How different are tablet interfaces to those of phones and desktops? And what makes a tablet-based app fully functional and worth building? Our guest today is Mark McGranaghan, founding partner at Muse Software and principal investigator at Ink & Switch. You’ll hear Mark’s angle on tablet interface design, industrial research, user onboarding, as well as his advice on building tools for thought.

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Show Notes

Muse — Mark’s product
Ink & Switch — Mark’s industrial research lab focusing on creativity & productivity
Productivity articles by Shawn Blanc
Onboarding with Jane Portman — a Metamuse podcast episode
Milanote — tool for organizing creative projects
Notion, Roam — modern tools for thought
Procreate — a digital illustration app for the iPad
Microsoft Research — a great entryway to academic research on tablets
markmcgranaghan.com — Mark’s website
Find Mark on LinkedIn and Twitter

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