http://www.kickerstudio.com/blog/2009/10/why-products-suck-7-the-core-concept-is-buried-in-features/ Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:14:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.kickerstudio.com/blog/2009/10/why-products-suck-7-the-core-concept-is-buried-in-features/#comment-991 Kicker Studio: Why Products Suck #10: Product Hygiene is Ignored Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:09:41 +0000 http://www.kickerstudio.com/blog/2009/10/why-products-suck-7-the-core-concept-is-buried-in-features/#comment-991 [...] problem arises when, in the quest for more features, hygiene is ignored. Basic activities are ignored, or the product is sluggish and unresponsive. We [...] [...] problem arises when, in the quest for more features, hygiene is ignored. Basic activities are ignored, or the product is sluggish and unresponsive. We [...]

]]> http://www.kickerstudio.com/blog/2009/10/why-products-suck-7-the-core-concept-is-buried-in-features/#comment-337 Christopher Fahey Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:43:45 +0000 http://www.kickerstudio.com/blog/2009/10/why-products-suck-7-the-core-concept-is-buried-in-features/#comment-337 I think a little nuance can be added to this: It can work for a product to have multiple identities so long as they are either neatly compartmentalized (think tools in a Swiss Army Knife, or icons on an iPhone). The story then becomes about how the product's primary usage is multiple usages. Messaging around those multiple identities is a challenge, but it can be done. I think a little nuance can be added to this: It can work for a product to have multiple identities so long as they are either neatly compartmentalized (think tools in a Swiss Army Knife, or icons on an iPhone). The story then becomes about how the product’s primary usage is multiple usages. Messaging around those multiple identities is a challenge, but it can be done.

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