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July 18, 2010
Just realised I never shared this presentation I gave at product management consultancy Brainmates. It was a while ago but many of the points I made are as valid (or invalid) now as they were then, including:
Product management is mostly about translation
Managing product development teams is easier if you can rephrase business requirements as interesting, challenging puzzles
Good product managers are...
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Some thoughts on product management
June 8, 2010
What do you do when you know you should be attending a weekly industry meetup but just can’t seem to get there, week after week?
As the crow flies, the nearest industry meetup to my home is North Shore Coffee Morning (#nscm) held each Thursday morning in Mosman, on Sydney’s leafy lower north shore.
It’s a great meetup: small, interesting, diverse group of people, good coffee, and great...
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Last tickets: Lower North Shore Coffee Morning tomorrow
May 28, 2010
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27/05/10 10:57 PM
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Twitter101: be yourself, don’t be your brand
May 12, 2010
Why add polish when in today’s society, being so geeky is so credible? I love this intro video for Diaspora. Now it needs to be mashed-up into a music video for some yet-to-break indie band. Call it “OK Go Make A Social Network”.
The thought for today: when branding, be true to who you are. Customers have a seventh sense for these...
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If you’re a geek, be proud of being a geek
May 10, 2010
They say the best camera to have is the one you have with you. Never more true than this evening when the universe hit me with a stunning sunset as I crossed the shared cycle path across the Warringah Freeway at Neutral Bay. I certainly wouldn’t have thought to take my DSLR out with me to pickup tomatoes from the shops.
Very little trickery used here, just the iPhone in my pocket with the apps...
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The best camera to have is the one with apps on it
April 14, 2010
I’ve been working on a video project for a few months. First I worked on the strategy that led to brand development, which led to the scriptwriting and direction. The product will be launched in a couple of weeks and then I can show you the video.
But first, how to explain a product that doesn’t exist, in a video? You can’t show people the product.
Well, the product is used to...
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When all the world seems made of pixels
