I’ve spent a few years learning a lot – about myself, about product management, about Germany, about managing and leading people. It’s required a lot of armour work.
Author: Adrian Makohon
Who’s the Real Customer, or Jeff Patton is Right
Jeff Patton’s excellent ninja talk at last week’s Mind the Product Engage conference in Hamburg got me really thinking. TL;DR version – he argued for making the engineering team also responsible for the outcome of their development. Based on some other discussions at and around the conference, I think it might go a bit further… Continue reading Who’s the Real Customer, or Jeff Patton is Right
Vale, Roozi
My friend Roozi Araghi died last week. For various reasons, I won’t be able to make it back to Sydney for his memorial service tomorrow, but at the least I thought I’d share a little about him.
Around the World in several books
This last year has been pretty crazy, in all honesty. It started with a conversation on the water in Berowra, just north of Sydney. A close friend and I sat on the balcony, chatting about the general dissatisfaction I had with my life. 2014 had been (literally) one car crash after another, and I really… Continue reading Around the World in several books
Product Lessons from music gigs
I was at Oh Land’s gig in Munich last night, and there were a few things I was reminded of from the warmup act.
Worth a read: Focus on problems, not ideas
UX London: Brad Frost’s Atomic Design Model
I love that Brad Frost’s Working with Atomic Design UX London talk included the following quote from Daniel Mall: As an industry, we sell websites like paintings. Instead, we should be selling beautiful and easy access to content, agnostic of device, screen size, or context.
Apple News: Initial Questions
A few years ago, I worked for a boutique publisher. The publisher offered a number of subscription-only journals, and the decision was made to create an iPad Newsstand version of the journal. I spent a good chunk of my time helping generate as interactive, measurable and enjoyable a magazine app as possible, and we were very proud… Continue reading Apple News: Initial Questions
UX London: Karen McGrane’s Content Modelling Process
I had the honour of seeing Karen McGrane give a great talk on issues we are currently facing maintaining and publishing content for multiple platforms. Her Content in a Zombie Apocalypse talk at UX London 2015 covered the issues faced by content creators in an increasingly multi-output world.
Internet Week NY notes and thoughts
In my final day in New York, I slipped off to check out some of the sessions at the Internet Week headquarters. I’ve got some great thoughts and takeaways from my day.