UX Swaps
Community of devs who exchange usability tests.
This thing was dormant for 6 months. I just didn't know how to combine all the different requirements the customers had. And then it hit me... I just do this for devs and dev tools only. There it is always the same. There's a documentation as a starting point and a clear goal "make this dev tool work on your computer".
I have to rebuild the app from scratch, but that should take only a week or so. I have announced that it goes live on March 15th and until then I'm collecting credit cards via a Stripe Checkout page. If I can get 40 people together until March 15th, I'm good. If not, I'll cancel the trials and just never charge anyone.
No reason at all. I'm only building this page to get feedback. This is the dumbest thing to spend time on right now. And yet here I am.
And it's not like the site is almost done and I'm just polishing. No. It's at the very beginning. Why am I like this? It's embarrassing.
I mean, just look at this:
Now that you know. I shall move on.
Update: On the upside, I found this.
https://css-tricks.com/how-to-favicon-in-2021/
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You designed, exported, and added your favicon in under an hour?? Congratulations 🎉 haha
Sometimes it is the easier tasks that take longer than expected…
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Here’s the fun part. It’s still not working 🤦♂️ I’ve given up by now and just moved on.
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😂 I used to use https://realfavicongenerator.net/ though it’s not up to date with the latest svg and dark / light mode last I checked
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The post starts like this:
"A Bootcamp for your UX. I'm building a community of founders who do regular usability tests for each other. You do 3 tests per week, you get 3 tests per week. You commit to improving your UX every week for 6 weeks straight. [...]"
And ends like this:
"It’s $90 for the entire Bootcamp.
That is $15 per week or $5 per test.
Interested?
Reach out at erich@meetanyway.com"
I started writing on April 30.
I posted on May 15.
22 people responded.
I sent them a Stripe payment link with a discount.
16 people paid up and are now members of the UX Slack group.
I didn't create a landing page.
I didn't design a graphic.
I wrote a convincing post.
Writing is powerful.
PS.
Great PG essays on writing
- http://www.paulgraham.com/writing44.html
- http://www.paulgraham.com/useful.html
- http://www.paulgraham.com/simply.html
Great books on writing
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Very cool, love the idea and love the scrappy initiative to get it off the ground even more. Using some of these amazing tools manually is something many more of us should do to get started (e.g. Stripe payment links, invite-only slack community etc).
Interested to see where UX swaps goes
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Thank you :)
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First post to bookmark , great results. I'll check the links later, thanks.
So I have this idea of people trading UX tests for each other. I open up VS Code and start building. And I think to myself 'man... I'm really not good at coding.'
It's true.
I take a look at my 30-day goal: 'Have active users who LOVE the product.' With my coding skills, this just isn't happening. Even if I focus on the bare minimum. In 30 days, I will still be googling how to make Firebase work or whatever.
And then it came to me.
I can do it all in Slack!!!
I don't need to write any code at all. Everything runs in a connected Slack channel. People can record and submit tests right there. All I have to do is to coordinate. And instead of writing code, I can focus on finding users from day one.
What do we learn from this?
It pays to think before you build.
PS.
I've been using the daily manifest by visualize value for goal setting.
It's free. It's simple. It keeps you focused. I highly recommend it.
I'm inspired to ship a bunch of projects and see what sticks. Listening to Pieter and Courtland will do this to you.
Grit is good, but only if you work on something that's worth it. If you don’t know what to be gritty at yet, just try lots of things. Quit most of them. Be flaky until you find what is worth not quitting.
That is the @levelsio approach, and I'm going to try it.
Let's see what happens.
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