Mar 2, 2022Weeks 6, 7, 8. New features, testers, and optimizing tablesThis post is part of a series of posts in One experiment a week project. Between a potential WW3 and my mini-vacation, I missed my deadlines for these posts. On the positive side, though, this didn't slow down my progress on the app. Two user tests with real users, complete ✅ I provided patterns to two test users…UX Design4 min readUX Design4 min read
Feb 8, 2022Week 5. Discovering what makes a good patternThis post is part of a series of posts in One experiment a week project. As I suspected, the audience of r/crochet is a lot more rewarding to work with than that of Ravelry. No offense to Ravelry. Their audience is just probably less technology-adept than Reddit. There are plenty of problems with written patterns; there are also best practices First, there was…UX Design3 min readUX Design3 min read
Feb 1, 2022Week 4. Setbacks and more technical researchThis post is part of a series of posts in One experiment a week project. Setbacks: getting designers to collaborate will take some money Last week I was looking for some designers willing to work with me on Crochet Along projects. I didn’t get many responses, but I learned something valuable nonetheless. I should have thought that was the…UX Design3 min readUX Design3 min read
Jan 24, 2022Week 3: Technical researchThis post is part of a series of posts in One experiment a week project. Last week, I validated that there might be interest in the workflow like the one I created in StitchEase. …UX Design2 min readUX Design2 min read
Jan 17, 2022Week 2. Functional prototypeThis post is part of a series of posts in One experiment a week project. This week was fun and exciting! This week I was building a functional prototype. …UX Design5 min readUX Design5 min read
Jan 10, 2022Week 1. Competitive analysisThis post is part of a series of posts in One experiment a week project. First, I decided to pivot the planned experiment Last week, while declaring StitchEase assumptions, I decided on testing the appetite for such an app in the market. …UX Design6 min readUX Design6 min read
Jan 1, 2022Sprint 0: Declaring the assumptions about the business (to be)This post is part of a series of posts in One experiment a week project. In my experience, one of the most overlooked practices in startups is declaring assumptions about the business. …UX Design4 min readUX Design4 min read
Dec 30, 2021One experiment a week 2022Something about numbers changing in the year makes us think about resetting our goals, coming up with resolutions, and planning for the new year. While, overall, 2021 was a good year for me, I found myself yearning for some product discovery activities at the end of it. …UX Design3 min readUX Design3 min read
