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Product lessons from the history of HBO

UX Collective

Limited programming meant limited user growth and led to high churn rates ; people found the service lacked enough content. By the mid-80s, they were investing in serialized scripted programming that strengthened the desire for subscribers to stay around. Love that disco-infused logo The service had 4000 subscribers by early 1973.

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How to navigate the insanity of behavioral science

UX Collective

Many are unaware that a good number of behaviou change scholars, have never once worked on the front line implementing behavior change programs. I taught in the iSchool at the University of Toronto, in their UX Masters Program. This is an elite HCI, PhD track program. This isn’t ideal. But it is what it is. behavior change.

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The waves of research practice

UX Collective

In 2010, for me, it was still custom work: paper-based mobile app prototypes, Craigslist-ad user recruiting that pointed to separate survey provider, manual phone or email follow-up for scheduling, in-office test sessions, cash incentives in an envelope, webcam input recording programs, and unfortunate hours of clipping quotes in Quicktime.

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DApp Development Guide – Ultimate Solution For Safe & Secure Enterprises

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Decentralized applications (DApps) are computer programs that run on decentralized peer-to-peer networks. Other preferable languages for developing DApps include C++, Python, and Golang.C++ is primarily used in computer programming, while Python has a large following in web development and machine learning fields. Location: India.

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