Mar 30, 2021The Secret To A Useful Product Roadmap Is Keeping It Alive3 Simple Strategies For Maintaining “Living” Roadmaps — Product roadmaps are foundational to every product strategy. When used properly, they inspire innovation, empower autonomy amongst teams and help organisations to deliver on their high-level strategic business plan. Over the past decade, I’ve been exposed to a number of roadmaps. In each instance, they’ve taken on different formats, played…Product8 min readProduct8 min read
Published in The Startup·Sep 17, 20203 Reasons to Take the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner ExamA product manager’s perspective, but useful for all — In 2004, I was eager for a challenge. I embarked on an adventure of completing a Computer Science Bachelors degree. Fast forward to today and the adventure continues. I’ve been building products for 12 years for a variety of industries from finance to ecommerce, retail, real estate, hospitality and more…AWS6 min readAWS6 min read
Published in The Startup·Apr 23, 20205 Principles for Effective Remote Product ManagementJust establish this one thing. — Product management is an important organisational role which focuses on either building products or technology for customers. These customers could be people like you and me, other businesses or the organisation itself if the product is being used for internal purposes. …Productivity8 min readProductivity8 min read
Published in Better Programming·Mar 25, 2020How to Work Better Remotely8 ways to master remote working — Most of us dream of working on a white-sand beach with the temptation of blue ocean waters just a few steps away. Our fantasy of a flexible working schedule, productively working in your pajamas from the couch and avoiding the long, stressful commute to and from work sounds amazing. It…Productivity8 min readProductivity8 min read
Published in Better Programming·Feb 9, 2020Overengineering: Why We Do It and 10 Ways to Tackle ItOverengineering impacts more than you think — More often than not, people act on the side of caution rather than taking a risk. It’s human nature to be risk-averse. When developing software products, this sometimes creates more complexity than necessary. And other times, the necessary details are skipped which results in an under-engineered product. …Product Management12 min readProduct Management12 min read
Published in The Startup·Feb 1, 2020The Art of Shifting From Conflict to Collaboration in the Workplace4 principles to accelerate this shift — Rowing requires coordination, clear communication, and collaboration to guide a team’s boat through the unpredictable waters to have a chance at winning a race. This happens to be the case in every sport where you participate as a team. In fact, this is no different for teams in the workplace…Culture10 min readCulture10 min read
Oct 24, 2019Eat Healthier By Becoming A Modern “City Farmer”And save money on your food bills — “Only 2% of the population produces food for the world to consume.” The world of food has changed drastically over the past 23,000 years. Only about 200 years ago, “90% of the U.S. population lived on farms and produced their own food to eat”. Fast forward to today and we’re…Food10 min readFood10 min read
Published in Towards Data Science·Sep 5, 2019X-Ray Image Classification: The Easy WayUsing Google Cloud AutoML — “AI is going to change the world more than anything in the history of mankind. More than electricity.” — AI oracle and venture capitalist Dr. Kai-Fu Lee, 2018 With the rapid improvements being made in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) and the voluntary AI daily digest shared by…Machine Learning8 min readMachine Learning8 min read
Published in Better Programming·Jul 31, 2019Teams Need Trust To Be Brilliantly SuccessfulIt’s also the most important currency of a relationship — Have you ever been part of an amazing team? In this team, you could be yourself which means that you could speak openly and honestly, admit when you didn’t know the answer and feel comfortable asking for help. …Leadership7 min readLeadership7 min read
Published in HackerNoon.com·May 7, 2019Amazon Echo Is Amazing. Is It Also Making Us More Demanding?The smart speaker dilemma — Amazon Echo has been amazing. From instant baking measurement conversions to a quick answer about the day’s weather forecast, it removed the need to stop what I was doing to search for the answer on either my mobile or laptop. The Eye-Opener? “Alexa” is making serious behaviour changes in the home that aren’t always a good thing. After a few years, there were times where “Alexa” didn’t…Tech4 min readTech4 min read
