If you missed it on Tuesday, I told the origin story and growth mechanisms for Waze. It’s one of the most fun articles I’ve written - hope you enjoy :)

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Waze | Community-led Growth

As a user, I’ve been a fan of Waze’s quirky design and gamified reporting for years so when I started breaking down world-class products for Making Product Sense, I knew at some point, I would have to write about Waze if only to appease my own curiosity…

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25 days ago · 16 likes · 2 comments · Jacob Jolibois

🐤 Nug #1 — skeuomorphism has its moments

Anh @pwign

😋

5:56 PM ∙ Feb 27, 2023

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🐤 Nug #2 — Ya feel me? Felt.

Map building products have always been for the developers. If you want to customize anything other than pin color and label text, you had to build your own custom map. Felt is bringing map building to the consumer.

Felt @felt

1/ Today we are announcing a huge milestone: we are no longer in beta. With Felt 1.0 comes a suite of tools for sophisticated groups and organizations, such as Teams, Team Libraries, and new features for professionals 🎉 felt.com/blog/felt-reac…

5:30 PM ∙ Feb 28, 2023

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🐤 Nug #3 — the comeback story

Petar - DirectTech🇬🇧🇷🇸 @DirectTechYT

Apple maps is so slept on now. By far has the best UI and easy to understand while driving. Its the most slept on native iOS app.

2:55 PM ∙ Feb 25, 2023

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🐤 Nug #4 — utilities don’t have to be boring

femb✦t @__femb0t

Iceland is installing electrical columns in the form of walking iron giants.

4:14 AM ∙ Feb 25, 2023

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🐤 Nug #5 — yoooo 😂

Chris Carfolite @chriscarf

Absolutely deceased by the accuracy of this feedback

4:13 PM ∙ Feb 28, 2023

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🐤 Bonus Nug

HUNTER @hunterjisaacson

Building a successful consumer app requires 1 dope feature that’s better than your competition. Doesn’t need to change the world, and doesn’t even need to be original. Research viral social apps from 5-10 years ago and reboot them - this time with better flows and growth loops.

2:08 PM ∙ Mar 2, 2023

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Hope that gave you a little inspiration and a reason to smile - now go enjoy your weekend :)

—Jacob ✌️

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