Category: Product Management
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@Kobo: It’s been a slice
Today was my last day at Kobo. Over the past seven years, I have forgotten more war-stories than I remember. What is left are positive memories of Kobo, née ShortCovers, bringing digital reading to the masses through our mobile apps; anytime & anyplace. It’s followed by us dreaming big and making our mark on the…
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Product management fundamentals: The next feature fallacy
Joshua Porter writes: The Next Feature Fallacy: the fallacy that the next feature you add will suddenly make people want to use the entire product. — Joshua Porter (@bokardo) May 14, 2015 When your product is growing and ramping up new customers, it’s easier to focus on new compelling features that increase engagement. It’s also…
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Thoughts on 2014 and 2015
So I’m starting to see end-of-year wrap-ups and predictions for 2015. It’s always good to take a look a back on what is happening in the industry, epecially at Kobo. Largely, a lot of the stuff I am citing is predicated on Mary Meeker’s “State of the Internet, 2014 ed” that she puts together for…
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Feature Pruning: When and how to kill a product or feature?
Kobo hosted the November 5th, ProductTO MeetUp. I facilitated a session on “When and how to kill a product / feature?” The sessions went well. It was nice to participate in the larger community for once–it’s something that Kobo has never been good at, but I’m going to make a priority for 2014 to host these…