Comments for Avi Charkham (@aviche) >140

Comment on ADHPMD – Attention Deficit Hyperactive Product Management Disorder by Boaz

Boaz — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:17:05 +0000

I’m a big believer in paper sketches + intuition.
Sitting in front of the photoshop make me read this kind of post instead of working.

Comment on ADHPMD – Attention Deficit Hyperactive Product Management Disorder by Avive

Avive — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 10:11:08 +0000

In scrum they call it product owner, I think it fits your definition. I also believe in talent and hard work, but would probably add also the team as a success factor for anyone, and for a product owner specifically (just so it will be relevant as a reply here :)

Comment on ADHPMD – Attention Deficit Hyperactive Product Management Disorder by Tal

Tal — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:53:45 +0000

Avi – I’m not a big twitter user… But we’re scheduled for next Thursday ; )

Comment on ADHPMD – Attention Deficit Hyperactive Product Management Disorder by Eran

Eran — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:25:24 +0000

I once had a music teacher who said that if you have the gift of music it’s 10% gift and 90% work.

One thing that is missing and is also needed (and I know from personal experience Avi has) is hard work.

Not letting go even if you will redesign it 1000 times and you intuition wasn’t right on track.

Thats one of the most important things a product person (or anyone with a vision) needs.

Comment on ADHPMD – Attention Deficit Hyperactive Product Management Disorder by Avi Charkham

Avi Charkham — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:42:34 +0000

I must replace this comment module with a normal one that let’s people post with their Facebook/Twitter. I sucks not knowing who the commenters are.

@lihay, @Tal mind adding your @twitter until I have another commenting system? :)

Comment on ADHPMD – Attention Deficit Hyperactive Product Management Disorder by Tal

Tal — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:41:04 +0000

I’m adding one more thing:

If I had to choose the one thing that I learned most from Steve Jobs’s biography – it would be the power of intuition.

Jobs, probably the greatest product person to ever exist (at least in modern times), didn’t believe in market researches or focus groups. He just followed his intuition. Always.

The problem is that intuition is not something that can be learned.

Comment on ADHPMD – Attention Deficit Hyperactive Product Management Disorder by lihay

lihay — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:35:13 +0000

Great post. I’m more comfortable with the ‘product person’ title than any other title. I love it. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

Comment on ADHPMD – Attention Deficit Hyperactive Product Management Disorder by Tal

Tal — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:59:01 +0000

I think it’s pretty simple.

Some people have this gift and some don’t.

Learning to use tools and methods is a great way to improve skills and could really effect the qualities of the outcomes, however those who are product gifted don’t really need ‘defined process’ and ‘UX seminars’ to create great stuff – they can just do it naturally.

It’s like drawing. Some can just do it and some don’t. Regardless to how much they’ll try.

Comment on Singlytics – What’s Your SPI? by Oren

Oren — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 07:50:42 +0000

KPIs are usually meant for reporting, but I’m not sure how well they suite into analysis.

The only thing reporting and analysis has in common is the person who actually performs them. Your approach is great for reporting and monitoring, but what about answering the “Why?” question.

I guess that it takes far more than a single performance indicator to identify and resolve a bottleneck, understand your users personas and treat each differently etc.

Comment on My Pathetically Lame Kindle by Shira

Shira — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 07:17:14 +0000

And that’s EXACTLY why I now want a Kindle. I started reading a book on my iPad (which is ideal for magazines and I love it for that). But for reading books? It sucks. I want a Kindle. Now.