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Daily Reading from March 02, 2008

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Links to what I’ve been reading recently.

  • Creative lineups — How batting the pitcher 8th can increase run production.
  • What You Know Can't Kill You: The Third Base Management Genius of Sandy Koufax — When you give a genius, especially one with accountable measures to define the magnitude of his or her accomplishments, a chance to manage or mentor others, it usually fails. When it does fail, it's usually a function of what ...
  • The Death of Mobile Applications? — "Michael Mace, a former VP at Palm, recently proclaimed the death of the mobile application. His position is summarises thusly: “The business of making native apps for mobile devices is dying, crushed by a fragmented market and restrictive business practices. ..."
  • 10 Tips For New Ad-Supported Web Businesses
  • What???s a Troubadour to Do? — Mega-selling recording artist Natalie Merchant doesn???t have a recording contract with a major label these days. The digital download era has rendered many top-selling artists, like Ms. Merchant, unattractive and irrelevant as it relates major labels releasing newly recorded ...

Recently Written

Video calls using a networked camera (Sep 25)
A writeup of my network-powered conference call camera setup.
Roadmap Outcomes, not Features (Sep 4)
Drive success by roadmapping the outcomes you'll create instead of the features you'll deliver.
Different roadmaps for different folks (Sep 2)
The key to effective roadmapping? Different views for different needs.
Micromanaging and competence (Jul 2)
Providing feedback or instruction can be seen as micromanagement unless you provide context.
My productivity operating system (Jun 24)
A framework for super-charging productivity on the things that matter.
Great product managers own the outcomes (May 14)
Being a product manager means never having to say, "that's not my job."
Too Big To Fail (Apr 9)
When a company piles resources on a new product idea, it doesn't have room to fail. But failing is an important part of innovation. If you can't let it fail, it can't succeed.
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.

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