Welcome to the metaverse
The metaverse, a virtual reality-powered version of the internet, is Silicon Valley’s new obsession. Could it change the world?
https://www.theweek.co.uk/news/technology/954463/welcome-to-the-metaverse
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Went for a walk on the beach.
Updated the Non Service Designers Guide to Service Design.
Finished module 2 of the BSL course (and scored 10%).
Joined the Open Makers Community.
What’s the difference between a Prototype and Pilot?
Both are risk mitigation techniques that involve taking ideas, products and services outside the organisation to get feedback from real users, but where prototyping and piloting differ is when they are used in the product development process.
Prototypes
Prototypes are used during the design phase to test ideas and potential solutions before investing time and money in building a product or service. Prototypes can range in fidelity and focus. They can present a single aspect of a product or multiple parts of a service experience depending on what the research seeks to learn.
Pilots
Pilots are used during the delivery phase of a product to trial with real users in order to find the most common service breakdowns and those that will lead to the majority of customer complaints and dissatisfaction. Pilots help to understand these failures and identify which should be resolved before the product or service launches.
Always start a side-project with a domain name
Always start a side-project with a domain name. Use it to help validate ideas in the short-term but get the benefits in the long-term as your project develops.
1 Redirect it to another website
- Quick and easy to set up
- Share the link and get brand awareness
- Lose your brand once clicked
Example: ultimatedigital.tools redirects to a Gumroad page
2 Custom domain on a third-party platform
- Get some functionality (e.g., email sign-up)
- Keep your brand when clicked
- Limited design and functionality
Example: futureskills.info uses a Mailerlite landing page.
3 Address for a website
- Lots more functionality
- Lots more control over design and branding
- Costs more time and money
Example: rogerswannell.com uses WordPress.
As a project develops and needs more functionality you can move the domain name onto other platforms and take the brand awareness with you and any links will still work.
Whichever way your project goes, you keep the benefits of having used the same domain name throughout.