Lo Laterza
@ellelle11.bsky.social
Diving into new social media waves | Product Management | Ad Tech | Powered by memes and curiosity
February 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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This is how they get you every time
February 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This is how they get you every time
Another day another experience.
Today in my hometown:
Milan by Leonardo da Vinci
7 January 1478
Today in my hometown:
Milan by Leonardo da Vinci
7 January 1478
January 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Another day another experience.
Today in my hometown:
Milan by Leonardo da Vinci
7 January 1478
Today in my hometown:
Milan by Leonardo da Vinci
7 January 1478
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Can’t argue with facts 🤣
January 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Can’t argue with facts 🤣
Weekend in Rome! ☀️
Not that bad
Not that bad
January 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Weekend in Rome! ☀️
Not that bad
Not that bad
Oh! Looks like there are a lot of new faces around here. No idea why 😅
Welcome everyone!
Let me introduce my self:
I’m just a guy interested in product management, memes, cats, sailing and sports
That said, it’s UCL night ⚽️
See you!
Welcome everyone!
Let me introduce my self:
I’m just a guy interested in product management, memes, cats, sailing and sports
That said, it’s UCL night ⚽️
See you!
January 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Oh! Looks like there are a lot of new faces around here. No idea why 😅
Welcome everyone!
Let me introduce my self:
I’m just a guy interested in product management, memes, cats, sailing and sports
That said, it’s UCL night ⚽️
See you!
Welcome everyone!
Let me introduce my self:
I’m just a guy interested in product management, memes, cats, sailing and sports
That said, it’s UCL night ⚽️
See you!
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Stop Forcing A.I. into Fucking EVERYTHING!
December 24, 2024 at 3:11 AM
Stop Forcing A.I. into Fucking EVERYTHING!
Tomorrow is Q1 KickOff for me.
Let’s go with this helpful reminder!
Let’s go with this helpful reminder!
One counterintuitive tip is to not over-prioritize customer requests. While it's important to listen to customers, focusing too much on their requests can lead to a product that tries to do everything but excels at nothing. Balancing customer needs with a clear product vision is essential.
January 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Tomorrow is Q1 KickOff for me.
Let’s go with this helpful reminder!
Let’s go with this helpful reminder!
How we should use nature
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Wind is an underutilized resource that has the potential to steer the notoriously dirty shipping industry toward a greener future.
How wind tech could help decarbonize cargo shipping
Wind is an underutilized resource that has the potential to steer the notoriously dirty shipping industry toward a greener future.
www.technologyreview.com
January 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
How we should use nature
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"Why is common sense so uncommon?"
Great question!
Great question!
When I hear leaders say things like, "If we just had stronger managers!" I often wonder whether they realize they could hire mere mortal managers if those managers could run a common-sense playbook.
cutlefish.substack.com/p/tbm-330-un...
cutlefish.substack.com/p/tbm-330-un...
TBM 330: (Un)common Sense Playbook
I remember listening to a podcast a few years ago featuring a Netflix engineering manager who described how he turned around a struggling team.
cutlefish.substack.com
December 29, 2024 at 6:59 PM
"Why is common sense so uncommon?"
Great question!
Great question!
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What the hell is a product manager
December 26, 2024 at 5:52 PM
What the hell is a product manager
Same old spot, at least it’s not raining ☀️
Christmas Eve in Liguria, Italy.
Have a wonderful holiday season!
Christmas Eve in Liguria, Italy.
Have a wonderful holiday season!
December 24, 2024 at 7:17 PM
Same old spot, at least it’s not raining ☀️
Christmas Eve in Liguria, Italy.
Have a wonderful holiday season!
Christmas Eve in Liguria, Italy.
Have a wonderful holiday season!
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This is the problem of Google's uneven, reckless stewardship of the web: when incentives are somehow both blatant and vague, the winner becomes the company capable of throwing as much crap at the wall so that *something* sticks, and when it does, they only survive as long as Google lets them.
Anyone else notice that Google Search kinda sucks? For the past year, small sites have seen their search traffic dive. Spam, AI slop and "parasite" articles were taking up the top spots.
Some feel Google's execs are incredulous to their plight.
www.cnet.com/tech/service... via @cnet.com
Some feel Google's execs are incredulous to their plight.
www.cnet.com/tech/service... via @cnet.com
Google Search Changes Are Killing Websites in an Age of AI Spam
Google's major search algorithm updates this past year have left many smaller websites with no other choice than to lay off staff. The internet is worse for it.
www.cnet.com
December 23, 2024 at 6:01 PM
This is the problem of Google's uneven, reckless stewardship of the web: when incentives are somehow both blatant and vague, the winner becomes the company capable of throwing as much crap at the wall so that *something* sticks, and when it does, they only survive as long as Google lets them.
Just a PM in the Advertising World
pika pika 😅 ⚡️✨⚡️
pika pika 😅 ⚡️✨⚡️
December 20, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Just a PM in the Advertising World
pika pika 😅 ⚡️✨⚡️
pika pika 😅 ⚡️✨⚡️
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Product people! What's your #1 product management prediction for 2025 (bonus points for "why")?
December 16, 2024 at 2:47 PM
Product people! What's your #1 product management prediction for 2025 (bonus points for "why")?
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If you raise the compensation bands to be more competitive, but keep existing employees at the same level, you're basically admitting that you're more interested in recruitment than retainment.
December 16, 2024 at 8:17 PM
If you raise the compensation bands to be more competitive, but keep existing employees at the same level, you're basically admitting that you're more interested in recruitment than retainment.
Was reading a post about Eric Ries, Lean methodology, failure, and so on. I live in a country where failure isn’t acceptable, it’s not a value, learning from it often feels like a waste of time. It’s quite weird as I’m a PM, you're asked to be brave but you are expected to play it safe.
1/n
#PrdMgmt
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#PrdMgmt
December 14, 2024 at 10:43 AM
Was reading a post about Eric Ries, Lean methodology, failure, and so on. I live in a country where failure isn’t acceptable, it’s not a value, learning from it often feels like a waste of time. It’s quite weird as I’m a PM, you're asked to be brave but you are expected to play it safe.
1/n
#PrdMgmt
1/n
#PrdMgmt
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Really?
Really?
December 13, 2024 at 6:32 PM
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Really?
Really?
Totally agree.
I increasingly think that tech companies, specifically, should be subject to a punitive carbon tax. If you want to build inaccurate plagiarism machines, fine, but you should be strongly discouraged from warming the planet as a result. No one *needs* this extra fossil fuel use
December 12, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Totally agree.
Cannot stop watching it
December 11, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Cannot stop watching it
This.
"People need more features" is a trap.
Teams add features to:
• Drive new sales
• Match the competition
• Please loud users
What each feature actually costs:
• Endless bug fixes
• Increasing support demands
• Rising technical debt
Balance feature count & simplicity to build a great product.
Teams add features to:
• Drive new sales
• Match the competition
• Please loud users
What each feature actually costs:
• Endless bug fixes
• Increasing support demands
• Rising technical debt
Balance feature count & simplicity to build a great product.
December 11, 2024 at 7:06 PM
This.
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When the sales-led founder is asked to pick which big initiative to work on in Q1
December 11, 2024 at 11:33 AM
When the sales-led founder is asked to pick which big initiative to work on in Q1
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"Build to learn" is waste.
"add this feature to the app so that users can use it" is no better than "write me this article so that people can read it" aka working for exposure.
"add this feature to the app so that users can use it" is no better than "write me this article so that people can read it" aka working for exposure.
Stop building features “for exposure”
Without a coherent hypothesis for both user outcomes & business impact, a product team’s outputs are waste rather than value
spavel.medium.com
December 11, 2024 at 4:13 AM
"Build to learn" is waste.
"add this feature to the app so that users can use it" is no better than "write me this article so that people can read it" aka working for exposure.
"add this feature to the app so that users can use it" is no better than "write me this article so that people can read it" aka working for exposure.
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I found @eryk.bsky.social's deep analysis of Slop Infrastructures & genAI to be especially insightful: "AI slop is the media form that inevitably emerges from a production technology built on symbols stripped of any connection to reality."
mail.cyberneticforests.com/slop-infrast...
and -3-4
mail.cyberneticforests.com/slop-infrast...
and -3-4
Slop Infrastructures 1 & 2
"Maybe the Human Part of Human Connection is Overstated."
💡This week, I'm trying something new. Starting today, and ending on Tuesday, I'll be e-mailing smaller sections of a single piece, Slop Infra...
mail.cyberneticforests.com
December 10, 2024 at 2:58 AM
I found @eryk.bsky.social's deep analysis of Slop Infrastructures & genAI to be especially insightful: "AI slop is the media form that inevitably emerges from a production technology built on symbols stripped of any connection to reality."
mail.cyberneticforests.com/slop-infrast...
and -3-4
mail.cyberneticforests.com/slop-infrast...
and -3-4
Sales alignment complete: we finally escaped the solution space!
Started with context, needs, objectives and problems, ended with… way too many things to test. 🚀🚀
Of course, we need to provide a timeline for delivery! 😄
But hey, this is lovely progress!!!
#ProductManagement #PMLife
Started with context, needs, objectives and problems, ended with… way too many things to test. 🚀🚀
Of course, we need to provide a timeline for delivery! 😄
But hey, this is lovely progress!!!
#ProductManagement #PMLife
December 10, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Sales alignment complete: we finally escaped the solution space!
Started with context, needs, objectives and problems, ended with… way too many things to test. 🚀🚀
Of course, we need to provide a timeline for delivery! 😄
But hey, this is lovely progress!!!
#ProductManagement #PMLife
Started with context, needs, objectives and problems, ended with… way too many things to test. 🚀🚀
Of course, we need to provide a timeline for delivery! 😄
But hey, this is lovely progress!!!
#ProductManagement #PMLife