Archive of Austin TX Articles

March 25th, 2010

ProductCamp Austin Spring 2010

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ProductCamp Austin is here again!  The Spring 2010 session is this Saturday, 27 March 2010 at the AT&T Conference Center on the UT campus in downtown Austin.  Make sure and say hi when you’re there!

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July 23rd, 2009

ProductCamp Austin Summer 2009

Austin’s 3rd UnConference for product managers and product marketing managers is coming up on August 15t.  If you’re in Austin or can come to Austin, you should definitely plan on participating – it’s free, and a great opportunity to network, share, and learn.

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June 23rd, 2008

Defining Problems at ProductCamp Austin 1

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Jun 14th was the first productcamp in Austin (and the second one anywhere).  It was a great event, and here’s the presentation that I did on how to define the strategic problems that drive our products.

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May 1st, 2008

ProductCamp Austin 2008

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No, not that kind of camp.

Product Camp

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January 31st, 2008

Bad Usability Calendar 2008

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Netlife Research (company website in Norwegian) has done it again. Their 2008 Bad Usability Calendar is here and it is great. So great that it is hard to pick a favorite. Download it here. 2007 has more great examples.

[Note: This is a short post- just got back from the Velvet Revolver concert at Stubb's. Living in Austin rocks!]

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June 6th, 2006

Intro to Requirements Gathering – St. Edward’s University

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Welcome Dr. Franke’s students in Analysis, Modeling and Design MCIS6310! Thanks again for inviting me to present to your class on requirements gathering and requirements management.
The presentation is available for download. You can get both the slides and the [...]

February 15th, 2006

Requirements Management Software Will Not Solve the Problem

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Requirements management software will not solve our requirements problems.
Jerry Aubin of Seilevel made this great point in his presentation this evening at the IEEE Computer Society, Austin / A-SPIN event. This was a great event, focusing on how to take [...]

February 11th, 2006

Requirements vs Design – Which is Which and Why?

A classic debate. It comes up often. Unfortunately, it’s a source of confusion that causes many teams to shy away from staffing, creating, or managing any formal requirements processes. There’s a discussion on Seilevel’s forum where this has been brought up again, and it’s shaping up to be a fine grudge match here in Austin. We can’t let the other folks have all the fun, so we’ll chime in too.

January 31st, 2006

iRise – software prototyping tool

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We received a comment from Tom Humbarger at iRise on an earlier post, which led us to take a look at their site.
iRise provides a tool for rapid prototyping of web-based applications, and there’s an overview of the products available. They have iRise [...]

January 16th, 2006

Announcing Alkali Marketing – A little marketing for a big reaction

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Lauren Arbittier Davis recently started Alkali Marketing, a boutique marketing outsourcing company here in Austin.  I’ve personally worked with Lauren over much of the past decade, and couldn’t be more excited about her company!  When Tyner Blain is [...]