In 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…

In 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! Usually, a developer or Product Manager…

This 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…

In 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…

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…

Read 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…

In 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…

Going past that quote-y title, this is a live story of evolution on delivering work and feeling well. If you’re in a hurry, this is the TL;DR version of the current state: Trusting parts of Getting Things Done for 4 years in a row, still comforting and still my base…

Entering deep summer, we collectively have one single thing in mind, vacation—a timeout from the previous period of heavy work and responsibilities. Vacation has the effect of timeout — or time off — from exactly that, a year-long of responsibilities and work. In this post, I’ll share a story of…