Takeaway Points

  • Depending on your product, it may make sense to make activities the focal point of your design process.

  • Do user research to find out what activities you need to support, but don’t design the activities themselves for specific people.

  • Be critical when evaluating user feedback. Sometimes, making your product better for a specific audience makes it worse for everybody else.

  • Keep in mind that people have the capacity to adapt to your product; you don’t always need to adapt your product to them.

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