Intimations by Zadie Smith My rating: 5 of 5 stars Without a doubt, the best book I have read this year. There are already a great number of reviews about this collection of short stories out there, so I wont’ talk too much about the stories themselves, but rather will just advocate to read it. … Read More
Sweat the Technique: Revelations on Creativity from the Lyrical Genius by Rakim My rating: 4 of 5 stars I was lucky to meet Rakim last year and get a signed copy of his book – I had been waiting to read it and it didn’t disappoint. I remember being hooked on any piece of news … Read More
Goodnight Twitter, Goodnight Facebook, Goodnight noises everywhere… It’s time to say goodnight to Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and all the other different social media dopamine sites out there. Not because I don’t like them necessarily, but more just because it is time to stop the noises everywhere and lean more towards growth and learning which those … Read More
Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting by Pamela Druckerman My rating: 3 of 5 stars I suppose is should write a review of this after my child grows up so I can say what seems to have worked and what didn’t. It is is hard not to notice that … Read More
I can’t exactly remember when it was, but some time in 2000 after I had been living in London for a couple years, I met this American girl named Julie (I can’t believe I’ve forgotten her last name! but she worked at the Pizza Express near Camden Market, in case she ever stumbles upon this … Read More
There are a lot of books in the past few years about creating Habits. I had first understood the value of them from reading Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins back in 1997. It seemed like such a obvious thing. I like spontaneity, but there is no need to make the mundane and necessary … Read More
I’ve been traveling to Seattle often lately to work with one of my Engineering teams. I was warned about the rain and how it would be depressing, but I was sure it wouldn’t be. ‘I lived in London for 5 years, and everyone warned me about the same thing’, I said. ‘The rain never bothered … Read More
A few months ago, I woke up one day and realized that even though I had slept for over 8 hours, I was feeling just as exhausted as I was most days recently. I found that I had become the victim of the sales scripts I used way back in my early mobile days at … Read More
So I figured to start out on this again the way I did almost 15 years ago… to just start sharing my thoughts. I recall sending emails and posting on sites that existed back then (‘Future project reminder: find those emails and posts and collate them!’). I remember trailing off around 2010. My blog was … Read More
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! Note: If preferred, jump to the 4min mark to get past the Intro part. Thank you for listening