A couple of months ago, my co-founder Leo gave me an interesting suggestion: he said I should try disabling all notifications on my iPhone . I find this suggestion especially interesting because it is one that goes against the normal phone setup. It’s so usual to stick to how things are , and with…

Invenfin: Fred Wilson on Subscriptions as a Revenue Model. #StartupAdvice http://t.co/mtyAHqno

Here's a video of my most recent talk, "Design for Continuous Experimentation." I first presented this at the Warmgun 2012 conference in San Francisco. The video here is a reprise of it from Etsy Labs in Brooklyn. The slides are here: When I was invited to talk at the "Conference of Measurable…

Discuss on Hacker News. I went to meet Jason Fried so I could learn how to stop selling software by accident. Since I started programming 10 years ago, I’ve made a fair amount of money online. But those sales were mostly coincidental. By that I mean, I never thought deeply about how and why products…

Homer: There's three ways to do things. The right way, the wrong way, and the Max Power way! Bart: Isn't that the wrong way? Homer: Yeah. But faster! - "Homer to the Max" Every few months, I try to talk someone down from building a real-time product analytics system. When I'm lucky, I can get to…

Rocket Internet Preparing to Go Public - http://t.co/F8WY5Ug3 scary times.

What does a Product Manager at Facebook do? - Quora http://t.co/ovoEzIIO <- Great insights on product, anywhere. (h/t Hiten Shah)

MT @danmartell: If You’re Stressed, You’re Doing Something Wrong: The Surprisingly Relaxed Lives of Elite Achievers http://t.co/gHjRFLf5

The Legacy Trap: Getting caught by the innovation curve http://t.co/LueuTy0r

Fab’s first pivot happened fast. And quite publicly. So, we did next what came naturally to us. We pivoted again. Only, this time we did it slower and less publicly. We’re now ready to pull to covers off of the massive pivot Fab has successfully undergone in 2012, from design flash sales to the…

"Can you explain it in words of one syllable?" I love @Pinboard. Not in a creepy way - just the right amount. http://t.co/9aOcpzHv

Gym machines are boring, CrossFit is sadistic, and dieting sucks. Luckily, none of them is essential to being truly fit. Through years of trial and error — and humiliation at the hands of some of the world’s top trainers — Daniel Duane discovered the secrets to real health. Email the…