You want to write, you have ideas to share, but near-to-zero time to write: how to overcome this block? This is my recipe. — Regardless of money, let’s roughly divide the world into two categories of people: poor and rich. Why ‘regardless of money?’ Being rich differs from having money, even if wealthy people usually have money. Richness is about efficiency in exploiting resources instead. Among resources, there’s one we all have the same…

What’s designing software in 2023? — Users are the reason why software exists and sells. This simple truth must be the leitmotiv when designing software, yet it’s often forgotten. Instead, sometimes, users are the protagonists, as it happens in the story below. Vision The product manager presents a new product the Company wants to build for writers…

Failures happen regardless of how good we are at doing things, but why are we so keen to prepare to fail? — What’s the logical debt I introduced in Logical Debt is Much More Devastating Than Technical Debt? Let’s discover it together through a story! The story Once upon a time, high-skilled engineers were attending a product build kick-off. The slogan of the meeting was “Our product delivers users efficiency.” The product goal was…

That’s my story — If you write on Medium as I do, you’re on the journey of a writer career online; moreover, if you already have a regular 9 to 6 job, like me, you’re probably struggling to write consistently. Some weeks ago, I wrote daily on Medium for a few days. Then, I…

If technical debt behaves like a financial debt, logical debt behaves like a learning debt, which is much more impactful. — Once upon a time, there were software developers who ignored best practices like Domain-Driven Design; they took shortcuts to deliver their products quickly. They thought, “We get paid to write code, not design!” The product manager, in turn, ignored what the development team ignored. She was not even able to…

Generative artificial intelligence infers the average from data. If AI works, it can’t be independent and go beyond the data that trained it, even if it says the opposite. — I installed the ChatGPT app on my phone. That’s what I asked: Create a 1000-word post that describes that you can go beyond the data that trained you and be independent and creative. It responded offended but utterly politely.

All stories need the end to make sense. If thinking were a story, convergent thinking would be its meaningful end. — After one month of writing around convergent thinking, it’s time to recap. We explored How to enhance decision-making How to get more awareness How to take advantage of divergent thinking How to make decisions without stress How to communicate tough decisions How to leverage convergent thinking in technical writing

I’m undisciplind because I lack vision; if I act for the future, discipline is my partner. — I’m an information architect; I’m highly disciplined in my job, as information architecture is a mental discipline in action. I’m on the path of gaining the same discipline in life. Because writing is life. That’s why, at 22.13 CEST after my son started slipping, I’m writing on Medium. I know…

Well done! But not enough! — The first steps of a journey are exciting but also highly frustrating. A defined destination is there; you’re on the path, but how far is it?! That’s the worst mindset you can have when you want to reach a significant goal. Do you agree? Instant gratifications Looking after my very young son…