361: Building Things You Use

<p>This week, we weigh the pros and cons of working on a product that you love to use every day. Is it really so bad to be your own power user? In The Sidebar, we discuss steps to take when exploring vague problem areas.</p><hr /><h3><strong>Golden Ratio Patrons:</strong></h3><p>Float is a resource management software for planning your team’s time across multiple projects. Companies like Buzzfeed and MetaLab both use Float to plan and track hundreds of projects more effectively. You can learn more about how they use Float at <a href="https://www.float.com/who-uses-float">https://www.float.com/who-uses-float</a> or learn more at <a href="https://www.float.com/?utm_source=designdetails&utm_medium=specfm">float.com/designdetails</a></p><hr /><h3><strong>Latest VIP Patrons:</strong></h3><p>Huge shoutouts to our latest <a href="https://www.patreon.com/designdetails">Very Important Pixels</a>!</p><ul><li>Jayden Tran</li><li>Jordan Jennings</li><li>Brandon Hite</li><li>Drew Rosier</li><li>Tal Cohen</li></ul><hr /><h3><strong>The Sidebar:</strong></h3><p>The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to full episodes going forward! Sign up at <a href="https://patreon.com/designdetails">https://patreon.com/designdetails</a>.</p><p>In this week's Sidebar, we talk about how to begin exploring broad-space problem areas. How do you A/B test when the problem is too vague? What is the value of intuition and past experience? This, plus more!</p><hr /><h3><strong>Tweets:</strong></h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/sankethhh/status/1297607354897195009">Sanketh shared</a> a work in progress website collecting all of our Cool Things from past episodes - <a href="https://cool-things-design-details.webflow.io">check it out</a>!</li></ul><hr /><h3><strong>Main Topic:</strong></h3><p>What are the pros and cons of working on a product you love?</p><ul><li>Pros<ul><li>It's fun and easy to get excited about the work.</li><li>You can feel like a user and enc