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"https://www.zumsteg.net/2009/08/21/wasting-my-day-off-wine-ravioli/", "published_at": "2009-08-22T00:13:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e305-2d68-70df-b122-f4e0b0f4683e", "title": "Agnostic", "url": "https://www.zumsteg.net/2009/08/11/agnostic/", "published_at": "2009-08-11T21:46:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e305-2d68-70df-b122-f4e0b1e2c477", "title": "Current status", "url": "https://www.zumsteg.net/2009/08/10/current-status/", "published_at": "2009-08-11T05:00:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e305-2d68-70df-b122-f4e0b2a46f90", "title": "Metabolism fun", "url": "https://www.zumsteg.net/2009/07/13/metabolism-fun/", "published_at": "2009-07-13T14:29:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e305-2d68-70df-b122-f4e0b2e50a2b", "title": "Information that would have been handy last week", "url": "https://www.zumsteg.net/2009/07/05/information-that-would-have-been-handy-last-week/", "published_at": "2009-07-06T06:00:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e305-2d68-70df-b122-f4e0b3521c36", "title": "Blue runs in the August Asimov’s", 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5 Feb 2026

2025

I want all my competitors to use AI for product strategy original ↗

8 Jul 2025

Using AI tools for product management: competitive research original ↗

1 Jul 2025

Using AI tools for Product Management: document comparison original ↗

19 May 2025

Can you use AI throughout product management?original ↗

16 May 2025

Can AI help product management summarize customer feedback?original ↗

11 Apr 2025

Can AI help product management? Today: failing at rote, boring research original ↗

10 Apr 2025

2024

Sometimes stakeholder management is wildfire management original ↗

1 Jul 2024

2023

Using ChatGPT for a job search: what worked, didn’t, and what’s dangerously bad original ↗

4 Dec 2023

Where Reddit’s gone wrong: 3rd party apps are invaluable user research and a competitive moat, not parasites original ↗

21 Jun 2023

How human brains drive anti-customer design decisions on shopping sites original ↗

2 Jan 2023

2022

Unchecked AB Testing Destroys Everything it Touches original ↗

6 Jul 2022

2021

Hinge’s Standout stands out as a new low in dating monetization original ↗

3 Jan 2021

2020

Chemistry.com fizzles: a product manager attempts online dating, pt 3 original ↗

18 Jun 2020

2019

EliteSingles: a Product Manager attempts to date online, pt 2 original ↗

20 Nov 2019

A Product Manager attempts to date: Match.com onboarding original ↗

15 Nov 2019

Learning from uncooperative A/B testers original ↗

16 May 2019

Two dual-track agile attempts, and lessons for future generations original ↗

16 Apr 2019

2017

Obsess over teams to drive organizational change original ↗

1 Dec 2017

Review of Jason Calcanis’ Angel: Looking Down at You from a Useful Vantage original ↗

30 Oct 2017

A long review of Phil Town’s 2006 Rule One Investing original ↗

24 Sept 2017

2016

Solving Drobo random unmounting issues original ↗

11 Nov 2016

Promotions are recognition, not elevation original ↗

20 Jun 2016

What this one manager called us because he didn’t know our names, alphabetized original ↗

6 Jun 2016

Honesty without obscenity original ↗

1 Jun 2016

Challenge good enough original ↗

11 May 2016

Flowcharting cheat sheet original ↗

2 May 2016

DMZ PdM Bookshelf: “Good to Great” by Jim Collins original ↗

21 Mar 2016

Introducing the DMZ PDM Bookshelf: Horowitz’s “Hard Thing About Hard Things”original ↗

15 Mar 2016

2015

Your data are racist original ↗

9 Nov 2015

Learning Product Management from Examples: Marcos original ↗

6 Jul 2015

I ran a Problem Roadmap meeting and it was pretty great original ↗

22 Jun 2015

Simpler Days, #2 original ↗

11 Mar 2015

Mind-mapping software for Mac OS X mini-reviews original ↗

5 Mar 2015

2014

Towards better agile status reports original ↗

18 Aug 2014

The Side: Everything fails original ↗

18 Feb 2014

The side: they don’t make this easy original ↗

17 Feb 2014

Review skimming escalation original ↗

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2013

How skimming reviews makes apps twice as slimy original ↗

13 Dec 2013

Mavericks power savings on a macro level original ↗

23 Oct 2013

My AT&T Customer Service Nightmare original ↗

29 Aug 2013

Call for a price on how to improve calls to call for pricing original ↗

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2012

Management with Nixon: 30 words original ↗

29 Aug 2012

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2011

Shogun 300 Review original ↗

23 Dec 2011

Getting your relationship off to a rip-roaring start original ↗

2 Apr 2011

A favorite poem, a favorite punk song original ↗

31 Mar 2011

Sony and the cool original ↗

2 Feb 2011

Interviewing: so, have you used our product?original ↗

31 Jan 2011

Do you have any questions about Expedia?original ↗

28 Jan 2011

How the iPad wants to be used original ↗

28 Jan 2011

2010

O Vexing Capricious Muse original ↗

19 Apr 2010

This took me almost a day to write original ↗

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iPad week one use original ↗

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iPad dumpfest original ↗

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Norwescon Best of 2009 panel notes original ↗

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Ignorance as anger original ↗

22 Mar 2010

Mass Effect 2 fashion original ↗

15 Mar 2010

Bad Monkeys original ↗

7 Mar 2010

Yup original ↗

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The year in gaming for a really jaded gamer original ↗

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2009

I’d say art is subjective original ↗

23 Dec 2009

Best disciplinary letter ever original ↗

9 Dec 2009

The state of Mac gaming, frustration restated original ↗

30 Nov 2009

A graph for November 28th original ↗

28 Nov 2009

Dear Fellow Red Faction Guerrilla original ↗

29 Oct 2009

Rental cars need practice spaces original ↗

22 Oct 2009

Maddie goes original ↗

3 Oct 2009

Haiku for September 5th original ↗

5 Sept 2009

Haiku for Sept 1 original ↗

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Haiku for August 31st 2009 original ↗

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Haiku for August 29th original ↗

30 Aug 2009

Wasting my day off, wine, ravioli original ↗

22 Aug 2009

Agnostic original ↗

11 Aug 2009

Current status original ↗

11 Aug 2009

Metabolism fun original ↗

13 Jul 2009

Information that would have been handy last week original ↗

6 Jul 2009

Blue runs in the August Asimov’s original ↗

3 Jul 2009

This is why I love Roger Ebert so much original ↗

7 Jun 2009

Predicting the end of Persona 4 halfway through original ↗

2 Jun 2009

Best comments of the day original ↗

1 Jun 2009

More Mac loving original ↗

31 May 2009

Google Wave: using the tricks of the insurgency to maintain monopoly original ↗

29 May 2009

Unsettling original ↗

28 May 2009

I want to find out who she is, because she’s my hero original ↗

24 May 2009

We became the enemy original ↗

17 May 2009

Finally, taking on the boring original ↗

15 May 2009

I have nothing to add to this original ↗

6 May 2009

My new chapter two original ↗

4 May 2009

Screaming mini mini update original ↗

1 May 2009

Startups: turns out they’re work original ↗

25 Apr 2009

Short, evil URLs original ↗

22 Apr 2009

So it’s not just me then, good original ↗

21 Apr 2009

Good writing is horribly painful original ↗

19 Apr 2009

Wherein I suffer so you don’t have to original ↗

17 Apr 2009

My new word: sbig original ↗

10 Apr 2009

No response from Bellevue on killing people original ↗

9 Apr 2009

Bellevue light rail plan original ↗

8 Apr 2009