Dan BlumbergElon Musk Flips Product Managers the Bird: Why Twitter Needs to Fail (Whale)If, somehow, Elon Musk pulls a rabbit out of the hat (and cages it and forces it to work 20 “hardcore” hours a day) and turns Twitter…Nov 22, 2022Nov 22, 2022
Dan BlumbergCrypto, Buying the Constitution, and What This Has To Do With a Classic Cubs Collapse — Apropos of…Here’s an issue of Apropos of Nothing, my occasional newsletter. It’s a bit longer than usual… but hang with me and we’ll cover a lot of…Nov 17, 2021Nov 17, 2021
Dan BlumbergYOLO, Crypto, WTF — Apropos of NothingHere’s an issue of Apropos of Nothing, my occasional newsletter on product and innovation. Sign up!Apr 19, 2021Apr 19, 2021
Dan BlumbergSelf-driving cars, cities and sprawl(This post is an excerpt from my weekly email, Apropos of Nothing. Sign up!)Feb 17, 2016Feb 17, 2016
Dan BlumbergApropos of Nothing: Say It Ain’t So, Dr. ZApropos of Nothing… I write a weekly email called Apropos of Nothing. It features thoughts and links on stuff in the product, tech, media…Jan 8, 2016Jan 8, 2016
Dan BlumbergThe Devil Is in the DefaultsSo I updated my LinkedIn profile this week to include my latest side project, Apropos of Nothing. Naturally, LinkedIn updated my network…Dec 18, 20155Dec 18, 20155
Dan BlumbergWhy Amazon’s Golden Handcuffs Scare the Bejesus Out of MeBy now you’ve read, the New York Times’s devastating piece on Amazon’s corporate culture, right? The piece hit home on so many levels for…Aug 24, 2015Aug 24, 2015
Dan BlumbergHighlights from Nieman’s Predictions for Journalism 2015In one sitting, over the holidays, I binge-read all 65 of the predictions that smart people from across the media world submitted for…Jan 11, 2015Jan 11, 2015
Dan BlumbergWhat do you do? Product managers explain their job to family membersProduct managers strive for a better answer than “I just run the website.”Dec 24, 2014Dec 24, 2014
Dan BlumbergGetting on the same pageThe New Republic fiasco and lessons for product managers at legacy media companiesDec 10, 20141Dec 10, 20141