Initiator Creator - Issue #111

​By Saurabh Y. // 24 December 2022

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Developer

​Interop: Progress made by browsers this year - Web.dev

A review of the progress made by browsers this year, and a look over some of the headline features that have become interoperable during 2022.

​React Libraries for Building React Application - Robin Wieruch

The following article will give you guidance on how to choose libraries for building a React application.

​neodrag: Lighweight multi-framework libraries for draggability on the web - Github

This drag -and-drop solution includes packages for React, Svelte, Vue, Solid and vanilla JavaScript.

​Plasmo: It's like Next.js for browser extensions - Github

The Plasmo Framework is a battery-packed browser extension SDK made by hackers for hackers.

​Cloudscape - An open source design system for the cloud by AWS - Cloudscape

Cloudscape offers user interface guidelines, front-end components, design resources, and development tools for building intuitive, engaging, and inclusive user experiences at scale.

Designer

​The 103 Best Book Covers of 2022 - Literary Hub

31 designers asked to share their favorite covers of the year, and they came back with a grand total of 103 covers, representing work by 62 different designers for 54 different imprints.

​How Much Time Does It Take to Create a Customer Journey Map? - NN/g

How Much Time Does It Take to Create a Customer Journey Map?

​Contrast is boring—can't someone else do it? - Bekk Christmas

Having sufficient contrast in your website is one of those things which are very important but still very boring to fix—especially if your site uses multiple background colours. Well, be bored no more! color-contrast() is (hopefully soon) here to save us

​Gamification gone wrong: stop the streaks - UX Collective

For the love of Duolingo, Headspace, and Peloton: please stop streaking.

​The UX psychology glossary - Built For Mars

A collection of psychological biases, design principles and UX concepts that affect the product experience.

Entrepreneur

​Airtable's Path to Product-Market Fit - First round review

Dig into the nitty-gritty of how they validated the initial vision and approached the early product-building journey from private alpha to launch.

​Nathan Baschez's Philosophy of Product Building (Part III) - Every

You’ve built a first version of a software product. Now what? What comes next—showing it to people, learning from their reactions, refining, and launching—can seem downright mystical compared to building. That's what this final edition about.

​Manage Your Communications Like You Manage Your Product - Substack

A thoughtful communication strategy can go a long way to amplifying the impact of your team. It is more than just a nice thing to have; it is an opportunity to interact more broadly with the company, make new connections, and gain widespread support

​How to get paid sponsorships for your email newsletter - Ghost

Sponsored content is one of many ways to monetize your newsletter. Like most elements in the creator economy, the biggest upsides are reserved for those who are willing to play the long game.

​More Product Doesn't Necessarily Mean Greater Profits - Tomasz Tunguz

Profitability or net income margin has become the most important correlate to public software company valuations. But public companies are less profitable today than a year ago. Surprisingly, PLG companies’ profitability has suffered more than sales-led businesses.

Marketer

​How to Identify and Fix Duplicate Content Issues with SEO Tools - SERPSTAT

If you’ve had problems getting your site to rank for a particular keyword, it might be because search bots detect duplicate content, causing you to rank lower on search engines like Google. In this article, you’ll learn how to fix these issues.

​The Case For Product Content Ops - UX Writing Hub

Ops removes generalist, process, and automotive tasks from the people on the ground to let them get on with the actual work they were hired to do.

​10-minute workouts to improve your writing - Ghost

One of the best strategies great writers use for improvement are writing exercises — guided written activities that develop specific writing-related skills. The key is to choose daily writing exercises that align with your goals.

​5 Keys to Developing a Strong Tone of Voice in your Content Marketing - Ann Handley

Your tone of voice isn’t about what you say but, rather, how you say it. It’s the impression your brand leaves on your would-be customers or prospects. Done right, your tone of voice is truly the secret sauce in your content BBQ.

​How to do Content Marketing for SaaS Founders - SaaSwrites

We discuss how you can run content marketing for your SaaS growth, its benefits, and how useful and practical running content marketing is for SaaS founders.

Interesting Read

​Some of the Best Moon & Earth Photos from NASA’s Artemis I Mission - Kottke

Visual imaging has been an integral part of even the earliest space missions — strap a camera to a spacecraft, let the people see what space looks like, and they will be inspired.

​Life management: a holistic approach to make the most of your life - Ness Labs

Your life is not a list. Rather than managing each aspect of your life separately, life management is about integrating all the moving parts of your life.

​4 Mental Traps That Kill a Productivity Mindset - Nir and Far

Productivity has many enemies: too many meetings, external triggers like interruptions from coworkers, and multitasking the wrong way, to name a few. But more often than not, it’s mental traps that trip us up.

Community Submissions

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​Obsidian Canvas - An infinite space to visualize and make sense of your ideas - Obsidian

You can lay out text, notes, images, PDFs, or even interactive websites on your canvas, and make sense of your ideas in this infinite space.

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