Thanks to Paul Young Product Camp Austin now has a venue, here are the details:

Jeff Lash has started a new product management Q & A site called Ask a Good Product Manager.

A friend mentioned the other day that I haven't posted in some time.

Jeff Lash has a great post on getting alignment with stakeholder on goals instead of features. 

Today there are a number of software methodologies and depending on your bend (and amount of scarring) you'll likely lean in one direction or another. From waterfall to agile and everything in between, software methodologies create a lot of discussion, heated debate and confusion. If you’re in an influential position or at least in a position to comment, it’s important to be open, avoid the fads, take a measured approach and remember the lawyer answer, "it depends."

37Signals recently published a blog post titled "You don't need a product roadmap" that suggests that roadmaps are generally bad since they are rarely met.

Check out this great post by Steve Johnson over at Pragmatic Marketing

Check out 5 Questions with Steve McConnell