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Keep Product Development on Track With These Vision Alignment Workshop Tips

Here at Yeti, vision alignment workshops help keep us on track. These function as recurring "forums" that ensure no issue goes unaddressed for long.

Brick-and-Mortar Technology Will Keep the Shopping Experience Alive

For years, we’ve heard that malls simply wouldn’t be able to survive the shift toward digital shopping experiences. Yet hundreds of millions of people chose to leave the comfort of their homes and head to the mall last year.

Stop Focusing on Cryptocurrencies Problems. Consider its Future.

Critics and proponents of cryptocurrency are still trading jabs, but the technology is continuing its steady march forward.

Yeti Lunch and Learn: Scoping and Expectation Setting

Here at Yeti we love learning new things, so twice a month we open up the floor to presentations on areas of personal expertise. Our CTO and Co-Founder, Rudy Mutter, recently gave this presentation on scoping and expectation setting. Enjoy the video!

Woodworking Relates to Building Software?

Woodworking offers me a creative outlet that encapsulates everything (in a microcosm, about the process of building digital products which I love. Funny that it is actually quite the opposite in many ways as well. Let me explain.

Want to Build Better Products? Use Empathy Mapping.

The ability to put yourself in someone else's shoes and see the world from a different perspective is a critical skill for any product developer. It's also what enables an entire product team to create things that people love to use and share.

3 Steps to Ensure a Successful Product Launch

Breakthrough product innovation can't happen without failure, but the only way to succeed in the future is to rebound quickly from the past. Here are some tips we've learned from our own failures.

Using Pytest to Write Beautiful Tests and a Bulletproof Django App

At the last meeting of the San Francisco Django Meetup Group, Wes Kendall gave a talk on how to make a bulletproof Django application by testing it with pytest. Check out his talk here!

In the Yeti Workshop: Points Poker

At Yeti we use Points Poker to help scope timelines for our projects. Instead of estimating tasks in hours we use points - this helps track the velocity of the team and determine how much work we can get done in a period of time.

VIDEO: Building API's with Django and GraphQL

At our last Django Meetup Group event, Jayden Windle, the lead engineer at Jetpack, an on demand delivery company, talks building APIs with Django and GraphQL. Watch the video to learn more.

All Cryptocurrency Needs to Be Made More Accessible

To become a viable currency, all cryptocurrency must overcome some obstacles. UX design can help.

Streamline the Procurement Process With Custom Chatbot Development

Navigating the rules and red tape of government procurement processes has become such an unruly obstacle that entire groups are now dedicated to answering questions solely about the procurement process. Fortunately, there's light at the end of the tunnel.

3 Reasons to Incorporate Touch-Screen Kiosks Into Your Business

Touch-screen kiosks can acclimate visitors to complex physical locations and offer valuable information without confusing the user. And because of their welcoming presence, digital kiosks might be the missing ingredient in practically any organization.

How the Right Chatbot Can Streamline Your Procurement Process

Navigating the complexities of the government's procurement process can be daunting. But government workers stand to gain immense benefits from utilizing chatbots to make sense of the procurement process.

How to Stay on Top of Your Development Deadlines

Managers and developers must learn to make more accurate estimates of project timelines in order to keep projects on track. This eight-step process can help teams of all sizes do just that.

3 Ways Touch-Screen Kiosks Can Improve the Current State of Healthcare

People love user-friendly touch-screen devices, but they don't want to download a separate app for everything they do.That's why touch-screen kiosks in doctors' offices and other healthcare facilities offer a great solution.

Make Cryptocurrency More Usable With These Non-Crypto Tech Tweaks

Many crypto exchanges and apps exist, but the user experience is cumbersome and is often catered to experienced investors. To reach more consumers, developers need to make a few improvements.

5 Ways a UX Designer Can Benefit Your Company

It took me years of hiring designers and finding their replacements before I began to truly realize the possibilities that UX designers offered. That's exactly why I put together this cheat sheet to help other managers.

3 Industries That are Primed for Touch-Screen Kiosks

Growth opportunities abound in industries of all kinds, but there are three, in particular, that are poised for widespread adoption of interactive display technology.

How City Information Services Can Cut Costs and Improve Efficiency with Chatbots

Chatbot technology is now accessible and easy to use for cities from coast to coast and beyond.

What's The Point of Wireframes

Wireframes are a tool that allows the design team to plan web and mobile layouts, define and organize information hierarchy and explore how a user might interact with a digital interface.

Empathy, Form, and Accessibility: 3 New Tenets of User-Centered Design

User-centered technologies share a few things in common: a commitment to empathy, form that follows function, and thoughtful accessibility features. Here's how to build each into your next design.

The Usability of Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency is creating quite the buzz in the tech sector, so you'd think it were more popular. But in reality, only 8 percent of Americans are invested in it. So, what's the major obstacle standing in the way of cryptocurrency making its way into mainstream adoption?

Fireside Chat: Touchscreen Kiosks - Why You Should Care About Having Them

Kiosks are powerful tools that can play a pivotal role in creating exceptional indoor experiences. Not only do they welcome visitors, they engage and orient users empowering them to easily navigate complex indoor spaces.

My Team Used to Suck at Meetings, but Now People are Begging us to Share our Secret Sauce

Our team implemented an approach we like to call "Applied Agile" and said goodbye to directionless meetings, micromanaging, and going weeks without status updates.

Token-based Header Authentication for WebSockets behind Node.js

Using Node.JS to proxy requests to mutate them under the hood can be beneficial. In cases like these, it can also make your product more secure.

The Sound of Silence: What We’re Not Saying About Siri and Her AI Gal Pals

After more than six decades of voice assistants, it's time to ask the uncomfortable question: Why do we, Americans, anyway, prefer female voices for our digital assistants?

3 Service-Layer Strategies to Make Your IoT Product’s UX Shine

Want to crush the competition with your IoT device's service layer? Just follow the following 3 expert tips.

Commentary: Four Questions to Ask Before Venturing Into Vending

Today, touch-screen interfaces, 3D-printing capabilities, and a host of other technological advancements make the vending industry ripe for disruption by creative companies.

How to Create a Smart Home Product People Actually Want to Use

If having a connected home makes life easier, why are consumers so skeptical? Who wouldn't want to control their lights or blinds right from the couch?

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