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Congratulations to ProductCamp Austin

Sunday, June 15, 2008

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While I’ve been heads down on closing out a six-month project which launches on Monday, I’ve watched as Paul Young and team do a terrific job organizing and executing the first ProductCamp Austin. While I couldn’t participate I wanted to congratulate Paul and all the hard working folks who made it come together.

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Another Brilliant Berkun Post

Saturday, May 24, 2008

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Having consultant on my list of former titles I cannot agree more with the frustrations Scott describes here.

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Product Camp Austin Venue

Monday, May 5, 2008

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Thanks to Paul Young Product Camp Austin now has a venue, here are the details: When Saturday June 14th, 2008, 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM Where St. Edward’s University Professional Education Center (PEC) 9420 Research Blvd Echelon III Building Austin, Texas 78759 (512) 346-8110 ProductCampAustin

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ProductCamp Austin

Sunday, April 20, 2008

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Paul Young of Product Beautiful is spearheading the first ProductCamp Austin and I am thrilled to participate. It is scheduled for Saturday, June 14th 2008 and the venue is pending. If your a local product manager this is a great opportunity to meet other area professionals. So give your significant others a break and talk [...]

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Great Post on Link Building Fundamentals

Monday, April 14, 2008

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Great post on link building by Adam Auddette.

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Dan Roam’s book ‘The Back of the Napkin’

Monday, April 14, 2008

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I’ve been reading Dan Roam’s book The Back of the Napkin and it’s been a great read. While I picked it up based on the recommendation of a former colleague it not only does a great job providing a framework for identifying problem components but provides a framework for ‘visual thinking’. It’s a good and relatively [...]

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Dave McClure’s Great SXSW presentation on Start-Up Metrics

Saturday, March 15, 2008

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I was lucky to sit through this presentation from Doug McClure and his great panel. | View | Upload your own

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SXSW 2008, Day One: 10 Lessons of 37 Signals (Jason Fried)

Saturday, March 8, 2008

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Jason Fried of 37Signals fame doesn’t dissappoint as a speaker and this was another great presentation with some good takeaways and quotes. While I don’t always agree with him, he does an excellent job of bringing the learnings of his small agile team into the spotlight for consideration. In his very Zen-like presentation Fried emphasized [...]

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SXSW 2008, Day One: Ajax and Flash Mistakes (Jonathon Boutelle)

Saturday, March 8, 2008

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SXSW 2008 started out great with AJAX and Flash Mistakes: Lessons Learned Building SlideShare presented by Jonathan Boutelle, CTO of Slideshare. Boutelle’s style and presentation were a welcome start to a day of panels and presentations that can always be a challenge. Presentation Key Takeaways: Modal Dialogs are seductive Provides a way to get around links and the [...]

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New Site: Ask Good Product Manager

Saturday, February 23, 2008

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Jeff Lash has started a new product management Q & A site called Ask a Good Product Manager. I think that introducing a site that enables folks to ask questions and have the community respond is badly needed. Thanks Jeff!

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