Come out to WindyCityRails in Chicago on September 6 to see me talk about “Essentials of Product Development.”
A lot of us here on SvN are product people. We know it’s not just the UI, engineering, or business idea that make a product. It’s how you bring them all together to make the world better than it was before.
I’ll share lessons from years of experience designing and building products at 37signals in the talk. Actually the things I’m most proud of aren’t even our official products. They’re the things I made on the side. It’s incredible what you can do with those few hours on nights and weekends when you have a strong hold of product development.
Many of us have deep questions that go beyond making a better product. We want to know how to make more progress on our product. Getting there requires you to bring the talents you have together at the right time, in the right order, with the right people, on the right things.
That’s the fundamental challenge, and I’ll be sharing techniques I’ve learned over the years to cut through it and make more progress on your product.
WindyCityRails is a great conference. I hope you’ll come out and see the other speakers too.
I’m speaking on September 6th at 2:15pm. You can register here before August 8th and save $150.
Offical abstract:
It takes more than talent to make a great product. You also have to focus on the right things, in the right order, with the right people at hand. Ryan will explain key points for successfully developing product so you can make the most progress on your big idea. The talk will cover common pitfalls, techniques for seeing the bigger picture, and advice on how to bring the different roles together.
See you there! Thanks to Ray for inviting me again this year.
Michael
on 03 Aug 12Sounds like a good talk, Ryan. Looking forward to it.
I’m curious why 37signals doesn’t sponsor WCR. It’s a bit of a conspicuous absence!
Aditya Rustgi
on 03 Aug 12For those of us, who may not be able to be in Chicago in person, would this be live broadcast or recorded and video made available?
Alan
on 03 Aug 12Come to NYC! There are lots of product people here who would love to attend a seminar.
Ryan
on 03 Aug 12Aditya, WindCityRails records the sessions in high quality video each year. They should make it online eventually.
Mark
on 03 Aug 12I saw a screencast of Ryan sketching out a UI once. He does a really great job of explaining what he’s doing and why he’s doing it. This sounds like a great talk and I really hope it gets posted online.
I also know that people like to debate what skills are more important when building a product. I like what Ryan has to say about it, “It’s how you bring them all together to make the world better than it was before.”
jared
on 06 Aug 12Hoping there will be a live broadcast if possible since I won’t make it to Chicago.
Michael
on 07 Aug 12‘make the world better than it was before’
Since when did you cure cancer? You built some little software products, please get over yourself.
If you’re so smart why don’t you do something real good in the world? Like the Gates Foundation.
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