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Bellochet
Bellochet is a musical… toy, I guess, that lets you manipulate parameters to change how balls bounce around a screen. Whenever they hit an edge or each other, a note sounds. Depending on where the ball hit,…
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Li’l Scribbler
Product Managers do a lot of screensharing and discussing of features and whatnot with developers and designers. At least I do. And none of the tools I could find for drawing on screens as I shared them…
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Test Image Maker
At my day job I found myself needing test images of a specific size and type. So I’d find something on google, and put it into an image editor and resize it or crop it or whatever.…
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15th Anniversary Gyruss Ripoff
Last year (2024) my wife and I celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary. So of course I made her a video game. Sort of. It’s like gyrus except you never reach the center and you never die, and…
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Wave Maker
It can be annoying to generate a waveform for a music video. If all you want to do is create a simple video that has a waveform in it, the internet will tell you to contort yourself…
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Mother’s Day 2025
For Mother’s Day this year, I made my wife a digital card. You water the flowers, the flowers bloom, you keep watering them, pictures of my son appear. You can try it out. Vibe-coding makes it possible…
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QR Code Generator
At my day job we use QR codes a lot. They let people access events, connect with each other, exhibitors use them to capture leads, people complete challenges with them, etc etc. So I had this idea…
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The Sore Spot
On a fog-laden night, a neon glow from a digital billboard flickers outside the large glass panes of the office. The city’s hum is barely audible over the synchronized dance of raindrops and the whirring thoughts of…
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Capability, Usability, Beauty
The Product Manager sighs and ignores the elements as he leans against his wooden desk, hands pressed flat against the surface. Outside, the rain runs in rivulets down the glass, each drop a reminder of the relentless…
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Tools
It was one of those nights, the kind that makes you question every choice you ever made. The neon glow from the sign outside casts a sickly light over the Product Manager’s cluttered desk. He’s staring down…
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Stay In Your Lane
The glow of computer screens flickers like the distant fires of a city under siege as a Product Manager watches rain carve a path down the window of a filthy conference room on the 31st floor. The…
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Sir Hugo and the Fart Machine
In the far-off Kingdom of Gigglesnort, where the rivers gurgled with laughter and the trees swayed with the rhythm of a chuckle, lived King Guffaw. The kingdom wasn’t just a place; it was a personality – lively,…
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The New Roof
Alright, pal, come on in and have a seat. Don’t mind the springs in that chair, they probably won’t give you tetanus. This is it, livin’ the dream. Take a big whiff. Smell the must, old paper,…
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The 3 Legged Stool
In the high stakes poker game of product management, the house always deals the same cards: Quick, Good, or Cheap. Pick any two, but don’t fool yourself into thinking you’re holding a royal flush. Welcome to the…
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Testing
The patter of rain against the office window sets the rhythm of the product manager’s thoughts. He leans back in his worn leather chair, running his fingers along the brim of his hat while he stares out…
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Different != Better
In the labyrinth of SaaS, the pulse of product management beats a steady rhythm. I’ve been at it for two decades, caught in the crosshairs of armchair critics and would-be virtuosos. U X Designers, Tech Writers, and…
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On Perfection
They whisper in hushed tones in the grungy back alleys of software product management. They spread tales about the mythical beast – the quantifiably perfect product manager. The one who’s got all the pieces lined up well…
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Wisdom vs. Intelligence
Doodleberry’s dawn is awash in an aquarium glow; the sun not so much rising as burping itself into being over the rustling cornfields. Head Nurse Bertha, twenty tattooed parrots adorning her forearms, swaggers into the room, juggling…
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If We Could Turn Back Time
In the morning gleam of Doodleberry’s Home for Old Biddies and Coots, the air thrums with anticipation of the day’s breakfast, a carnival of culinary craziness cooked up by Head Nurse Bertha. Fresh from discussing the day’s…
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Stupid Questions
In this concrete jungle of sharp minds and fiery conversations, fear lurks in the shadowy corners. It’s not the fear of failure, but something more insidious – the terror of looking like a halfwit. Picture this. You’re…
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The Perfect Parkour Performance
Once upon a time in the colorful kingdom of Jumpitopia, there lived a young boy knight named Sir Hugo, his best friend, a girl named Sir Zora, and a very brave Chihuahua named Sir Emmett. The trio…
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Stay the F* Home
A relic of the pandemic, I wrote and recorded this song and my friend Jenny and I created a video with submissions from a bunch of people all sending the same message for everyone during lockdown.
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The Ultimate Flingo
Ah, the flingo! A wondrous flying disc that never ceases to amaze those who have the privilege of experiencing it. It is a joyous amalgamation of shape and color, designed for the sole purpose of flying through…
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The Bedrock Ender Dragon Battle
Hugo loves Minecraft, and dictated the plot of this Sir Hugo story to me one evening by recording plot details into my phone. I transcribed them and worked with ChatGPT to convert them into this story. Once…
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The Great Slinky
Once upon a time, in a land filled with magical toys, there was a legendary toy called the Great Slinky. The Great Slinky could stretch infinitely and reach unimaginable heights. It was an amazing example of its…
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The Magic Bubble Machine
Once upon a time, in a kingdom far, far away, there lived two young knights named Sir Hugo and Sir Zora. They loved to run and jump and play, but they were also brave and always ready…
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The Goblin Party
Sir Hugo and Sir Zora received an invitation to the goblin party in the most unexpected way. As they were playing in the forest, a tiny creature suddenly appeared in front of them. It was a goblin!…
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The Great Pizza Heist
Sir Hugo, a young but mighty knight, was spending the day with his friend Sir Zora. They had planned to play with their toy swords and build a fort in Sir Hugo’s backyard, but their plans changed…
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The Gigantic Monster in the Humongous Cave
This is, sometimes, what you get when your 6-year-old dictates the plot of a story. Once upon a time, there were three brave knights named Sir Hugo, Sir Zora, and Sir Emmett. Sir Emmett was a chihuahua,…
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Software Test Drive: Runway Gen2
Runway gives you a few credits to try out their services, and I blow them all on a bunch of prompts to see if I can get something useful out of it. It doesn’t go very well,…
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Can’t Stop Won’t Stop
TL;DR the chatbot can’t help itself, it has to respond, even when the input is something a human would take as ending the conversation.
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Software Test Drive: Boomy
I give “AI” music generation app Boomy a try.
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What We Need More Of, Is Science
I made this song in 2003, creating the instrumental tracks in a program called Fruity Loops, which is now FL Studio and the vocals and mixing were done in Cool Edit Pro. Cut to 2023 and there’s…
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Chief Expectation Officer
Welcome to the dark, twisted carnival of product management, where the regular rules don’t apply. Here, we dance a drunken waltz with science and art, wrapped up in the grimy trench coat of expectation management. Strap in,…
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Surprises Suck
No Surprises.
