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First Impressions of the Harmony One Remote – Wow Experience

imageA black Friday purchase of ours was a Harmony One remote.  Normally $250 we snagged one for $140 on Amazon.  This is the first time I’ve owned a Harmony remote, but I do have experience wasting hours trying to set up “universal” remotes that cost under $30.  I want all that time back now and I’m mad at myself for not doing this sooner!


A simple process for recording your product demo videos

imageSomeone recently asked me how I created the Telligent Community 5.0 demo video that you can watch here.  The thing that made this the easiest was TechSmith’s Camtasia Studio product.  Using their fine software as a base I was able to use the following process…


Treat existing site members better than new ones

Your ROI may be based on new member registrations, but you can’t forget about treating your existing members better.  They are going to be your strongest advocates.  </p>


Ledgard Family Guide to Nashville

I’m not sure anyone reads this blog, but it’s still good to store information on that we link to a lot.  This post came up as a reply to a co-worker looking for things to do in Nashville.


10 Tips for Running Live Virtual Presentations

imageEvery other week our product team completes an iteration and holds a demo meeting to showcase new features, improvements, comps, spike results, etc.  We do this meeting online via LiveMeeting & a phone conference system.  We average around 50 participants (including customers & partners!) and 4-8 presenters each week.  It’s a circus and we’ve learned a lot…


They Came from Facebook

Your next customers. They are coming from Facebook.  You need to welcome them with open arms, make it easy for them to sign-in, and bring all their friends to your community. 


The only tools you need spec software in 2009

image This post highlights the tools you need to be a PM today in order to ideate & define the products & specifications you own.  If you need more than this you are doing it wrong.  The idea is to clearly communicate the goals & intent of your specifications well enough so that your development teams can start their own iterative cycles rapidly.


Resolution: Do Less with More

 


Happy Belated Festivus: Time to Air the Grievances

imageYou all should know by now that yesterday was Festivus. One of my favorite festivus traditions is the “airing of grievances”. In that spirit I present this post. I’ve got a lot of problems with you people…


Amazon has the ingredients to change mobile shopping

The iPhone app Amazon released today could be really huge.  For the uninitiated they let you “remember” items while you are out shopping by taking pictures.  I’ve been doing this for a while now with the Evernote application, but Amazon is taking it one step further. They are now going to attempt to recognize the item for you to link to Amazon.