Twitter: Product Management Friend or Foe?
I’ve used Twitter off and on for the past year or so, engaging with other Product Managers and Product Marketers about PM topics and also with community members within my industry. I like the brevity...
View ArticleTime Keeps on Slippin’, Slippin’, Slippin’
Unless you live in some alternate reality (and maybe you do), every Product Manager I know always has a lot going on each day. We go to meetings, we take calls from Sales, we answer emails from Sales,...
View ArticleThe Productologist 2008…That’s a wrap!
The end of the year is a time for reflection (and so frequently, hasty efforts to catch up). In between all the hustle and bustle of the last few days of 2008, take some time to count your...
View ArticleFollow-up on the Cornell Note-Taking Method
It’s been a little over a month since I started using this new note-taking method and I wanted to provide some details on how it’s going for me. To be honest, it hasn’t been as easy to switch to this...
View ArticleCornell Note-Taking Method
I’ve been listening to career-related podcasts on my commute to and from work lately and one of my favorites is Manager Tools. They are basically two management consultants (Mark Horstman and Michael...
View ArticleWhat to Read and When
At the end of each calendar year, I spend a bit of time cleaning house (figuratively, and sometimes literally). I look at the things that I have accomplished (or not), the tools that I have used (or...
View ArticleHow to Run a Meeting
If you are like most Product Managers that I know, you spend more time than you like in meetings. In the best of worlds, meetings can be productive endeavours where decisions get made and progress...
View ArticleTraveling with Technology
I usually only travel once or twice a quarter (which my BW really appreciates while not-so-secretly wishing that it was less), but whether its a short hop to LA or a cross-country jaunt to somewhere in...
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