Thanks to the birth of our first son I’ve been granted a lot of reading/feeding time.  You could say that this was baby Gabe’s first book.  I can’t say what he thought about the book, but I can say that I really enjoyed it.  It was the ...read more

Customers are engaged throughout the lifecycle of your product. Before you ever release a product they are speculating, spreading rumors, and squeezing information from job openings or press releases. It’s obvious that when you release they spread ...read more

  That’s it. My resolution for 2009 is to do less with more.  This probably sounds counter intuitive.  Shouldn’t we all be looking to do more with less given the economy?  Nope… In 2009 I’m going to do fewer things, but do them with ...read more

Over the weekend I finished Rework and figured I’d share some quotes from it as well. This book was excellent and the perfect complimentary read to Linchpin .  There was a lot of overlap and similar concepts.  While Linchpin was more psychology ...read more

If you've been spammed by a Facebook app then chances are you've experienced one of the Slide applications. Yes, these are the people behind Funwalls and SuperPokes. Turns out that they aren't seeing the ROI they'd like from these time ...read more

But do they do it right? If you've played scrabulous on Facebook then you've, no doubt, experienced the cramped feeling of your scrabble board surrounded by ads that are reaching out, tapping you on the head, and saying "look at me ...read more

Hmmm… I wonder what’s not easy to read, thin, and under a pound?!?!  Posted to Business Similar Posts Good Quotes from Rework The only tools you need spec software in 2009 Design for Mobile first and Full Screen Second ...read more

Everyone believes that their product has a few strengths, This is the set of things that your product does better than anything else out there.  If you didn’t you wouldn’t be building it right?  But do you really know what those strengths are ...read more

It's pretty cool to have someone as outspoken and transparent as Curt Schilling blogging about his baseball accomplishments. For me his blog has been inspirational and educational when it comes to my hobby of playing baseball. The post I'm ...read more

It’s that time of year and as Frank Costanza famously said… “I’ve got a lot of problems with you people…” This years list is a large one so bear with me. Google Chrome and every other company that decided to release their own web browser – I love you ...read more

My Starbucks has slow service and they are going to improve.  How do I know this?  They’ve posted it right next to where I pick up my drink.  They seem to be posting the results, each month, of the local customer satisfaction cards for ...read more

Your next customers. They are coming from Facebook.  You need to welcome them with open arms, make it easy for them to sign-in, and bring all their friends to your community.  Which brings me to news that was too cool for me to just tweet.  ...read more

I accidently published my last post too soon. This morning I published the last 4 tips. Enjoy here: http://evolvingwe.com/social/x-tips-for-working-remotely/ Posted to Business Similar Posts 11 Tips for Working Remotely Alpha Release: Windows ...read more

Over the last few weeks it’s hit me.  Somewhere between being 1 of 3 Telligent Product PMs in the spring and now leading a group of 7 with a growing line of products… my job officially transitioned into lead mode again.  My purpose has shifted ...read more

Remote employees - You probably know one of these slackers by now.  Their office is listed in the address book as “remote” or <blank> and you don’t see them in the office much.  You are pretty sure they are doing anything but working because ...read more

Jana sent around a set of questions to the Product PM team at Telligent today that made me write up this blog entry about some of my favorite 2009 things related to our work life. 1. What was your favorite work-related or field related or technical read ...read more

You like it hot don't you?  Why not come to Dallas in October for the In.Telligent conference?  Sessions will range from social computing stratagies to education about the latest technologies.  But really you'll get to meet more ...read more

The iPhone app Amazon released today could be really huge.  For the uninitiated they let you "remember” items while you are out shopping by taking pictures.  I’ve been doing this for a while now with the Evernote application, but Amazon ...read more

George Carlin passed away yesterday and, in honor of him I'm posting a list of 7 things you can't say on the Internet. Standard "this post does not reflect product direction or the views of my employer" disclaimers apply. :-) Content ...read more

Every other week our product team completes an iteration and holds a demo meeting to showcase new features, improvements, comps, spike results, etc.  We do this meeting online via LiveMeeting & a phone conference system.  We average around ...read more