Naming My Product: 10 Days to Better Design?
45sThe audience gets a behind-the-scenes look at the real-time decision-making process for a product name, which is relatable and engaging for entrepreneurs.
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The video is a vlog-style update from a product developer, detailing a day filled with both progress and setbacks. The creator discusses finalizing a product name, dealing with a major DNS outage, and planning next steps. It offers a candid look at the realities of product development.
Chapters
[00:24]
Product Name Finalization
The creator is deciding between '10 Days to Better Design' and '10 Days of Design', leaning towards the former despite a longer domain.
[00:52]
Inspirational Quote
A quote from the naming Google Doc, 'Tell me and I forget, teach me and I remember, involve me and I learn', is highlighted as a guiding principle for the product.
[01:17]
DNS Outage
DnSimple, a DNS provider, went down, taking down sites like Dribbble and Unsplash, and also affecting ConvertKit forms, causing widespread issues.
[02:22]
Progress and Planning
The creator has completed 7 of 10 exercises and has a clear plan for the remaining ones, with a detailed to-do list categorized into marketing, product, and infrastructure.
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What is the name of the product being developed?
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What is the name of the product being developed?
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10 Days to Better Design
00:24
Which company's outage caused widespread disruption?
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Which company's outage caused widespread disruption?
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DnSimple
01:17
Which service was affected because it used DnSimple for DNS?
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Which service was affected because it used DnSimple for DNS?
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ConvertKit
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How many of the ten exercises are done?
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How many of the ten exercises are done?
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Seven out of ten exercises are complete.
02:37
What are the three categories in the detailed to-do list?
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What are the three categories in the detailed to-do list?
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Marketing, product, and infrastructure.
02:22
💡 Key Takeaways
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Product Naming Decision
Shows the importance of community input and the trade-offs in choosing a product name.
00:24
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DNS Outage Impact
Illustrates how a single point of failure can disrupt multiple services, highlighting infrastructure vulnerabilities.
01:17
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Breaking Down Tasks
Demonstrates a practical method for managing large projects by categorizing tasks into manageable groups.
02:22
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Learning Quote
The quote 'Tell me and I forget, teach me and I remember, involve me and I learn' encapsulates the product's educational philosophy.
00:52Full Transcript
[00:00] Alright, so I'm back in the office after heading home for like an hour and a half or so to eat dinner, put the kids to bed, that kind of thing. So that's good.
[00:12] Got some good stuff back from the naming Google Doc that I put together that everyone joined in. I think I'm finally settled on it, which I need to because I have a bunch of marketing tasks to work on.
[00:24] But I think 10 days to better design is going to be the product name. the only reason I'm waffling back and forth is because I also like 10 days of design because the domain name is shorter we'll see, I'll figure that out
[00:39] let's see, other things oh, there's a quote that somebody put in the the name in Google Doc that I really like and that's, tell me and I forget teach me and I remember
[00:52] involve me and I learn they attributed it to Ben Franklin but I'm not so sure. A bunch of quote sites attributed to Ben Franklin. A bunch of other sites say that's BS. It doesn't matter.
[01:05] I like the quote. That's what I'm trying to accomplish in the product. So I bet that quote will make its way into the sales page. If you were the one that put that quote in the Google Doc, I'd love to give you credit for it. So give me your name.
[01:17] Tell me who you are. You know. Let's see. Oh, today's been kind of a rough day. Roughly unexpected. And part of that because a company called DnSimple went down Now DnSimple handles DNS for a ton of websites like dribble and unsplash and a bunch of websites that I use all went
[01:38] down normally I wouldn't care that much except that convertkit went down as well because we use DN simple so what that means is that anytime we linked to convertkit.com that didn't work all the forms loaded from convertkit.com
[01:54] didn't work as well. So it was really, really unfortunate. It's starting to come back now, but it's been down most of the day. And so it's been hard to put out fires and talk to customers related to that and work on building this brand new product. So not much to say
[02:09] about that other than that it sucked. And hopefully there won't be any lasting issues because of it. Oh, the other things are I have a more detailed to-do list now. Whenever,
[02:22] Yeah, you can see that, okay? So I broke it down into marketing, product, and then infrastructure, set up tasks. And that's spelled out because I no longer feel like it's this big, unknown thing in front of me that I have to do.
[02:37] It's pretty much now that I just need to line out what's left. I've got seven of the ten exercises done. I have a rough idea for the next three. So it's just time to list out all the tasks and start knocking them out.
[02:51] so I'll probably put in I don't know maybe three or four more hours tonight and then jump back in early tomorrow morning so yeah thanks for following along
