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The Vegas User Model: An Intro

I love Las Vegas. But, this isn't a travel post ... I'm going in a different direction. The Vegas User model is a mental model I use to think about product development for a certain set of products. It's also useful for thinking about customers of business models with the same properties. …

So, you think you want to be a Product Manager

ML4T asked me to give a talk about Product Management to a group interested in tech. …

It’s 2015 and you don’t have an Android app?!

Android is eating the world! It should be a well known fact to everyone that most smartphones in the world run Android. Estimates vary by who you ask, but IDC has Android at 78% of worldwide. [image source] [header image source] The US is much more contested. In February, comtech had 47.7% Apple and 47.6% Android, the first time Apple has been ahead since 2012. Now, Comscore has Android …

Link: The Right Way to Ask Users for iOS Permissions

The Right Way to Ask Users for iOS Permissions I came across this and it’s truly a gem. I spent a good amount of time working on this problem for mobile gaming, but it’s an equally important problem for anyone releasing on iOS. …

Did Google Miss Out on “Killing It” In Messaging?

Google Chat … A lot of people use GChat. Gmail is the largest free email service (reference). Since Gmail gives you a free instant message account … you now have a very large GChat has been an integral part of my life for the last 5+ years. I have used it through 3 jobs, a master’s degree, and living in 4 different states. I use it at work and home and talk to people both young and old (not …