Thoughts on systems, engineering, AI, technology and life.
(Source: Watching Kung Fu) Successful Product Management (PM) requires earning the trust of others, ownership and proactiveness, and great discipline. The day-to-day of a PM goes beyond product vision and definition, and business-related activities. The main job of a product manager owner is to deliver a strong product to market, and managing the product’s complete … Read more
When designing a feature, application, solution or platform, its unintended consequences must be considered as part of the design. I have noticed a large increase in the number of unsolicited InMail messages on LinkedIn. As a side note, I also recently added LinkedIn Premium. While researching this I noticed that there is a feature on … Read more
It was a Sunday morning, and I was watering the front yard. To time the watering, I had a timer running on my Echo Show. But I was preempted with another task, and I didn’t want to leave the timer running and going off if no one was going to be around anyways, so I … Read more
In Media and Journalism, content is King, but today, having good content is not enough. Having unique content is much better, but still, it’s not enough. The journey towards Digital content and revenue can be complex as it requires the right people and teams, the right mindset, and the tech, software, and data, which altogether … Read more
Digital transformation means that organizations need to become software-driven. The Low/No-Code (L/NC) approach to software development, a point-and-click, drag-and-drop or configuration-based approach to creating applications, aims to disrupt how this transformation takes place. In this essay, I cover two perspectives on Low/No-Code: the organization and the developer’s perspective. From the organization’s perspective, L/NC is about … Read more
“You wanted obedience, Cullin — now you have it. You climbed a long way up by forcing human beings to behave like machines. But you were wrong in one respect; no human can ever be forced to behave exactly like a machine, and no machine can ever be constructed that will behave exactly like a … Read more
The current debacle with Facebook has been brewing for a while now, and it is very sad. For me it started last year, when I got tired of constant fake news and privacy concerns. Since then I’ve had next to zero activity on the platform. It’s sad as it is a great way to remain … Read more
This SXSW 2018 I want to pay tribute to Carlo Longino (@caaarlo): Austinite, mobile pioneer, visionary and supporter, Mobile Monday Austin co-organizer, who passed away last October 2017. He was only 39 years old. At the time I was working in Puerto Rico, a bit disconnected. When I read the sad news in my Twitter … Read more
Back in school we learned that “Garbage in” leads to “Garbage out” – also referred to as GIGO. Today we see GIGO all over social media. We’ve been watching the erosion of information quality and its effects on society — the use of misinformation (fake news) and impersonations (fake accounts and bots) versus facts to … Read more
“After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill—the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill—you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Remember: all I’m offering is the truth.” What pill do … Read more