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The Coming Traffic Apocalypse
AI Search summaries are already impairing the engine that funds large swaths of the internet. The cure might be worse than the ads
The Facebook Whistle Blower - PM related thoughts
Scandal Plagued Facebook makes the Dude wonder if there are any product managers there with a conscience. Apparently there is/was only one.
Product Manager Types: The Quiet Competent Sort
Product Manager Types: The quiet competent sort. They fly beneath the radar, building consensus, and delivering year after year. Celebrate them.
Replicable Business Models
Disruption is the game, but having differentiable advantages are key to longevity. Be sure to have a suitable plan.
Product Manager Types: The Bull in a China Shop
Continuing with the prodmgmt personas: The Bull in a China Shop. Not super common, but a bully nonetheless. Not many good options for coping, the situation is sad.
Product Manager Types: The Dive Bomber
Product Manager Styles - the Dive Bomber. Waiting until the last moment, going their own way, trying to stand out, hogging the attention, bad all the way
Product Personas: The Starry Eyed Engineer
More engineers are making the transition to Product Management. What challenges do they face?
Colleagues - a Trying Tale
Colleague chaos. No matter how clear you make the instructions, how well defined the template, how crisp the ask, someone is gonna fuck it up
Split Leadership
A new Leader, a new (old) strategy, and a lot of churn, for what? To chase others, to try to beat them, but ineptness and past prejudices intrude
Life as a Product Manager
Many people think product managers do all high-level business shit, but in reality, we spend a lot of time answering mundane questions
New Bosses
The Dude gets a new boss, and while his direct experience lacks, he is very coachable, and the Dude is helping him be successful
Bad Leadership, or, Is it time to leave?
It is like a broken record, where we are doomed to listen to the same grove over and over. New leader, shake things up, finds out that it ain't so simple, then doubles down and bad shit happens.
An old Friend - Jira
The Dude thought he had gotten away from being a Jira monkey. How wrong he was.