What to measure before you track every tap
Interaction analytics prototypes fail when teams instrument everything. Here is how we choose events that answer product questions instead of filling warehouses.
Field notes
Short essays from studio practice: how we design and prototype app interaction analytics with product teams.
Paper first: prototyping analytics on printed screens
Printing key screens and marking interaction points by hand still catches naming mistakes that digital tools hide until late in the build.
Namhae studio notes: remote workshops that still feel local
Working from Changseon-myeon does not mean distant facilitation. Small habits keep Korea-based and overseas product teams aligned during analytics schema sessions.
Mild signals beat loud dashboards in early prototypes
An early interaction analytics prototype should prove that a signal is interpretable, not that a dashboard looks impressive.