Dan Barker

Navigating @twilio for most anything has become a frustrating time sink and its nearly impossible to get any customer support. Configuring the most simple things now seems 5x more complicated than it was 5 years ago.

Hey @GoZwift please fix the custom workout editor. We can't edit times on anything we put on the canvas!!! Directional arrows move to the next field not the next character! We also can't finger scroll through the list of workouts anymore (Mac OS Ventura 13.3.1) #uxdesign

I don't say this often, but today's podcast episode with Keith Yandell is a must listen. Seriously, go listen to it. Of the many lessons on leadership Keith shares from this time at @DoorDash and @Uber, one of my favorites is the power a simple doc like this can have on your org

This is really good 👇

A hilarious aspect of corporate life is that we invent all sorts of structure & process to try to make 2 teams collaborate better together, hardly ever acknowledging the actual problem that the leaders of those 2 teams don’t actually get along and/or have conflicting incentives.

@TonyBakercomedy 20%

Peeps. Im just bein curious aka nosey. But what percentage of your monthly income do you spend on your rent/mortgage?

Does anyone know why @AskeBay @eBay only provides 3 years worth of purchase history? This makes absolutely no sense to me. I can go into Amazon and see my purchase history going back 11 years! #CustomerService #ebay

I do not know of any good product strategy that was conceived at a “Strategy Summit” or a “Strategy Offsite”. A plan, maybe. Consensus on goals, sure. But not a good product strategy. Summits are useful for alignment but they kill the creativity that’s vital for product strategy.

@JustAnotherPM Thinking in Bets for the win. When PMs frame things in probabilities, it replaces right/wrong dynamics with risk factors.

Product managers, what do you do when you are not in control, but everyone around you is looking up to you to be in control -- to make the decisions, to make the best decisions, to tell others what to do, to ensure everyone is doing the right thing.

@RealSkipBayless It’s disappointing to see “analysis” like this. It makes me feel like you care more about football than human life.

No doubt the NFL is considering postponing the rest of this game - but how? This late in the season, a game of this magnitude is crucial to the regular-season outcome ... which suddenly seems so irrelevant.

Wednesday hip-hop goodness!!! #hiphop open.spotify.com/track/7Kutf53V…

@nlsanders Yeah, I hear you. We almost got beat by Dallas without three of their starters the game before.

@barkingd Tough! Forever a Donovan fan— but had a hard time watching that game. Worst we’ve played all season.

Hey @nlsanders how was it seeing Mitchell in a Cavs uniform for the first time against Utah today? Markkanen had a nice night.

@nut_history Great player but not top 50.

Would you consider Derek Jeter a top 50 player of all time(including pitchers) Please quote

@matthewzammit @JustAnotherPM The direction you’re referring to in regards to principles and strategy is definitely “input”. This is also called enablement. I totally agree!

@barkingd @JustAnotherPM When there are principles in place, and the strategy and the “what” are clear, the team can decide on the “how”

Product leaders, what energises you the most as a people leader?

@matthewzammit @JustAnotherPM Without much input??

@JustAnotherPM when the team is super onboard with the direction and works closely together (devs, design, PMs) to solve/build without needing much input.

@JustAnotherPM When I communicate upstream to my direct manager, I use the following to help prioritize the timing and need for a response [info], [discussion], [decision].

Product managers, what are the top 3 tricks you use to communicate effectively?

One of my favorite things to do over the holidays is to support the local theater. Getting ready to enjoy Elf at the Liberty Theatre in Puyallup Washington with the fam!

"A coach is someone who tells you what you don't want to hear, who has you see what you don't want to see, so you can be who you always known you could be." (Tom Landry)

Good leaders grows over time and leadership accrues to them from their teams. #Leadership