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Friday reactions – 6 July

You may have noticed that there was no “Wednesday wisdom” post this week; I was enjoying the day off with my family. But to wrap up this week I wanted to share briefly about two things I’ve encountered this week that you might want to check out as well. First is a podcast episode from… Continue reading Friday reactions – 6 July

Customer conversations · Expectation · Gratitude · podcasts · Pop culture · Product management

Monday musings – 2 July

Brief notes about what’s on my mind heading into this week. Gratitude: There’s a group of guys at work with whom I play a regular game of Dungeons and Dragons; yes at my age it’s fun to fully express my nerd-self and spend a few hours every couple of weeks role playing, drinking beers, and… Continue reading Monday musings – 2 July

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Two good listens (plus 1)

I’ve been listening to some good on-line presentations and speeches lately and wanted to share them here. I also want to recommend again a podcast I mentioned in my last post: Inside Intercom. I called out their most recent episode – an interview with Laura Klein – but wanted to say that as I’ve started… Continue reading Two good listens (plus 1)

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Quick notes

It’s been a minute since I posted anything new so I wanted to share a few quick ideas. First, I’m listening to a great podcast with Laura Klein from Inside Intercom (here’s a link: https://bit.ly/2M5QBU8). I highly recommend checking it out if you’re interested in UI/UX and product development. Second, I’ve been thinking a lot… Continue reading Quick notes

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Good material I found this week

Even as my work life keeps me busy, I try to keep up with at least some of what other product developers are writing about Agile development and testing. Two of my favorite sources are InfoQ and Stickyminds. You can find them online (at InfoQ.com and Stickyminds.com) and on Twitter. InfoQ recently released a couple… Continue reading Good material I found this week

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Baltimore volume 1: The Plague Ships

The first volume of Baltimore by Mike Mignola is the 28th book I’ve read this year; it tells the opening chapter in the story of Lord Baltimore and his hunt for the ancient vampire Haigus.  The hatred between Baltimore and this vampire is personal and their war has raged for years before the opening of… Continue reading Baltimore volume 1: The Plague Ships

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Fury: My War Gone By

My 21st read for 2016 was another graphic novel, this time from Marvel’s Max line.  The book focuses on a character well known in both the comic book and cinematic universes: Nick Fury.  However this story presents a slightly different view in a slightly different ‘universe;’ here there is no SHIELD (Fury works with the… Continue reading Fury: My War Gone By

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Questions on my mind

For the first month or two of 2015 I was writing in my blog almost daily; one of the weekly ‘features’ was sharing questions on my mind.  Given that my blog is entitled In Truth It’s Not That Simple it ought to come as no surprise that sometimes I feel like I have more questions… Continue reading Questions on my mind