Victor sent me a random WhatsApp message one Sunday He referenced a social media gameshow called HQ https://medium.com/swlh/the-rise-and-fall-of-hq-the-social-media-trivia-game-show-3a15d58a528e which I never got around to reading - somehow, I wasn’t convinced. But a week later I got thinking, ...

Product Weekly: July 2024 Take 1 Product Review I went to a block party recently and noticed that the wristbands were rather unique: made of cloth, with a plastic fastener that made it reusable. It was pretty sturdy and hard to take off - if you didn’t pay attention to how the fastening ...

tl;dr this could really be a post about my nice new backpack . Growing up in Lagos in the 90's, I remember a television ad for Toyota that ended with a japanese voice saying "yoi shinai, yoi kangai - good thinking, good product". That slogan stuck. Toyota cars are generally good products. Good ...

When I saw people tweet their 2020 recaps from Spotify and Apple Music, I wondered if Twitter's product team observed this cross-platform sharing and what implementing something similar with already existing data assets would look like. Maybe an End of the Year report? With consumer technology ...

Steve jobs famously spoke about the tremendous amount of craftsmanship needed to make a great product. Over the years I've remained curious about what ingredients create successful products. Here's what I think from practice and observation: Thorough understanding of strategy, business models ...