Book Review: Shoe Dog — 5*
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE by Phil Knight My rating: 5 of 5 stars This was such a great read. I've started to really enjoy autobiographies,…
Seeing the Trees as well as the Forest
In my alternate dream world, I live immersed in a world of arts and culture — traveling from gallery to gallery or show to show, allowing myself to get lost…
Book Review: The First 90 Days — 3*
The First 90 Days, Updated and Expanded: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels by Michael D. Watkins My rating: 3 of 5 stars An ok book -…
Fix Corrupted Time Machine Backups
If you find these instructions valuable, please provide some feedback and/or comments so that I can feel good about myself :) This past couple months have been a time of…
Boom! It happened…
230lbs! That's I hit the milestone yesterday morning. Seriously, that is insane… How is that even possible??? A few years ago, I wrote about a warning from my doctor, and…
Podcast: Practicing Lean When You Aren’t A Startup
Lean Startup Company has been putting out one of my favorite podcasts on product management recently. Thank you Heather McGough for interviewing me for the recent one. It was a lot of fun!…
Looking in the Wrong Place
Often when I am working with teams, I am reminded of fables or stories that I was told as a child. The true nature of those stories weren't always obvious…
The 5 Hats of Product Management
Image courtesy of Bob Jagendorf, on Flickr One of the most misunderstood roles in the valley is that of a Product Manager. Depending upon which company you go to, and…
10 Things I learned while on Sabbatical
Well we’ve been back from our 8-month long sabbatical for a bit more than a month now and a considerable amount of time after returning has been spent reminiscing. A…
