‘What should we tell them?’ How about the truth. — The Endurance expedition, Ernest Shackleton’s attempt to cross Antarctica, is a fascinating story in so many different ways. In December of 1914, Shackleton set out with 28 other men to become the first people to cross the entirety of Antarctica, almost 2000 miles across sea and land. …

Thoughts on ‘Product strategy means saying NO’ — Des Traynor wrote a post recently on how ‘Product strategy means saying NO’ It’s a really great post which enumerates scenarios when you should say no to adding features to your product. As an Engineer, some of these scenarios resonated with me because I’ve been burned by them before. After…

Thoughts on being malleable instead of magnetic — When you step back and look at the concept of advice (particularly unsolicited), it can be a bit unsettling — at the core, advice is someone else telling you what they think you should do. Does reading the sentence above make you uncomfortable? I know for me it did —…

Thoughts on doing ‘things about the thing’ instead of the thing itself — Stef’s post, ‘The Little, Big Idea’ really resonated with me. A core theme is: If you have a big idea and you desire to turn that idea into a thing people want, then you need to just get started. Stef says to ‘Do the first, tiny thing.’ — too often…

Reflections on a trip to Vietnam — I recently took a three-week trip to Vietnam and Thailand with my wife. It was an incredible, eye-opening experience. Many parts of the trip are worthy of written reflection, but one particular experience continues to surface in my mind. We spent a few days in Hanoi and had great fun…