Volume One of the library edition of Fear Agent by Rick Remender, Tony Moore, and Jerome Opena (my 14th book this year) contains three story arcs and some additional short stories filling in the world and character of Heath Huston. Remender has created a wonderful character with this alcoholic, cynical, reckless and arrogant human thrown… Continue reading Fear Agent – volume 1
My thirteenth book of the year is another graphic novel – volume 1 of Jupiter’s Circle from Image Comics. Written by Mark Millar and with art from several people, this volume fills in information about characters introduced in Jupiter’s Legacy also written by Millar and drawn by Frank Quitely. This spin-off series traces some of… Continue reading Jupiter’s Circle
My twelfth book of 2016 was another comic book trade from Image Comics as part of the Humble Bundle I bought earlier this year (this continues to be the best purchase i have made in a long time – dozens of great independent comics for a ‘pay what you want’ price that is far lower… Continue reading Injection volume 1
In the coming weeks I plan to post a series of blogs on how the wonderful theory of Agile software development intersects with (or sometimes crashes into) the messy reality of developing products in the real world. The company I work for adopted Agile almost 10 years ago (shortly after I started working there) yet… Continue reading New series on messy reality
Originally posted on InTruthItsNotThatSimple:
Recently I spent ninety minutes with our full development and product teams listening to a series of two minute pitches on ideas for our quarterly ‘hack week’ event. As a company we’ve been doing this for the past few years – setting aside one week every quarter for our development team…
Even as I continue plowing through Infinite Jest (nearly half way now) I recently finished rereading my eleventh book this year – JRR Tolkien’s Fellowship of the Ring. I first read this book when I was about age 12 and have revisited it multiple times in the years since. About six years ago I purchased… Continue reading Fellowship of the Ring
My tenth book read this year is another great graphic novel from Image comics: Descender volume 1. With fabulous painted art from Dustin Nguyen and a compelling science fiction story from Jeff Lemire this book begins the tale of Tim-21 a robot programmed as the companion of a human boy. With parallels to Spielberg’s AI… Continue reading Descender vol 1
Originally posted on Applied Product Management Leadership:
I’ve been sitting on this idea for a post for some time now. From time to time throughout my career, this topic materializes out of nowhere and is worthy of discussion. And when it comes to ‘ownership’, I have experienced differences of opinion that could easily rival the argument about which…
Originally posted on Applied Product Management Leadership:
Just getting back into the swing of things after re-charging the batteries a bit on vacation, and came across an article from CMO.com titled Why CMOs Should Care About The Rise Of Product Management that struck a chord and challenged me this morning. It’s an interesting read, although a bit more oriented…
Originally posted on Applied Product Management Leadership:
“Is purpose more important than profit?” This question was posed by Alan Murray, editor of Fortune Magazine, and referenced in this post by Mark Weinberger, CEO of EY. It’s an intriguing thought because even from a young age with school and grades, we are taught results matter. This certainly…
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