Damon Kiesow

Damon Kiesow

06
Apr

If your mother tells you she doubled her time spent on page, check it out.

The five degrees of separation between a “fact” and a FACT. This is part II of a totally random
2 min read
20
Mar

Getting Mac EndNote to open .enw files by default

How is that for a niche SEO headline? When I migrated to a new MacBook Air – for some reason EndNote
1 min read
19
Mar

The other sides of Who, What, Why, Where, When, (and How)

I have been talking to some smart people about ‘digital editing’ — trying to formulate a viewpoint on what
1 min read
04
Feb

The UX of why people hate their new job after three months

My first-day advice to new members of the team boils down to, “Don’t worry, you are going to be
3 min read
11
Aug

The problem with personalization

The challenge of personalizing the news is the heterogeneity of our personal interests and the weakness of the signal we
2 min read
08
Aug

Product Management and proverbs

I can’t remember the first (or last time) I heard this proverb but I am convinced it is an
15
Jul

Newspapers are still steam powered

Yesterday, the BBC podcast “50 Things That Made The Modern Economy” covered the invention of the electric dynamo. The episode
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11
Mar

Shining a light in Plato's Product Office

One of my favorite things about ONA is the session pitch. It is a great chance to wonder, “do
1 min read
21
Oct

The Product Solution Stack Test

(tldr; A product strategy is only as strong as its weakest link.) The Twitter dust-up this week ostensibly about digital
3 min read
20
Sep

Swipe overload

Anyone else feeling like iOS has reached ‘peak gesture?’ The force touch and all of the overlapping possibilities of the