When the product is YOU: Instagram, Facebook TOS
In my consulting and coaching work, I’m often asked to clarify what I mean when I use the word “product.” Do I mean software, services, solutions, something else? There are really two definitions of...
View ArticleLinkedIn Top 1%
Hey, I’m in the LinkedIn Top 1% !! Yay! (I think I’d be more flattered if I hadn’t already heard from many others who are also in the top 1%. And maybe if the message emphasized me a little more and...
View ArticleGoing to ProductCamp Silicon Valley?
I’ll be attending ProductCamp Silicon Valley on March 23, 2013 in San Jose. They’re expecting a great group this year with 700+ people in attendance. Will you be there? Vote for my session: The Shaggy...
View ArticleProduct Focus survey, 2013
Each year Product Focus runs a survey on product management and product marketing in the Telecoms, IT and Software industries. Page 1 has a nice infographic of their survey results. Get your own copy...
View ArticleVersionOne survey on agile development
VersionOne has released results from their 7th annual survey on agile development. I picked a couple of favorites from the report. Manage changing priorities. If nothing else, agile methods help here....
View ArticleDavid Meerman Scott on Real-Time Marketing
If you’ve never seen David Meerman Scott speak, you’re missing a wonderful experience. In the meantime, his update on The New Rules of Marketing and PR is now on CryWolf’s Online Biz Dev seminar...
View ArticleTechnology Marketing Alliance, March 20, 2013
On March 20, 2013, I’ll be leading a talk at the Technology Marketing Alliance in Tyson’s Corner, Virginia. The topic: How to Keep Product Management Focused and Stay One Step Ahead of the Market. In...
View ArticleTechnology Marketing Alliance, March 20, 2013
On March 20, 2013, I’ll be leading a talk at the Technology Marketing Alliance in Tyson’s Corner, Virginia. The topic: How to Keep Product Management Focused and Stay One Step Ahead of the Market. In...
View ArticleProductCamp Silicon Valley, 2013
I’ll be attending ProductCamp Silicon Valley on March 23, 2013 in San Jose. They’re expecting a great group this year with 700+ people in attendance. Will you be there? I’ll be leading a session: The...
View ArticleDone ain’t Launchable
I had the pleasure of seeing my colleague Barbara Nelson at Silicon Valley ProductCamp last Saturday. Her session on “Done ain’t Launchable” was great. She quoted me, Saeed Khan, and The Big Bang...
View ArticleInspiration: Ideas are very fragile…
I feel that ideas are very fragile, so you have to be tender when they are in development.—Jonathan Ive. Sir Jonathan Paul “Jony” Ive is an English designer and the Senior Vice President of Industrial...
View ArticleProductCamp DC, Spring 2013
ProductCamp DC Spring 2013 is going to be held on Saturday May 11, 2013 at CustomInk in Tyson’s Corner, VA. I’ll be there. Will you? Sign up at http://meetu.ps/wwKTY. With only 150 spots available,...
View ArticleLooking at it from the customer’s view
Google has added a new way to control what happens to your account when you stop using it — most likely because you’re no longer around. A new Inactive Account Manager, available in Google’s settings,...
View ArticleProduct Camp Boston, spring 2013
I’ll be at Product Camp Boston. Will you? If so, vote for my presentation, “Steve Johnson’s stories of product management.” Come hear my shaggy-dog stories about product management but watch out!—you...
View ArticleHow you know when your company is being disrupted
Reblogged from GigaOM: Reinvention and resilience are key to the success of any business. Look no further than the implosions of Borders Books, BlockBuster, Kodak, or any of dozens of other once...
View ArticleUpcoming Product Camps, May 2013
I’ll be attending three product camps in May: Product Camp Boston, May 4 ProductCamp DC, May 11 Product Camp Raleigh, May 18 And in June: Product Camp South Florida, June 8 I look forward to seeing...
View ArticleProduct Camp South Florida, June 8, 2013
I’ll be attending Product Camp South Florida on June 8, 2013. Will you? To register & for more information, visit http://pcampsfl.eventbrite.com
View ArticlePragmatic Marketer, Spring 2013
The new Pragmatic Marketer issue features some rock stars of product management including: Alan Armstrong Colleen Tiner Dave Daniels Jay Baer Kirsten Butzow Michael Stratford Paul Young Rich Mironov...
View ArticleStop Treating Software Development Like Factory Work
My article, Stop Treating Software Development Like Factory Work, has been published on Digital Growth Insights. In the old days, machine time was expensive and people were cheap. So developers spent...
View ArticleDavid Meerman Scott on Real-Time Marketing
If you’ve never seen David Meerman Scott speak, you’re missing a wonderful experience. In the meantime, his update on The New Rules of Marketing and PR is now on CryWolf’s Online Biz Dev seminar...
View Article