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Good Disruption: Social Media

UVA Darden

Algorithms, meant to create a more personalized experience, are isolating users from diverse opinions and news sources. Mike and Yael speak with UVA Darden alum Travis Nixon (MBA '16), Machine Learning Engineer with Meta, about how we might use AI and data to redefine the user experience on social media to achieve healthier outcomes.

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Engineering dependability and fault tolerance in a distributed system

High Scalability

This means a system that is not merely available but is also engineered with extensive redundant measures to continue to work as its users expect. Fault tolerant design approaches address these shortfalls to provide continuity both to business and to the user experience. Availability, reliability, and state.

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Building a Customer-Oriented Company: Strategies & Examples

Help Scout Leadership

They went from being a company known for its excellent engineering and top-of-the-line products to being more flexible and considering more user experience aspects, like paying attention to which industry the buyer worked in, what they’d commonly be doing with the device, and even the budget they worked with.

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How to Hook Users in 3 Steps: An Intro to Habit Testing

Nir Eyal

I explain how product designers use these steps to identify their devotees, codify what makes the product habit-forming, and modify the user experience accordingly. The post How to Hook Users in 3 Steps: An Intro to Habit Testing appeared first on Nir and Far. Let […].

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How to Successfully Select and Implement an HRIS | Human Resources Information System

AIHR

This tool pits off vendors by looking at requirements vs. time, money costs and end user experience. In the Human Resources Information System selection context, QFD is a “system engineering approach” which helps transform the requirements of the customer (e.g. GUI user experience. Portability.

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How to Train Someone to Translate Business Problems into Analytics Questions

AIHR

The roles that translators and other specialists (such as data scientists, data engineers, technical architects, and user-experience designers) play at each stage of an analytics use case.

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28 ways to grow supply in a marketplace — by Lenny Rachitsky, ex-Airbnb

Andrew Chen

This includes call-outs in the top level nav, in the footer of every screen, and sprinkled throughout the user experience. If your product requires word-of-mouth to convince most people to start using it, you can engineer more growth by building an incentivized referrals program. Promote it throughout the user experience.

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