I’ve always wanted to write, but never had the time. Thanks to shelter-in-place, I’ve now written 10 stories in about as many weeks. That’s 10,000 words that are out on a page rather than locked in my brain!

But of course, like any good product manager, I’m not satisfied with writing in a vacuum. I want to track metrics and analyze how my “product launch” has performed, so that I can understand what’s connecting with people and what’s not. Read on to find out what key metrics I tracked and what I’ve learned so far.

What do you want to be when you “grow up”?

What are you doing to make it happen?

In today’s post, I’m sharing the Product Decagon framework that I created. It’s a tool for product managers to clarify your vision of what you want to be when you grow up, assess your skills and gaps, and plan your career development. I hope you’ll give the Product Decagon a try, and would love to hear what you think in the comments.

Anyone remember drunk UX testing? The premise was that your website should be so simple, a drunk person could use it. I decided to do my own riff on this idea, replacing a drunk person with a toddler. Your website should be so simple, a young child should be able to use it, right?

Read on to find out what happened in my experiment. What websites did they test and did they pass the toddler UX test???