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Real Work vs. Imaginary Work

Since we launched Hill Charts in Basecamp we’ve been fielding many interesting questions. One common question is: how do we catch more…

4 min readAug 24, 2018

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New in Basecamp: See where projects really stand with the Hill Chart

For years we’ve used Basecamp To-Dos to track all of our design and programming work here at Basecamp. They help us make sure that nothing…

7 min readJun 7, 2018

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Running in Circles

Why Agile Isn’t Working and What We Do Differently

6 min readNov 22, 2017

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Running in Circles

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Foggy thinking in design (and how to cut through it)

As designers we’ve all used foggy sentences like these:

3 min readFeb 1, 2017

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Foggy thinking in design (and how to cut through it)

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Position, Position, Position!

The mantra in real estate is “location, location, location.” You can upgrade kitchens and bathrooms all day, but if you’re in the wrong…

5 min readJan 11, 2017

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New: Better control over email and phone notifications in Basecamp 3

Before today, it was hard to know if Basecamp would tell you about new messages via email or through the app on your phone. Now Basecamp…

2 min readFeb 25, 2016

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The Fidelity Curve: How to weigh the costs and benefits of creating UI mockups

Here at Basecamp we do a lot of paper sketching. Usually we jump straight to code after making a rough sketch. But it’s not a black and…

4 min readJan 22, 2016

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Want to Understand Design Forces?

Untangle design conversations into the forces bearing on the design, the solutions under consideration, and the fitness between the two.

3 min readMar 18, 2015

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Visualizing a product’s UI and code layers

This article was originally published to Feltpresence.com in March 2011.

3 min readJan 14, 2015

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Visualizing a product’s UI and code layers

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Keeping the goal in sight while designing component flows

Originally published to Feltpresence.com in August 2012.

5 min readJan 14, 2015

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Keeping the goal in sight while designing component flows

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Ryan Singer

Ryan Singer

17.1K Followers

Founder of Felt Presence | Software Designer, Advisor, Product Strategist | Author of Shape Up: Stop Running in Circles and Ship Work that Matters

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