An Open Letter To The Design Community

Posted by marty cagan on May 11, 2010

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I hope that everyone that reads this knows that I am one of the biggest advocates in our industry for user experience.  Because I generally work with the CEO’s, VP Product, and product managers of technology companies, I am probably in the best position to explain to them the importance of user experience design in coming up with great products.  I am not a designer, and I don’t have a design agency I’m trying to sell, so they know I have no personal interest other than I just want them to create better products.

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The Office Of Silicon Valley

Posted by marty cagan on May 6, 2010

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Regular readers of this blog know that I’m all about true collaboration, where product leaders, designers and engineers work together to discover products that customers love.  Mostly I talk about the process and techniques involved in this, but today I wanted to talk about the physical space and work environment that can be optimized to nurture and support this.

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