Author Archives: Kristofer Layon

About Kristofer Layon

Mobile web and app designer; product manager; Peachpit author.

Products and projects

Posted on August 10, 2012

Sometimes there can be some confusion around products versus projects and, especially, product management versus project management. They sound so similar, they must be the same, right? No. An entire book could be written about the differences (and I might … Continue reading →

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Dedication

Posted on July 31, 2012

The quality of being dedicated or committed to a task or purpose. The words with which a book or other creative work is dedicated. Today was an exciting day: my article Product Management for the Web was published in A … Continue reading →

Posted in Product management, Writing

Marissa Mayer and product management for the web

Posted on July 17, 2012

There’s a reason that Yahoo! has hired Marissa Mayer away from Google to be their new CEO: she has a keen understanding of product management for the web. Watch this interview for some great insights about human-centered design and development, learned from … Continue reading →

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Product management: a cold shower for too much design dreaming

Posted on July 9, 2012

I’m both a designer and a dreamer, so I feel that I’m entitled to say this: designing is dreaming. Or, perhaps more accurately, it’s also guessing. And both dreaming and guessing are really great and very important. But in the … Continue reading →

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A responsive ebook built with web standards

Posted on June 22, 2012

I’ve been tinkering with a responsive, standards-based ebook prototype for a neighbor who works for a publisher. Their goal is to self-publish ebooks online, to be viewed in a browser, and also self-publish to app stores. They’ve tried a more … Continue reading →

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Content, value, and Nepal: web standards aren’t just for web sites

Posted on June 21, 2012

I am Dr _____ from Nepal, and this app is really very up to date for OB-GYN physician. Looking forward to future updates. Thank you! I don’t know how many personal emails you get from happy customers in Nepal — … Continue reading →

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Now hiring in Minneapolis: Public Interest Design Director

Posted on June 13, 2012

I’m a proud alumnus as well as a proud former employee of the University of Minnesota, and so I was really excited to read about this job announcement today. I’m particularly happy because “the U”, as we affectionately call it, … Continue reading →

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The Minimal Viable Web

Posted on June 9, 2012

My presentation about web design, responsive mobile-optimized design, and web product management at Breaking Development’s :focus on Responsive Design conference. June 4, 2012, in Minneapolis. Thanks to all who attended — it was a great day! And special thanks to … Continue reading →

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Responsive images for mobile: don’t sweat it

Posted on May 22, 2012

There’s been a lot of angst about how to best deliver responsive images within responsive web design. The best post to date about the issue is by Jason Grigsby, not just for the detailed analysis but because it also has … Continue reading →

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Reviewing Nielsen’s Defense in .net Point by Point

Posted on April 12, 2012

In the great mobile debate between Jakob Nielsen and others (highlighted in .net today by positioning Jakob against the formidable Josh Clark), I definitely side with Josh and others who embrace responsive web design. Jakob’s advice has alway been astonishingly … Continue reading →

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