cantlinGood product strategy, bad product strategyHumanity first landed a man on the moon fifty years ago, in July 1969, seven years after John F. Kennedy’s famous address in Houston…Aug 12, 2019Aug 12, 2019
cantlininHackerNoon.comJunk timeWhen you get right down to it, there are two types of time. There is valuable, fulfilling, productive time. For example, teaching your…Oct 9, 20172Oct 9, 20172
cantlinImagination and agencyWhen I was seven or eight years old my two friends and I would spend our lunchtimes teetering along the line of rocks that bordered our…Sep 21, 2017Sep 21, 2017
cantlinWhy would you work for a dying industry?Retrofitting a purpose to a business model is easy. Retrofitting a business model to a purpose is not.Apr 5, 2017Apr 5, 2017
cantlininChapter TwoChapter TwoA club for people who make software in the media.Aug 17, 2016Aug 17, 2016
cantlinThe Rise of Competitive GamingNote: I wrote most of this between one and two years ago, and it has been languishing in draft since then. Hitting publish now after being…Nov 17, 2015Nov 17, 2015
cantlinFrom Platform to ParticipantThe first thing resembling a newspaper was probably a Roman Acta Diurna – meaning “daily acts.” None remain, but they were believed to be…Nov 16, 2015Nov 16, 2015
cantlinWhy you should care about encryptionEncryption sounds boring, and daunting, and like a disease you get from doing too much math.Nov 3, 2015Nov 3, 2015
cantlinThe Hardest ThingWhen Matt Clifford interviewed me for the not-an-accelerator he co-founded with Alice Bentinck, I asked him the most common reason early…Sep 24, 2015Sep 24, 2015
cantlinYour Product is Your Product as Users Describe ItWhen I was at the Guardian, we used to do a ton of user testing. Not just on the website, where I worked, but on our native apps…May 25, 2015May 25, 2015