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Free eBooks, and Why commercial eBooks are worth the money
As an avid reader, and a fan of electronic readers, I have a long history of reading from a variety of sources and converting files to be viewed on my readers. One thing that a lot of people who assume that because there is no production costs associated with an eBook (printing, paper, transportation, spoilage), [...]
Drobo External drive array
I have long been a geek. I have built almost all of my PC’s. I used to run a Linux box as a router, and gateway for my ISDN connection to my old condo in San Jose. I used to buy and deploy LOTS of SCSI drives, due to their better performance in systems. One [...]
Time to get Serious – Time to lose some weight
Well, the time has come to get serious about dropping some weight. I had been slowly gaining weight from last summer on, largely due to increased stress and time demands from work that reduced my opportunities to exercise. Then, this spring I developed Plantars Fasciitis, which has decimated my ability to exercise in any aerobic [...]
Product Owner vs. Product Manager
Last night’s Product Management Talk session had an interesting tangential discussion about the right amount of contact between the Product Owner (PO) and the Product Manager(PM). @saeedwkhan and myself traded awkward messages, and I believe that we were closer than the limitations of tweets allowed to be mentioned. I think we can agree that being [...]
Music Part 3–The locker services
Now that my collection is in a consistent, organized state, it is time to look at the first batch of the online streaming/management options. I will compare the Amazon Music Cloud Player, and the (beta) Google Music offering. Amazon Cloud Player for Web Amazon was first to the party. Earlier in 2011 (February or March [...]
Music Part II – Cleaning up the mess
Part two of my series on digital music library management. Since I am a multi platform guy, preferring Mac for my home and personal use, and of course windows for work. In the past I have used the native tools on both platforms, that means Windows Media Player, and iTunes. Thus as mentioned in first [...]
Music Part 1
Shifting gears here. I have been a fan of music for a long time. I was an early adopter of CD’s back in High School (1982 to be precise) and have collected several hundreds of CD’s. Not a huge collection, but some interesting, rare, and unique items. Add to this collecting MP3 and other purchased [...]
How to not get your Requirements part II
There appears to be several potential avenues to pursue if you really don’t want your pet requirements to make it into a product. Today is the “sales pressure” approach. Picture, if you will, that you are in region. You have a loosely defined “partner” (I will explain more deeply later) who has a large opportunity [...]
The post iteration Demo Meeting
This is a rant. Sorry. I really don’t intend to pick up the void left by the Cranky Product Manager while she is on maternity leave. Yesterday, we had our post iteration product demo. As I am the formal product owner, and I draft/maintain/submit the backlog to the team, I was the intended audience. As [...]
How Not to Get Your Requirement
The life of a product manager is a never ending balancing act. Balancing between competing pressures, organizations, and needs. Invariably, we are bombarded from multiple angles on what the product ‘needs’ to be successful. This post is to describe how NOT to submit a feature request. This is pretty much an assumption that the request [...]
