PCA Matériel

These guys love Product Camp

PCA 14 (March 2015)

"Derpless Discourse: authentic self-promotion for responding to Forrester, Gartner, & RFPs."

The presentation is here: [Powerpoint] | [Keynote] | [Slideshare (no video)] | [PDF]

PCA 13 (August 2014)

I turned my proposed session (not enough votes! #sadface) about collaborative stack-ranking into a blog post titled, cleverly, "Collaborative prioritization through live group stack ranking". It's got pictures, a sample spreadsheet you can use, and several Star Trek characters. Enjoy!

"When you stop feeling like a startup, you should start to worry."

Bob Metcalfe

"If you're doing something 'clever,' you're probably doing it wrong."

Ross Snyder, Etsy

"The teams at Bell Labs that invented the laser, transistor and solar cell were not seeking profits. They were seeking understanding. Yet in the process they created not only new products but entirely new—and lucrative—industries."

from "True Innovation" (nytimes.com)

"There is definitely a split between people who design primarily from horse sense, from instinct, and then let the spreadsheets fill in the blanks. And then there are the people who start with the spreadsheets."

Ananda Gupta, from "Designing The Best Board Game On The Planet" (fivethirtyeight.com)

"We should take refuge in the fact that very crude systems can accomplish an awful lot. Elegant capabilities are nice, but often unnecessary."

George C. Devol

"The computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention—with the possible exception of handguns and tequila."

Mitch Ratcliffe

"Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter."

Nikola Tesla

Credit where it's due

My former colleague JD Hancock does great web design & super-clever photos of sci-fi and other toy figurines. You should check it out.

His "Mirror Spock vs. Shaggy" is licensed under CC BY 2.0.