An introduction

I'm a product management junkie.  I've launched several startups of my own and consulted with many times more.  Making a real impact on users motivates me first and foremost.  One of the first pitches I ever made (when I was still a teenager, no less) was to Bill Gates.

I have the pleasure of working on two products with staggeringly large userbases right now- Google Book Search and Pidgin.  I am attempting to improve the relationship of Pidgin with its users, and will often blog about this.  

My roots also start in engineering.  I both design and build many of the things I work on.

The question I want to answer: What does it take to an idea from nothing to success, and to get others to buy in along the way?

I want this blog to reflect that.  It will have a heavy dosage of musing about product issues, with a sprinkling of entrepeneurship and engineering.

I don't intend on maintaining any sort of regular posting schedule, but I will certainly write whenever I have some stroke of inspiration.

This is a personal blog, and my writings do not reflect the opinions of my employers.