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PhotoRoom, the AI photo editing app, is raising $50M-$60M at a $500M-$600M valuation
App economy recovered in 2023, with $171B in consumer spending, but downloads were flat
Apple pulls Binance, Kraken, other crypto apps from India App Store
Quora raised $75M from a16z to grow Poe, its AI chat bot platform
Getty Images launches a new GenAI service for iStock customers
Humane lays off 4 percent of employees before releasing its AI Pin
CES 2024: all the TVs, laptops, smart home gear, and more from the show floor
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Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability
Design intuitive navigation for the ideal user experience
Hundreds of thousands of Web designers and developers have relied on web usability expert Steve Krug's guide to help them understand the principles of intuitive navigation and information design. Witty, commonsensical, and eminently practical, it's one of the best-loved and most recommended books on the subject.
Fresh perspectives and examples
New chapter on mobile usability
Still short, profusely illustrated...and best of all--fun to read
If you've read it before, you'll rediscover what made Don't Make Me Think so essential to Web designers and developers around the world. If you've never read it, you'll see why so many people have said it should be required reading for anyone working on websites.
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Where Have All the Websites Gone?
Mode7 Graphics Library for Playdate
An overview of distributed Postgres architectures
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Aim, fire, scan: the 80/20 of effective project iteration
How one Reddit post with 270k+ views helped our startup survive
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Podcast Episodes worth a listen 🎙
Lex Fridman Podcast
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