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Looking Back On The First Year of Product Talk
I started Product Talk in November 2011. It’s been a great first year of blogging. I’ve learned a lot. Some posts that I thought would be hits didn’t gain traction […]
Ignore the Competition, Talk to Your Customers Instead
I love this post, Do You Care More About the Customers or the Competition?, by David Meerman Scott on Web Ink Now. Take a minute. Go read it. Everywhere I’ve worked, people […]
When Helping Hurts
A sales rep comes to you and asks for a small product change to satisfy a prospective client. Your manager wants to A/B test her latest idea. Your friend in […]
Do One Thing Well
Most product managers know that your product should do one thing well. If you do one thing well, your customers will know exactly when and why to use your product. […]
Remembering Steve
One year ago today, Steve Jobs passed away. I can’t think of any other person of whom I feel more conflicted. It’s hard to argue with Steve’s results. After all, […]
Social Contagion: How I Went From No Mobile Gaming to Addicted in 36 Hours
I spent this past weekend with my siblings. Four of the five of us, plus my brother-in-law, spent a good amount of the weekend playing Words with Friends, Draw Something, […]
Even Knowing The Rules, Why We Still Can’t Write Stories Like Pixar
There’s been a lot of buzz this week about the Pixar story rules being tweeted by Emma Coates (@lawnrocket). But don’t expect a whole new crop of Pixar-like storytellers to […]