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One Year

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23 Jan 2002

Today marks the first anniversary of my weblog. On this day, one year ago, I decided to convert the front page of my site into a regularly updated stream of information that I found interesting.

After making the change, I saw my Web traffic slowly climb from one or two visitors a week that I’m sure got here accidentally to over a hundred a day. My Web site is now the number one search result for "Kalsey" and for "Adam Kalsey." (But not for "Adam." Yet.)

But most of all, I’ve learned. In the quest to make this site interesting, I’ve read, researched, and studied. I’ve begun to focus more on certain subjects. I’ve tried to make this weblog not just another personal journal (who really cares about my life anyway) or an incestuous linkfest to other blogs.

So thank you all for joining me over the last year. I’m flattered that my interests and thoughts are interesting enough that you want to read them. I just hope I can live up to that and stay interesting.

Recently Written

Too Big To Fail (Apr 9)
When a company piles resources on a new product idea, it doesn't have room to fail. That keeps it from succeeding.
Go small (Apr 4)
The strengths of a large organization are the opposite of what makes innovation work. Starting something new requires that you start with a small team.
Start with a Belief (Apr 1)
You can't use data to build products unless you start with a hypothesis.
Mastery doesn’t come from perfect planning (Dec 21)
In a ceramics class, one group focused on a single perfect dish, while another made many with no quality focus. The result? A lesson in the value of practice over perfection.
The Dark Side of Input Metrics (Nov 27)
Using input metrics in the wrong way can cause unexpected behaviors, stifled creativity, and micromanagement.
Reframe How You Think About Users of your Internal Platform (Nov 13)
Changing from "Customers" to "Partners" will give you a better perspective on internal product development.
Measuring Feature success (Oct 17)
You're building features to solve problems. If you don't know what success looks like, how did you decide on that feature at all?
How I use OKRs (Oct 13)
A description of how I use OKRs to guide a team, written so I can send to future teams.

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