Master Lock? Not so Masterful This Time, but They’re Listening!

I would like to acknowl­edge how easy it was to com­mu­ni­cate a prod­uct tes­ti­mo­nial to the Mas­ter Lock com­pany. I think it was two clicks to the form. But, I won­der how they’ll deal with the fol­low­ing tes­ti­mo­nial I posted (they didn’t have a place to upload the photo!): I had my bicy­cle locked up tight […]

The Details ARE the Product

The devil’s def­i­nitely in the details. And, it all falls on the shoul­ders of the Prod­uct Man­ager. Prod­uct Man­agers own the mun­dane task of prod­uct spec­i­fi­ca­tions, roadmaps, pric­ing, and so on along with prod­uct vision and direc­tion. It’s also their respon­si­bil­ity to make sure it all comes together in a pack­age that makes sense. Take a […]

I Love You Apple, But Sometimes…

Lately I noticed that the fan on my Mac­Book Air wasn’t ever shut­ting off. I ignored it as long as I could, know­ing that it’s one of the Mac­Book Air’s (1st gen) known trou­blespots. I wasn’t see­ing too much of a slow­down in the machine, though some­times the CPU would spike. And, I know Firefox […]

Happiness. It’s Contagious… I Hope!

I feel bad that I’ve let this blog slip. In part because some­times I strug­gle with all the social noise and the feel­ing of irrel­e­vance sets in. Though, in large part it’s because I’m freak­ing busy! My days are full of Actional (I’d love to tell you how great we’re doing, but alas we’re a public […]

Japanese Treasures: A Once in a Lifetime Opportunity

Octo­ber 21st through Jan­u­ary 10th, right here in NY we’ll have the oppor­tu­nity to see what appears to be one of, if not THE most impor­tant exhibits of Japan­ese Arms and Armor ever seen out­side of Japan. On dis­play will be Samu­rai weaponry dat­ing from 1156–1868. The exhi­bi­tion can be seen at the Met­ro­pol­i­tan Museum […]