LEGO building lessons
This Christmas was a LEGO fiesta. My two daughters got lots and lots of LEGO boxes, and have spent a big portion of the past days putting things together. There’s a castle draw bridge, and a nice family house, and a police stations, and the list goes on and on. I’ve been a passive participant, [...]
“I have a great idea, let’s f**k with our customers, yay!”
Why do companies do this? Imagine going to the coffee shop, and asking for a cup of coffee. Instead of serving you the cup of coffee, the barista acknowledges that you probably asked for a cup of coffee, and then goes on to tell you about all the other stuff they sell. You repeat your [...]
How to force yourself to do stuff that matters
Earlier, I’ve talked about the power of deciding the 3 most important things to do at the start of every day. Of all the crazy GTD style things that I’ve done, I believe it’s the single most powerful thing you can adopt, and it’s super-super-super simple. And effective.
Recently I’ve found a new use for that [...]
Marc Andreessen on productivity
Ron Feldman sent me a link to this old post by Marc Andreessen, recently re-posted by the Pmarca Archies.
It’s really good! And not to brag, but I already do a lot of the stuff he talks about, like keeping all my tasks in one place, deciding the 3 tasks to get done for the day, [...]
What makes a good product manager for software development?
I’ve been getting this question a lot lately: what do you think makes a good product manager for software development? (no idea why I’m getting this question more often these days :) ) And as with any question you get asked a lot (what’s your favorite color?) you start structuring your answer and eventually repeating [...]