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Distractions are a bitch.

To promote a recently penned blog post, Product Plan CEO @JimSemik recently posted the question “Should product managers wireframe?”

Software engineering at a musical instrument and sound card company

I am on a quest to help UX designers think about humanizing their products.

I’ve been playing around a lot with the app Rescue Time, it’s a really cool productivity tool that helps keep your workday focused.

Usability testing is critical to building a better product.

I just did an interview on the Design Your thinking podcast we covered a lot of ground related to product development.

My daughter once decided she was going to try out for the school musical.

Grrr, I hate poorly designed forms.

Derek Sivers just posted an article about starting a business that has some really great advice that while obvious is often overlooked.

There are many different ways to research your users.

User Stories are the building blocks used by Scrum teams to develop working software.

One of the product managers core responsibilities is to effectively prioritize product features.

Head of product at email service provider AWeber

A Surprising Lesson in Customer Delight from Papa John’s Pizza Yesterday, I decided to order pizza from Papa John’s.

Henrik Kniberg, Agile/Lean coach at Spotify & Lego gives a 15 minutes presentation on being a product owner.

Agile is a software development process that focuses on delivering customer facing value in small iterations.

I recently finished the excellent book Rework by the guys at 37 Signals.

The book Lead the Field is one of those old school self-help books who’s advice is still applicable today.

I spent about 15 minutes yesterday bulk deleting photos from Google+.

I recently went to a great BYOB restaurant that just opened in Philadelphia.