It’s practically a truism that aspiring product managers should start side projects in order to show some combination of ambition, product sense, grit, technical skills, motivation, and then some. But how do you actually approach working on… Read More »Side Projects
I’ve written a lot about the importance of building side projects and the skills they develop in product managers. In this article, we turn tactical; I believe a personal website is the perfect first side… Read More »A Personal Website is the Best Starter Project
I made a tool called BlogBacklog, which scrapes a blog for links to its content, then emails those links to you on a regular cadence. Lots of blogs have newsletters for new content, but only a static archive… Read More »Lessons From My Latest Side Project (BlogBacklog)
This article is the first of a two-part miniseries on side projects. In this article, I’ll describe a failed side project and the lessons you can take away from it. The next article will accompany… Read More »My Side Project Failed
David Smith is an independent Apple developer, part of a larger universe of tech and Apple commentators. He is unique in having published 59 apps over his 12 year career as a one-person app maker, his most… Read More »Widgetsmith and Side Projects
Co-Creator of APM Map This is an interview with Jeffrey Fabian, co-creator of APM Map, a site I’m sure many readers are already familiar with. Jeffrey is a full-time software engineer who helped built APM… Read More »Interview: Jeffrey Fabian
Introduction What if I told you you could piece together your own degree in Product Management at the school you’re attending right now? Almost no schools have any formal coursework that teach product management, but… Read More »Majoring in Product Management