Kinkless GTD
Because I’m behind on my reading, I hadn’t heard about the Kinkless GTD system for OmniOutliner. I had already been organizing myself via OmniOutliner, but Kinkless looks much slicker than the route I...
View ArticleWhat is TurboGears not?
In product management, the things you choose not to do are at least as important as the things you choose to do. Though it might seem like adding features is always a good thing, there are actually...
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Recommended Business Books
Over the years, I’ve done a variety of reviews. I’ve also consumed a lot more books, music, movies and websites than I’ve managed to review or mention here. I’ve decided that I’d really like to...
View ArticleLet the Good Times Roll–by Guy Kawasaki: The Art of Rainmaking
Guy Kawasaki’s blog is fantasic. Really great reading (and only a month old!) One recent entry: The Art of Rainmaking stresses some great points about selling your product. His writing here is focused...
View ArticleCan Borders’ new concept store push toward a brick-and-mortar future?
I haven’t been there yet (it just opened today), but Borders has just opened their first new “concept” store right around the corner from my house. Eighteen months in development, this store is out to...
View ArticleProduct Activation sucks.
The music industry has figured out that DRM doesn’t work and does more to annoy real customers than it does to stop thieves. If they had paid attention to history, they would have found that in the 80s...
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MacSpeech fails the version number test
MacSpeech Dictate 1.5 has just been released. In the process, they made a major product management blunder: they chose the wrong version number. How can you mess up with a version number? Simple: you...
View ArticleThe Point of Diminishing Features
Making software products is a great business. You release version 1 and start selling, followed by new major versions from time to time that generate further upgrade revenue. A good product can give...
View ArticleThinking About the Developer Experience for the Web
I’ve been working on developer tools for a while now, and I’m really proud of what we are shipping in Firefox today and the new features that are right around the corner. Browser tools are one of the...
View ArticleWeb developer personas (are you in there?)
User personas are a useful tool for when you want to discuss needs that users have and, ultimately, features that meet those needs. Personas help keep you talking about real people versus some random...
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