Pride, Poverty and ‘Aspiration’The Labour Party has just suffered a dismal set of election results, and it seems like everyone has their own theories to contribute to the…May 8, 2021May 8, 2021
Finance and Markets, 28th Feb 2021Spring is coming, and investors worry inflation is tooFeb 28, 2021Feb 28, 2021
Privacy, Consent and Cookie Management is a Market FailurePrivacy legislation like GDPR or the CCPA requires website owners to obtain the consent of users before collecting, processing or sharing…Mar 5, 2020Mar 5, 2020
What to do about the Boring EssentialsHow much to invest in product features that you can neither kill nor greatly profit from.Nov 26, 2019Nov 26, 2019
Why software development is a bit like cricketNot every team or player is equally good at all forms of the game.Aug 5, 2019Aug 5, 2019
Finance for Product Managers.In the first post in this series we imagined a simple online popup store selling toy cars for one month in the run-up to Christmas. Sadly…Dec 17, 2018Dec 17, 2018
Finance for Product Managers — calculating profit and loss for a simple online businessThis is the first post in a proposed series exploring the financial aspects of managing a digital product. Let’s imagine a really simple…Nov 23, 20181Nov 23, 20181
Scholarly publishing is stuck in 1999I’ve spent the majority of my career to date working on products in the scholarly publishing and information industry. Lately I can’t shake…Apr 15, 20184Apr 15, 20184
Published inTowards Data ScienceAvoid presenting product test results with false precisionI began writing this blog post because I kept seeing presentations where the results of A/B type product tests were quoted to two decimal…Mar 18, 2017Mar 18, 2017
The Politics of Anomie and Failures of Urban DesignDo poorly planned communities undermine the health of our political culture?Jan 22, 2017Jan 22, 2017