Ron Lichty

Software Engineering Management, untangling organizational knots, creating roadmaps, delivering great products. Author, Programmer, Service, Integrity.

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A new @ConsumerReports report of six voice cloning apps found it’s easy to create deepfake voices of people without their knowledge. Tell @FTC to prohibit impersonation of Americans, and crack down on apps that knowingly facilitate scams.
https://t.co/K9yAM38Pk9

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15 years ago today: Greg Cohen and I delivered an AIPMM* webinar on product management and engineering collaborating on prioritizing the backlog’s items!
(* The Association of International Product Marketing and Management)

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My favorite explainer, Lee LeFever at Common Craft, has released a 3-minute explainer video of Deep Fakes. Worth watching and sharing. https://t.co/eliKuyDesR (Lee has been crafting explainer videos - and sharing how others can craft them - since 2007!)

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Lest we forget the non-criminals now in El Salvador's prison... https://t.co/1eG0XOTJFO

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Time to share the wealth a bit better to make America great again?

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Today's ride: enhanced when I came upon an athlete/musician who timed her run to include a musical interlude - an awesome classical piece she executed flawlessly - on the piano on (ped/cyclist/skater-only) JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park. A gift to the street.

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What if AI could be your ally in marshaling change?

Thursday evening, virtual, free:
Agile change management guru/author Jason Little: his journey from AI skeptic to AI-allied strategist. He was shocked: he discovered AI could revolutionize change work.

https://t.co/wepjSCAu6M

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Intriguing agile (virtual) event tonight: Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll - Agile applied to a Career In Live Events. https://t.co/u3gRk2UxF3

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The topic: “Why Product Roadmaps Are Essential for Success" - Host Phil Hornby had me turn to what Mickey and I had written in our book, Managing the Unmanageable, to his concluding question. The rest: https://t.co/C0ReUt1JhY
#roadmapping #productmanagement #product #engineering

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Managing up: bringing executives into the cost of interrupting the team. 1:06:44 into my talk to the SVPMA - the Silicon Valley Product Management Organization: Product Managers: 16 Ways to Engage and Motivate Product Teams. https://t.co/REFd71QUXo

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Remember when the notion of owning one’s own computer was notional? I bought my first “microcomputer” 45 yrs ago - used, $850 - a SWTP 6800 with 12K RAM. Rudimentary as it was, I was looking for a word processor for my 3rd book. I soon found I had bought entree to a new career.

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Johanna Rothman, the "Pragmatic Manager," contends:

The true key to organizational agility is not ticketing tools or extensive planning, it’s short feedback loops!

Join us for an insightful session with Johanna Thursday at noon Pacific .

https://t.co/8DeNfT18KC

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Surprisingly, there's no federal law prohibiting making an AI fake of your voice without your consent – one prohibits impersonation of government officials & businesses, but not individuals. Join me: urge the FTC to extend these protections to all of us! https://t.co/519XOz1Oil

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There’d been no opportunity - no need - in a tiny two-person programming lab to manage. And Apple was the one other company I’d wanted to work for. The experience - at Apple and since - managing and making software development hum - has been richer than I could have imagined.

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37 years ago, I began my first management role, at Apple Computer. I left the best job of my life, to that point. I’d been programming professionally for six years in the same tiny company. I’d won my clients patents and awards. But I was curious about this management stuff.

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Trouble getting mental health insurance claims paid? https://t.co/oYLIdvzl9s

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If your standup meetings never result in change, they’re probably just status meetings. https://t.co/vYUV8cxzF2

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If your standup meetings never result in change, they’re probably just status meetings. https://t.co/vYUV8cxzF2

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The highest performance teams all have and sized and valued their project’s entire backlog. 19:56 into my talk to the Silicon Valley Product Management Association (SVPMA): “Product Managers: 16 Ways to Engage and Motivate Product Teams.” https://t.co/REFd71QUXo

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As Tim Ottinger concisely said in response to the rant that kicked off this post from Adrian Howard: Sadly, there are a lot of people who have no idea what scrum is, and have no awareness of agile beyond what they think is scrum. https://t.co/UiONkdYzB2