20
Oct

The Right Way to Fight

Published by adil in Agile, Product Management, Productivity Reply

Tweet The term ‘conflict’ typically carries with it negative connotation. But it’s something I have been thinking a lot about lately, and I feel like conflict is not necessarily a bad thing. As our company continues to grow at a very rapid trajectory, there are lots of new faces, roles, and even whole organizations. Managing the responsibilities and roles during the growth has been a challenge, to say the least. The reality, however, is that → Read More

18
Oct

Your Culture Really is Your Brand

Published by adil in UX 1 comment

Tweet I read an interesting article titled “Brand Is Culture, Culture Is Brand”, which examined the relationship between the Human Resources and Marketing departments in an organization. The premise of the piece is that, in the new paradigm of business, these two functions are intrinsically interlinked. I agree with many of the author’s points, and this is a principle I’ve always tried to employ in the businesses of which I am lucky enough to be → Read More

15
Oct

Throw out your product specs…

Published by adil in Agile, Development, Product Management, UX 3 comments

Tweet I don’t like requirements documents. There, I said it. I’ve been thinking about this latently for a number of months now, but all of this thinking really caught up with me this weekend. We’ve been thinking a lot lately about evolving our product management practices and there are no shortage of opinions around the office and from experts in the community. As such, I’ve tried to do a lot of listening, reading, learning, and → Read More

14
Oct

Magma rails is happening right now :)

Published by adil in Agile, Development Reply

Tweet I am thrilled to see the agenda for Magma Rails coming together. I have a real sense of pride in the fact that I helped start the company (Crowd Interactive) that is putting on the first ever Ruby on Rails conference in Mexico! What’s more is that it really looks like it is going to be a great conference. Some amazingly talented people will be giving talks there, and I am happy to → Read More

6
Oct

Rise of Social Commerce

Published by adil in E-Commerce Reply

Tweet I was fortunate enough to be invited to sit on a panel at the Rise of Social Commerce conference here in the bay area this week. I’ve been so busy lately that I haven’t actually had the opportunity to check out the conference agenda until recently, and I have to say that it really looks like it is shaping up. There seem to be some great panels and talks throughout the two days. Also, → Read More

6
Oct

Product Management vs Interaction Design

Published by adil in Agile, Creative, Product Management Reply

Tweet One of the questions that gets escalated to me most often these days is some permutation of, “What is the difference between product management and interaction design?” It is particularly hard to answer questions like “where does one end and the other begin?” These are not simple questions to answer because the roles do have some overlap and it is important that both of these roles collaborate closely in any organization. Before I → Read More

5
Oct

If you can't nap, meditate

Published by adil in Productivity 1 comment

Tweet Recently, I wrote about how advantageous I feel naps can be, and how thrilled I am that there is some evidence to support what I’ve suspected for some time now. Unfortunately, whether the day is just that hectic, or I’m simply not in the mood, there will be times when taking a nap is just not an option. I also know people who are just ‘not good at sleeping during the day.’ Meditation provides → Read More

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Monthly Archives: October 2010