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Thoughts on Leadership
I was recently asked to interview for a series of profiles on leaders doing exciting new things in the business world. For reasons I won’t go into here, the article was never published – but I wanted to share my responses. On my background: I grew up on the bleeding edge of the poverty line…
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Ozymandius
I met a traveler from an antique land,Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stoneStand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,Tell that its sculptor well those passions readWhich yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,The hand…
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What makes a Good Product?
I originally wrote this article to be used as part of a training program I designed for internal candidates that were interested in moving to Product roles at one of my previous companies. I believe the points it raises and the ideals it expresses are important enough to share more widely. At the most basic…
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A sun drenched Wednesday
Sun drenched Wednesday afternoonParked in shade and watching my daughter sleepShe is exhausted, tired out from chasing wavesAnd watching the little crabs with their pinchy handsIn the tiny temporary stillness of tide pools And in all my years I have never loved as fiercelyAs I love this tiny utterly fearless personlike any father worth the nameI…
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A Thanksgiving recipe
Start with one fresh-baked rant about the inherently imperialistic origins of the “thanksgiving” holiday. Add a bitter comment about what’s happening right now at Standing Rock under a Democratic president and what that says about how little progress America has made. Season with notes of despair and impotent rage at the recently concluded election (the…