On the death of vertical software
What looks like death is often change we don’t yet understand.
On the death of vertical software
What looks like death is often change we don’t yet understand.
We can't escape Conway's Law
How communication shapes the experience
Thoughts on "How to Build a Car"
Reading through How to Build a Car, a few product-related themes flow through the entire book: • The constant search for advantages. Poring over the newly released rulebooks to find gaps & technicalities to creatively exploit. Examining other domains for cross-over insights. Every team isn’t just racing on the track, the design/engineering teams are racing each other to identify the smallest of levers before the next team. • The car is a system, not merely an object. The interconnectedness of...
Thoughts on "How to Build a Car"
Reading through How to Build a Car, a few product-related themes flow through the entire book: • The constant search for advantages. Poring over the newly released rulebooks to find gaps & technicalities to creatively exploit. Examining other domains for cross-over insights. Every team isn’t just racing on the track, the design/engineering teams are racing each other to identify the smallest of levers before the next team. • The car is a system, not merely an object. The interconnectedness of...
Striving
Runners & wrappers
Stability compounds agility
“I very frequently get the question, “What’s going to change in the next ten years?” And that is a very interesting question; it’s a very common one. I almost never get the question, “What’s not going to change in the next ten years?” And I submit to you that that second question is actually the more important of the two, because you can build a business strategy around the things that are stable in time.” Jeff BezosEveryone loves this quotation and everyone loves to say they focus on buildin...
Stability compounds agility
“I very frequently get the question, “What’s going to change in the next ten years?” And that is a very interesting question; it’s a very common one. I almost never get the question, “What’s not going to change in the next ten years?” And I submit to you that that second question is actually the more important of the two, because you can build a business strategy around the things that are stable in time.” Jeff BezosEveryone loves this quotation and everyone loves to say they focus on buildin...
