Jared is one of the most recognized, celebrated people working in UX design. If you want to be customer-centric, up-to-date with the latest trends, and better prepared to ship products your customers will love, he is the guy to look for advice.
Eugene worked as a head of product @hulu, @Flipboard and most recently was head of video at @oculus. I really like his take on why it’s important for product managers to read fiction and how great leaders create leverage through compression.
John is someone you’ll certainly have come across if you’re at all interested in any of the discussions around product management. He is currently working as Head of Education at @Amplitude_HQ He tweets a lot on the study of the PM craft.
Sachin shares his lessons on the art behind each of the 4 dimensions of PM. He covers role models, best practices on excelling at that dimension's discipline, countless examples from Valley companies that exemplify these traits.
Sherif from @Atlassian provides practical tips and techniques enabling you to understand roadmap inputs, plan with different perspectives in mind, optimize for learning, communicate and set roadmap goals.
Part of PM’s job is to say no every day. As much as PM's role is about building, shipping great products, invariably in order to launch some things we have to not launch others. Mina provides tips on how to move away from simply saying no.
7/ Interesting products you should try:
@launchawesome - Easily communicate product change, internally and externally.
@comeet_hq - Video-first async meetings inside your calendar.
@gazehq - Passwordless login API for web and mobile apps.
8/ A book you should read: Well-Designed by @jkolko
In this refreshingly jargon-free, practical book, Jon Kolko maps out empathy-based design process, demonstrating how it will help you and your team conceive and build successful, emotionally resonant products again and again.
9/ A newsletter you should subscribe to: BrainPint by @JanelSGM
BrainPint is a curated newsletter for the curious with interesting reads, tools & learning resources sent out weekly to make you smarter.
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IMO Twitter is a place where little tribes get together, support each other and grow as a community. I learned a lot from strong-growing communities and I’m glad to be part of them.
Here are five things that I learned from twitter about community building.
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1/ Tweet value addition content:
Add value to others by sharing lessons from your wins and losses. Create content that is relevant, emotional and original(in that order)
Quality content with consistency always wins.
2/ Be authentic:
An open secret that is hard to implement. Many know it but no one owns it. Do things that make you happy and do not try to impress anyone. Being yourself is the best strategy you can use to build a community on twitter.
As a maker, it is important to be fast and execution is everything. You may have the best idea but if it is sitting in your mind they there is no use.
Here’s why you need to focus on doing and stop dwelling especially when you are working on a side project.
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1/ Ideation - Don’t spend too much ideating. If the idea checks the below list then you are good:
1. Is the problem part of your routine and you love solving it 2. Is it relevant to the trends that are going on 3. Is your product adds value to people's life
2/ Pick a tool - A lot of people spend tons of time picking the best tool. Here's a harsh truth: nobody gives a rat’s ass about what tool you used, all they care is the value they are getting out of your product. So pick a tool that you are familiar with, takes you from 0 to 1.
Some practical advice and lessons from my experience as a maker and a community builder 👇🏽
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1/ Identity and intention:
Change your identity and lead that belief with action by putting it into work. Connect with your intention when you are lost. The universe will help you when you help yourself first.
2/ Do micro/non-judgmental actions:
Spend little time on thinking and more time on doing. Ship products without judgment. Everything counts at the end. You learn more when you experiment more.