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Nov 2019
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A User Guide to Product Design by Direct...

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We all know that product design is very important, but do you actually know how to make UX design and product go hand-in-hand for a win-win situation on both sides, and an overall success of a company? Learn from today's episode with Abigail Hart Gray, Director of UX at Google. 

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