The Productologist

Well, we made it to the 1 year mark! 39 posts (that’s an average of 3 per month for you non-math majors out there).

It has certainly been an interesting ride so far and I have learned a great deal about blogging, Product Management and Product Management blogging. Thanks to all of my subscribers, readers, commenters and lurkers for either joining in the conversation or sticking with me.

In recognition of the last 365 days (next year it will be 366), here’s a short list of notable events and some favorite postings:

Firsts

• First post: 20Feb2007 (the obligatory “Welcome” post)

In my experience, a Product Manager’s workload is cyclical, primarily revolving around product releases, but there are other factors, too. For example, I recently had maintenance releases for two products, a Beta program for our next-generation release and managing a special project all going on a the same time. For some of you, that may be a lot happening at once; for others, it may seem like a lull, but for me it’s more toward the former than the latter.

Whenever my BW gets asked what I do (and it’s suprisingly often), she usually just says, “Oh, he’s in Marketing…he does stuff with technology.” Now that may sound like BW is a little ditzy, but she’s not. In fact, she has an advanced degree and is one of the smartest people I know.

The problem is that my chosen career, Product Management, doesn’t register with most people who aren’t in high tech.