I think the term ‘feature rich’ and ’start-up’ don’t go together. Here are why:
cost more to design, develop and maintain
adds complexity to the site
adds barrier to understand and use the site
there is no guarantee user will use or like it
It is also a sign that the start-up does not know which [...]
In agile practice, developers write test first before they write any system functions. New functions are measured against these tests as well as all existing tests, and work is done only when all tests pass.
benefit:
clear goal in mind
easy to detect side effects introduced by the new function - old tests will fail when [...]
Picanno has kept my and my friends life busy for the last 2 months and it is finally ready to roll out(almost). It is a little picture annotation tool that let clients make pretty comments on the design itself. It is somewhat similar to conceptshare, but simpler. We try to make it easy for the [...]
1) is it viral?
Users must have not only the motivation to use the system, but also the incentive to spread the words for you.
2) is it user driven?
“The most talented people are outside your company” - does your idea empower your users to drive new features?
3) is it simple enough?
Instead of asking ‘how do [...]