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29
Apr
Retro Product Science poster with AI figure and two office rebels.

Product Science: “Is It Real? My Creation…I Do Not Know”

BlackRock’s AI transformation has a hint of Weird Science. In 1985, two teenage boys sat in a bedroom, hooked
5 min read
01
Apr
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Product: The Management – Heroes Edition

A little over a year ago, I published the first Tales of Product article. I didn't know if
5 min read
27
Feb
Vintage poster of a smiling PM beside a shattered monitor with a paper airplane bursting out.

The World According to the Not-So-Great Product Manager

Sometimes the title and the cast of a movie can be misleading. You expect a comedy.... maybe something a little
3 min read
29
Jan
A modern living room facing a subtly digital cityscape through a large picture window.

I Am, Therefore I Agent

In Ready Player One, humanity has inhabited an extension of reality called the OASIS. People go to school there. They
4 min read
18
Dec
Uniformed man points to moon in data center, AI woman on monitor in a data center.

Bang! Zoom! To the Moon

On a streaming service, in an alternative universe, The Honeymooners is just starting. Ralph Kramden storms into the data center
2 min read
10
Dec
Four robed jedi like figures study a holographic chart as cloaked shadows loom in the background.

The Phantom Nonsense

A long time ago on a Zoom call far, far away (well maybe last week).… a product debate broke out
3 min read
26
Nov
Major General at Thanksgiving table under spotlight as kids in pirate costumes cheer.

I Am the Very Model of a Modern Product Manager

That yearly Thanksgiving question, "So what do you do again?" gets a Broadway twist. Spotlight on. A PM parody of the Major General song begins.
2 min read
20
Nov
Mr. Monopoly dancing joyfully on a tilted Monopoly board.

New Podcast Episode: Taking the Monopoly Iteration Story Off the Page

A while back I broke down what Monopoly and Hugh Grant can teach us about iteration. The article sparked a
1 min read
05
Nov
A blue-skinned genie in a suit emerges from a monitor, smiling as glowing wishes appear behind him.

Be Careful What You Optimize For: The Wishmaster and the Coming AI Genie

Every algorithm grants a wish. The question is whether we’re ready for what it delivers.
4 min read
15
Oct
A dim 1980s office with an empty chair and a glowing monitor reading ‘Shall we play a game?’

The Product War Game: Shall We Play?

In WarGames (1983), Matthew Broderick plays a young hacker who accidentally accesses a military supercomputer named Joshua, capable of simulating
4 min read

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