Steve on Managing Products

A German asked why there were no funny people in Germany, and was told, "Because you killed all the Jews."

Does every language have homonyms or is that unique to English?

After all, she’s already the “next” John Wick.

Who wants ana de armas to be the next James Bond?

It's incredible how often devices blame me for not working. Instead of admitting "we f*cked up," Amazon reports, "You did something wrong," when I did exactly the same thing yesterday.

Through the ages, all great men have taught
Truth and happiness just can't be bought or sold
Tell me, why are you people so cold?
—Stevie Wonder

America has a long history of politicians sending *other* people’s families to war.

Heat like we had today (almost 100 degrees) is why I went into computers.

Has any other president in history dropped the F-bomb in public?

In related news, George Martin would often play piano solos on Beatles songs at half speed and an octave low, then speed them up on the mix.

Disruption and innovation are often used to mean “doing the same thing we’ve always done but with a new label.”

So love and mercy to you and your friends tonight.

In honor of Brian Wilson, I am planning to watch Love and Mercy. I love John Cusack and Elizabeth Banks, but I’m approaching the movie with some dread. After all it’s a lovely and terrible story.

The Ancient Art of Product You were hired to lead, not to fling Jira tickets. This is your call to clarity—part strategy scroll, part PM survival manual. Learn to choose the right battles, sell with stories, and build products ...

Another delightful ebook from @deanpeters.bsky.social:
"The Ancient Art of Product." Including "Be not a monkey of the ticket."
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And let's start with the problem and THEN decide if AI is the solution. I love ChatGPT but it's not the answer to every problem.

Before you spend much more time on AI, could you please get copy-and-paste to work? I spend much more time reformatting than I do getting AI to answer my prompts.

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Have you ever had that moment when you say, “Gosh, this is exactly my situation.” That's how I felt when reading the book Aligned: Stakeholder Management for Product Leaders by Bruce McCarthy & Melissa Appel

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I know everybody is crazy about AI right now, but while you're waiting to find a viable business model, could you please make your applications copy-and-paste without making me spend an hour reformatting?

“You changed the meaning of that word!”

No, we didn’t.

Language is basically one big game of telephone.

Star Wars 4: A New Hop.

YouTube video by Steve on Managing Products Why You Need a Product Quad, Not Just a Trio

“The product trio is great… until it isn’t.”
You’ve probably heard it: product manager, designer, tech lead. But when it’s time to actually plan a release and launch to market—you need a fourth voice.
Add Product Growth to the core team to make a Product Quad.

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Channel surfing is always a bad idea. Found a movie about WWII—that I have already seen. See you in 2 hours.

Anxious shareholders and 401(k) obsessives should probably stay off their phones this week. (That's my plan.)

Hahaha. Sorry?

Good chat with @productnerd.bsky.social and @talkingroadmaps.bsky.social on the roles of product management and product ops. May describes product ops as product management of product management.
(Plus a nice shout to me! YAY!)
#roadmap #product #process.

My monitor is here and my new computer is in Alaska. Great news!

Jefferson Smith: I wouldn't give you two cents for all your fancy rules if, behind them, they didn't have a little bit of plain, ordinary, everyday kindness and a little looking out for the other fella, too.

I’m buying a lot of electronics now. I hope I won’t need to buy anything other than food for the next 3.75 years.