2022-07-06
Prototyping to learn
The latest Circuit Breaker podcast with Bob and Greg goes into incredible depth on "Prototyping to Learn". When Bob first told me about his approach to prototyping, I balked. The...
Prototyping to learn
The latest Circuit Breaker podcast with Bob and Greg goes into incredible depth on "Prototyping to Learn". When Bob first told me about his approach to prototyping, I balked. The...
2022-07-02
Binstack: Making a maximal multi-dimensional decision
Binstack is a technique for selecting the "single most impactful" solution when there are multiple, incomparable dimensions to evaluate.
2022-06-20
Fermi ROI: Fixing the ROI rubric
Traditional rubrics fail to reveal the best answers, or how to explain those answers to others. After explaining why, the following system solves both failures.
2022-06-08
The "Talk vs Walk" workshop
We invented this strategic exercise at WP Engine -- engaging both Marketing and Product, generating actions for both sides that make products more desirable and competitive.
2022-05-24
Productive meeting activities: Leverage the team, empower the individual
Meetings are most productive when we create something that none of us could have created alone. Here are several ways to use meeting time wisely.
2022-05-17
I want an iPhone Mini-sized Android phone
My name is Eric Migicovsky and I love small phones. It’s weird because I am 6'6" but I never enjoyed using a large phone. I loved the Sony…
2022-05-07
Moats: Durable competitive advantage
Industries commoditize over time, delivering similar products at similar prices resulting in low profit. Moats are the antidote; your strategy must create some.
2022-04-23
The "Great" Product Manager, a.k.a. the Impossible Product Manager
According to the Internet, being a Product Manager is impossible. Can you ever measure up? No. But don't worry, there's a better answer.
2022-04-09
Failure to face the truth
This admonition recurs in myriad books, frameworks, and topics, across decades of time. When something is so consistent, it must be wisdom.
2022-03-26
Extreme brainstorming questions to trigger new, better ideas
We know, "no idea is a bad idea," but brainstorming is often unsuccessful. These prompts actually work. They could even lead to a unique business model.
2022-03-05
The Elephant in the room: The myth of exponential hypergrowth
Even Facebook and Slack did not grow "exponentially," as frequently described. Here is the correct model that you can use to understand and affect growth.
2022-02-26
Who's lying?
A lesson all pilots know: How you must use multiple dials, employing different sources of energy, to report identical data, because some of it is always lying.
2022-02-20
How to Order Fast Food while Inflicting as Little Damage to Yourself as Possible
Let’s get this out of the way first: I am not a dietician, an economist, or an ethicist. I am, however, a guy who likes to occasionally eat at fast...
2022-01-27
Making the web better. With blocks!
You’ve probably seen web editors based on the idea of blocks. I’m typing this in WordPress, which has a little + button that brings up a long… Read more "Making...
2021-11-26
Restoring Vintage Fiberglass Eames Chairs
We recently decided to upgrade our second-hand, fake Eames chairs with originals. We got the fake ones for free off of a neighborhood Buy Nothing group, and while they served...
2021-11-09
I’m Joining Kraken! 🐙
One of my favorite things about the design industry is that you can have a dozen completely different careers without ever leaving the field. For me, I started in print,...
2021-09-06
What kind of work I want
This article is to help recruiters, hiring managers and myself have a better idea of the kind of places I’d like to work. The short version…
2021-09-03
Learning incident response with problem sets
It’s hard to teach good incident response. A good understanding of how the system runs in production is essential, but how do you build that…
2021-06-02
Kinda a big announcement
The other day I was talking to a young developer working on a code base with tons of COM code, and I told him that even before… Read more "Kinda...
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