Oversimplified: Volume 92
Defining data intuition, product management shapes, and time billionaires
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đ What I Read
Defining Data Intuition
Data intuition is a real thing and is extremely important, but defining it isnât even a little straightforward. This excellent post does the best job Iâve seen. Iâll be sharing this framework with others for a while.
Whatâs Your Product Management Shape?
Iâm still wrapping my head around the skillset that goes into being a Product Manager. Thereâs so much there and almost all of it seems subjective to me. I think Iâm getting closer though. This post helped some ideas click for me.
The Strength of Being Misunderstood
âYou should trade being short-term low-status for being long-term high-status, which most people seem unwilling to do. A common way this happens is by eventually being right about an important but deeply non-consensus bet.â
Straussian Reading
Not gonna lie, I've listened to countless episodes of Tyler Cowen's podcast without knowing what "Straussian reading" meant. I can now rest easy. Well, at least sort of.
Measuring SaaS Engagement
This post from David Sacks deals with moving from B2C to B2B metrics and establishing new benchmarks. Iâve thought about this at Hugo in the past, so the insight was welcome.
đ„ What I Found Interesting
Time Billionaires
âA million seconds is 11 days. A billion seconds is slightly over 31 years.â I had to reread that a couple of times before it got through to me.
52 Learnings from 2020
Another year, another fun list of bite-sized learnings from Tom Whitwell. My personal favorite was #14.
Rapid Prototyping
This talk could probably use a catchier name, but the content is really solid throughout. Lots of helpful thinking here around building a productive culture within a fast-moving product org.
Candles and Covid-19
Props to Kate Petrova for a great idea and execution here digging further into the impact of the pandemic on candle reviews. Truly insane.
đ€ Quote I'm Pondering
Physics admits of a lovely unification, not just at the level of fundamental forces, but when considering its extent and implications. Classifications like âopticsâ or âthermodynamicsâ are just straitjackets, preventing physicists from seeing countless intersections. â Exhalation
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