Published in Bootcamp·Jan 23Everything works better with storytellingThe year is 2023 and by now everyone doing business has heard a thing or two about the power of storytelling. That’s why I’ll try to extend how powerful storytelling is for everyone! So if you’re working as a product manager, engineer, marketeer, sales or in Customer Success you might…Storytelling5 min readStorytelling5 min read
Published in Bootcamp·Updated Jan 24Building stuff? Focus on user experience no matter what!A younger me used to say “To give is to take”, that phrase fits perfectly in the context of this post. Keep reading to see how. Who builds experiences? And who is the user after all? Reader, rest assured that this post is for you; so long as you interact with people for your work. Are you a teacher interacting…User Experience5 min readUser Experience5 min read
Sep 8, 2022Soft skills and children's booksBeing a parent of two, I engage with my kids in various activities. During my kids’ early days, night reading was a fun activity for all! My wife did most of the reading — growing older mom became their favorite reader and I was excluded 🙁. …Books3 min readBooks3 min read
Jun 14, 2022Working with customer requestsIn a previous post, we saw the problems when trying to work with ETA — Estimated Time of Delivery — on requests coming from the customers. In this post, I’ll present an alternative approach to customer requests. ETA requests will not stop! First of all, it’s nearly impossible to stop receiving requests for an ETA…Product Development3 min readProduct Development3 min read
May 23, 2022The catch when working with ETA for feature deliveryIn this post, we’ll see some problems when working with an ETA — Estimated Time of Arrival. The semantics “The ETA for what we are currently working on will be in July”, said no developer, tech lead, or Product manager ever! …Product Development6 min readProduct Development6 min read
May 3, 2022See you when I see youThis is a story at work. This is also a story of growth. This is a happy story. This is my story in Transifex. I joined Transifex back in May 2013. I vividly recall that time because I and my wife were expecting our second baby that month. Now my…Work4 min readWork4 min read
Apr 22, 2022“Build bridges with departments” — The Product teamIn a previous post, I shared the three years analysis of my tasks. Re-checking that post, there are some aspects that extra clarifications could help or inspire other Product people. The parts of interest are the collaboration with other departments and what a product person can contribute. A smaller aspect…Product Management6 min readProduct Management6 min read
Feb 6, 2022App is a post-it or a duct-tape. What’s your case?Hey 👋, nice to see you here! In this post we’ll be checking a stickiness analogy for web applications. The claim is, apps are either post-it, or duct-tape in regards to how sticky they are to the people using them. There will be no TL:DR; this time, as we will…Product Development6 min readProduct Development6 min read
Jan 12, 2022A Product Manager’s time breakdown: 3 years in a rowRead on to see how a Product Manager’s time is spent over the span of multiple years. What are some themes that emerge? Where time is actually spent? How the role evolves over time? The analysis is based on the system I’ve been using all this time. You can read…Productivity6 min readProductivity6 min read
Dec 2, 2021Mind & Time management in practiseIn this post I’ll share a daily schedule system for work, mainly to inspire you with some ideas — and hopefully to share your own so that I can improve too! The basis on why and how I ended up needing a daily schedule are covered in another post, so…Time Management6 min readTime Management6 min read