One of the hardest parts about moving to the enterprise space, particularly one as complex as virtualization, was that I knew nothing about it. The farthest I had ever gotten was a class called Computer Organization and Architecture that was a pre-requisite in my sophomore year of college. I vaguely remember learning about instruction setsContinue reading “The learning curve”
Category Archives: Behaviour
Tracking my goals through metrics
I have always maintained that people who keep meticulous records of their daily habits are serial killers or psychopaths à la Patrick Bateman. At the beginning of this year, I decided I wanted to keep an eye on my goals for the year in a more quantitative manner, and it was surprisingly easier than IContinue reading “Tracking my goals through metrics”
Influencer marketing
I happened to see the following tweet storm by Brianne Kimmel on Twitter and it got me thinking (spoiler alert: I agree with her). 1/ I'm calling it now, we'll see the end of influencer marketing this year. Brands are tired of working with influencers. Consumers are tired of seeing fake posts. Influencers are tiredContinue reading “Influencer marketing”
Learning from Robin Matlock
I spent two years of my life in business school, fell off the blog train, and have finally returned to the real world. I am now a product manager at VMware in Palo Alto, which is surreal when I think about it. I was drawn to Silicon Valley by the power of some invisible magnet;Continue reading “Learning from Robin Matlock”
The deluge of email
A friend once joked that product management is 20% talking and 80% email. Even with modern collaboration tools like Slack, most PMs I know still send and receive lots of email. Ken Norton in “How I Manage My Inbox“ Most days on the job, I feel like all I do is reply to an endlessContinue reading “The deluge of email”
The Feedback Loop
I’ve posted before about the Idea, Build, Launch and Learn loop, but the essence is that getting feedback about a design is the only way to grow and improve your product. Now I know this a questionable metaphor so bear with me—my career is my most important product. As an overachieving wannabe perfectionist, it was alwaysContinue reading “The Feedback Loop”
Regression to the Mean
Wikipedia defines regression to the mean as the phenomenon that if a variable is extreme on its first measurement, it will tend to be closer to the average on its second measurement—and if it is extreme on its second measurement, it will tend to have been closer to the average on its first. In simpler terms, things even outContinue reading “Regression to the Mean”
Behavioural Design
I happened to read a really interesting paper on Behavioural Design and the impact it can have on development policies. In technology, decoding user behaviour is one of the most important components of the design process, however these tenets of product management are yet to be adopted effectively outside the tech industry. The implications ofContinue reading “Behavioural Design”