Writing
Thinking out loud about product, operations, and the systems between them.
Build toys with known outputs
I keep going back to the Dad Joke format as a first pass for new tech For about four years now, I’ve been asking my computer to tell me dad jokes. Not constantly. Every eighteen mo…
Apr 13Stop Designing Your Graphics. Start Compiling Them
Build the first draft of your graphics with an MCP server Writers already do the hard part: turning messy thinking into a clear argument. The frustrating part comes after. You fini…
Mar 30Subscriptions Attract Browsers. Single Purchase Attracts Buyers.
A single price provides a clear market position against subscriptions When you buy your next speaker, are you going to grab whatever Bluetooth is on sale at Best Buy? Or are you go…
Mar 26You’re using AI wrong
Photo by Sen on Unsplash I asked a friend this week what he was building with AI. “I’m doing some pretty interesting things with ChatGPT,” he said. I waited for the rest of the sen…
Mar 16Use your Exoskeleton
AI speeds up the game. It doesn’t remove the product decisions needed. Emoji seem like a small thing, but the ones that stick make it to the keyboard of every mobile phone in the w…
Mar 9Design Navigation from the Inside Out
Instead of starting with a nav item, identify what users want In 2023, I wrote about building software from cow paths. The idea was simple: study how people actually work and desig…
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