on this topic and today we will provide the most useful hints for you
This article will throw the light on these aspects:
- How should we collect user feedback on your idea?
- How to create a prototype?
- Why it’s essential to choose the right platform?
- Easier = better?
- Is marketing strategy really matters for a startup?
🧐 Let’s figure out what things you need to consider when launching a startup on a tight budget
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#bookoftheweek
We are building more products than ever and most of them fail. This doesn’t happen because we can’t compete but because we waste money on the wrong products 🤷🏾♀️ 🤷🏾
Running Lean 🏃♀️ tells us about a systematic process for quickly vetting the product ideas and working on those that truly matter
👉 Discover the book
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How to accelerate your product time-to-market and automate crucial but repetitive tasks in the product development lifecycle?
Well, here’s an answer👇
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“Ok, Google! How to distinguish my brand from competitors and improve user engagement?”
💡 Microinteractions
🎲 Gamification
✍️ Microcopy
🏄 Onboarding
📱 Mobile - first
These strategies (if done correctly) will help you create an engaging product and make people love your brand
👉 Continue reading
#graphic_design
🧑🎨 Like any other profession, graphic designers face their own unique challenges—whether it be decoding client feedback, navigating feelings of impostor syndrome, or furiously looking for new freelance graphic design jobs
😅 So have a laugh (and maybe a cry) and enjoy some of these light-hearted memes
👉 https://dribbble.com/stories/2021/08/25/graphic-designer-memes
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Let’s talk about OKR - Objectives and Key Results 🙌
This method was invented and first used by Intel. Google, Oracle, LinkedIn, and Twitter picked up this method later 😻
OKR helps to focus on goals, increases initiative and stimulates work between different teams in the company
Consider the Objective as a mission statement but for a shorter period. The Objective should be qualitative, time-bound, and actionable
Key Results help you to quantify your motivational Objective, make it measurable and possible to achieve. In other words, Key Results help you to know whether you met your Objective
✅ In a nutshell, an objective answers the question “Where do we want to go?” while a critical result gives an understanding of how we will know we’re getting there
The primary purpose of OKRs for agile product teams lies in their promise to improve the way we work
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🧐 Although there is plenty of overlap between B2B and B2C digital product management, they are two distinct entities with different processes and approaches
👀 To help clear the confusion, let’s look at the significant ways in which they differ
👉 Read more in our article
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🚀 Our hot news compilation is here. It's informative, short and very funny - enjoy!
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#cto_as_a_service
You’re a leader in a small to mid-sized company. At some point, you decide to hire a CTO who will take on all the responsibilities related to product architecture, technology stack, and product tech vision. But you’re a growing company that’s not ready for a full-time CTO.
✅ This is where a CTO-as-a-Service and technology consulting come in handy
Learn more about how and when an external CTO can benefit your project!
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#user_experience
Developers build products faster than ever, and designers are expected to keep pace. While designers intrinsically understand the importance of user testing, most organizations do not
Designers have to jump through hoops for buy-in to receive an effective research budget, which can be difficult and tiring. Most of the time, designers make do with less-than-ideal data
But designers need a reliable testing framework that gives user input quickly, early, and often during the design process
In this article, you’ll discover:
📌 What is rapid testing?
📌 How to use the Rapid Testing Framework for any experience
📌 IOTA framework example
📌 Best practices to standardize testing
👉 Keep reading