Johannes is the co-founder of It has been some time since the last update on my $1000 challenge.
Since the thenI moved to Japan and got married (twice), among other things. Apparently this required more time than I thought. However, even though I’m way behind schedule now, let the challenge continue!
Identifying core users
After I had published the last article in this series, Juhani Lehtimäki suggested on Google+:
“Have you tried identifying core user goals instead of jumping directly to features. A user centered approach not only usually lead into better feature set but also helps you a lot on the way as a set of test cases.
If you identify what users want to do with your app and what is the priority of your those goals you can extract the feature set you actually need to support them and design your app to very easy to use. You can also later on run usability tests based on the user goals either by simulating the users yourself or putting the prototype in front of others.”
My first reaction was “so much work, I don’t want to do this.”