💡 The price of admission (and more)
The price of admission Some tough love here about what it means to have “executive presence”. When someone tells you that you need more business sense, or...
💡 Selling Lemons (and more)
Selling Lemons This is an essay I think everyone should read, front to back. It’s about all the things we are living through right now, but it’s especially...
💡 “The Mountain in the Sea”, AI fears, and connectedness (and more)
“The Mountain in the Sea”, AI fears, and connectedness (Mild spoilers ahead for The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler) I recently finished the novel The...
💡 Every Single Human. Like. Always. (and more)
Every Single Human. Like. Always. I almost skipped this Michael Lopp piece, but I’m glad I didn’t. It’s one of his best in a long time, especially if you’re...
💡 Gemini Is ‘Strict and Punitive’ While ChatGPT Is ‘Catastrophically’ Cooperative, Researchers Say (and more)
Gemini Is ‘Strict and Punitive’ While ChatGPT Is ‘Catastrophically’ Cooperative, Researchers Say This is some fascinating research. Researchers at Oxford...
💡 No One Knows Anything About AI (and more)
No One Knows Anything About AI Don’t let the clickbait title put you off. Related to my link about AI killing jobs in tech, here Cal Newport produces some...
💡 Why are we lying to young people about work? (and more)
Why are we lying to young people about work? Some real talk here about the nature of work, and what’s important: Good work should do at least one of these...
💡 You cannot survive poor management (and more)
You cannot survive poor management Yes, amen to this. As a manager, be honest to your executives and your reports. Given enough people in your team, there is...
💡 Automatic syncing from Raindrop.io to WordPress link posts
Automatic syncing from Raindrop.io to WordPress link posts I read Ethan Marcotte’s Link bug this week, which led me to Sophie Koonin’s Automated weekly links...
💡 Product Management: The Good, the Hard, and How to Know If It’s Right for You
Product Management: The Good, the Hard, and How to Know If It’s Right for You An engineer recently sent me some questions about the Product Management role....
💡 Career advice in 2025
Career advice in 2025 If you’re currently in the job market I highly recommend this post by Will Larson: If you pull all those things together, you’re...
💡 “Ack, think, act”—building trust as a product manager (and more)
“Ack, think, act”—building trust as a product manager Many (oh my word, so many) years ago I wrote that I thought “fairness” is the most important...
💡 Social Development, Self-Development, and What Work Is For (and more)
Social Development, Self-Development, and What Work Is For I agree with Elle Griffin that Social Development > Self-Development: This might sound obvious,...
💡 DeepSeek is also a design story (and more)
DeepSeek is also a design story Interesting theory by Casey Netwon that good Design helped Deepseek to become popular so quickly: Both models “thought” for...
💡 Regarding “missed” and “slipped” deadlines
Regarding “missed” and “slipped” deadlines I really like Basecamp’s concept of “Hill Charts”. The gist of it is that each project we work on has two distinct...
💡 My 2024 in Music
My 2024 in Music I love reading end-of-year music wrap-ups from the personal blogs I follow (two highlights this year include the posts by Sarah K. Moore and...
💡 A career ending mistake (and more)
A career ending mistake This is lovely post by John Arundel (“Come for the schadenfreude, stay for the thought-provoking advice” indeed!). I especially like...
💡 How to Make Planning Better (and more)
Hey friends, just a quick note here this week. It seems like the Product People have finally arrived on Bluesky! There’s been so much activity there over the...
💡 A Deadly Gravitational Pull in PLG B2B (and more)
The Cure Deliver the Power-Doom Epic We’ve Been Waiting For Great Rolling Stone review of a perfect late-career album by The Cure : ‘Songs of a Lost World’...
💡 “The kids are too soft” (and more)
“The kids are too soft” This is another amazing AHP essay , this time about the critiques of Gen Z employees: I’ve long argued that the critique of younger...
