Open in app

Sign In

Write

Sign In

harry fuecks
harry fuecks

371 Followers

Home

About

Dec 7, 2017

What Donald Rumsfeld can teach us about software estimates

The infamous moment when Donald Rumsfeld tried to explain the missing WMDs with the “unknown”, while delivering the Whitehouse defense news briefing on 12th February 2002. …

Agile

6 min read

What Donald Rumsfeld can teach us about software estimates
What Donald Rumsfeld can teach us about software estimates
Agile

6 min read


Dec 7, 2015

Should product managers be able to code?

It’s a question that gets asked again and again and again. So I’m one of those product managers who’s “been there, done that”. I’ve had about 10 years of professional programming experience in various roles, and even a couple of technical books and a few talks, if we really travel…

Product Management

3 min read

Should product managers be able to code?
Should product managers be able to code?
Product Management

3 min read


Aug 21, 2015

Logins are Dead, and Mobile Killed Them

Logging in with a username and password is dead; Mobile killed it. Why is it dead? Because you and your phone are one thing; a single organism. You get extremely nervous when you’re parted from it. It is your precious; once you get past the lock screen, you are intimately…

UX Design

6 min read

Logins are Dead, and Mobile Killed Them
Logins are Dead, and Mobile Killed Them
UX Design

6 min read


Aug 19, 2015

Is your app iOS 9 ready?

a last-minute survival guide for stressed mobile PMs Image cc licensed thanks to Håkan Dahlström You’ve read the WWDC announcements of all the cool stuff coming in iOS 9. …

IOS9

4 min read

Is your app iOS 9 ready?
Is your app iOS 9 ready?
IOS9

4 min read


May 27, 2015

“So we went with a Hamburger menu…”

Inspired by this BBC article. INT. MEETING ROOM — MORNING WILL enters room where JANET, TOM, DAVE and LUCY are already seated round table. WILL Thanks for coming everyone. So The Deadline is approaching. We’ve got to nail the mobile navigation once and for all. …

UI Design

2 min read

“So we went with a Hamburger menu…”
“So we went with a Hamburger menu…”
UI Design

2 min read


May 21, 2015

11 App Store Ranking Factors

App Store Optimisation (ASO) like SEO is a dark art; second guessing a black box. Luckily it is slightly more deterministic than SEO as the search results — the apps — are better defined. So here’s the 11 factors I’m aware of that can influence your position in store search…

App Store Optimization

3 min read

11 App Store Ranking Factors
11 App Store Ranking Factors
App Store Optimization

3 min read


Apr 2, 2015

The Real Release Notes

Isaac Blessing Jacob … apologies to Gioacchino Assereto The Real Release Notes The greatest joy in App Development comes from seeing all that effort you and your team poured into some shiny new feature finally live on the store. Crafting the Best Release Notes Ever is part of the pride you take. But sometimes…

3 min read

The Real Release Notes
The Real Release Notes

3 min read


Aug 20, 2014

Interactive Onboarding using Push Messages

We just released version 2.0 of HOI — the Swiss alternative to Yo — including the ability to send pictures and locations. But how to make…

2 min read

Interactive Onboarding using Push Messages
Interactive Onboarding using Push Messages

2 min read


Jan 29, 2014

Lost in the crowd

Recovering privacy by abandoning identity? — http://glsolo.deviantart.com/art/Lost-in-the-Crowd-200163960 Being anonymous is hard. Yesterday was reading “How to start an anonymous blog” and aside from the lengths the author has to go to to set up their blog, maintaining it will be even harder; just one slip is all it takes… But it got me wondering; what if…

2 min read

Lost in the crowd
Lost in the crowd

2 min read


Published in

I. M. H. O.

·Jul 28, 2013

An algorithm as your boss

Preferable to humans? — At a recent geeky dinner party we were discussing intelligent personal assistants like Google Now and I posed the question “Would you prefer an algorithm as your boss?” The ability of human beings to behave rationally is notoriously subject to a whole host of preconditions; the drive to work, flakiness…

2 min read

An algorithm as your boss
An algorithm as your boss

2 min read

harry fuecks

harry fuecks

371 Followers

things about leading software engineering, product management and stuff

Following
  • Dorian

    Dorian

  • Julie Zhuo

    Julie Zhuo

  • Laurent

    Laurent

  • Christian Heilmann

    Christian Heilmann

  • Marion Schleifer

    Marion Schleifer

See all (363)

Help

Status

Writers

Blog

Careers

Privacy

Terms

About

Text to speech

Teams