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Conor Dewey

@cdeweyx

Scattered ideas on building things

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✍️ New blog post It's that time of the year when I reflect on another trip around the sun. These are the ideas and principles that I'm leaning on most: conordewey.com/blog/27-princ…
27 Principles for 27 Years | Conor Dewey

27 Principles for 27 Years | Conor Dewey

It’s that time of the year where I reflect on another trip around the sun. I’m turning 27 years old and unsurprisingly I don’t feel different than I did yesterday. But if I turn the clock back a year...

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✍️ New blog post One aspect of product management that has given me trouble over the last 1.5 years is shaping more ambiguous projects. This is the imperfect playbook that I'm working with now. conordewey.com/blog/ambiguou…
How to Navigate Ambiguous Projects | Conor Dewey

How to Navigate Ambiguous Projects | Conor Dewey

Product management can be a frustratingly broad field. There are a seemingly endless number of mental "muscles" to train at any given time. From strategy to research to prioritization to execution...

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✍️ New blog post First one in a long time! It feels good to get back to writing. Here's my fashionably late annual review: conordewey.com/blog/2022-yea…
2022 Year in Review | Conor Dewey

2022 Year in Review | Conor Dewey

Happy new year! It’s time for another annual review in which I look back on how the last 365 days turned out for me. I'll follow a similar structure as last year's review with these two prompts...

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🔗 Oversimplified: Volume 135 • Meditations on time • Comparing yourself to others • Top of mind principles conor.substack.com/p/oversim…
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✍️ New blog post Each year my birthday comes around I write up the ideas that are most top of mind. Always telling to see how these evolve over time. conordewey.com/blog/26-princ…
26 Principles for 26 Years | Conor Dewey

26 Principles for 26 Years | Conor Dewey

Another birthday has come and gone. On paper, things look similar to where I was last year. Mentally, things feel much different. There are things that gnaw at me of course, but I’m more content than...

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I never thought I would watch 50+ episodes of Charmed but my gym has other ideas every morning
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🔗 Oversimplified: Volume 134 • Life as a solo developer • B2B growth experimentation • Reverse job postings conor.substack.com/p/oversim…
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Some light Friday reading to chew on. I've always liked "listicles" but associated them with low-value ideas. Maybe they aren't so bad after all. dynomight.net/lists/
How I learned to stop worrying and structure all writing as a list

How I learned to stop worrying and structure all writing as a list

We like lists because they are an objectively good way to organize information. They allow readers to quickly and easily get what they want.

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✍️ I wrote up some thoughts on the self-serve analytics building blocks that exist today, and what's next conordewey.com/blog/analytic…
Self-Serve Analytics Building Blocks: A Spectrum | Conor Dewey

Self-Serve Analytics Building Blocks: A Spectrum | Conor Dewey

Self-serve analytics is a tough game to win at. Lots of companies aspire to “do self-serve” in order to reduce the load on their analytics and data science teams, but few succeed. This doesn’t mean...

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Blog posts being described as "blogs" is what keeps me up at night
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🔗 Oversimplified: Volume 129 • Digital nomad reflections • Why life can't be simpler • Faster analytics conor.substack.com/p/oversim…
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I suspect one day I will get tired of Trader Joes frozen meals but I can't see that day coming anytime soon
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✍️ I wrote up some reflections on 6 months digital nomading and signing a lease in nyc conordewey.com/blog/digital-…
6 Months Digital Nomading: A Review | Conor Dewey

6 Months Digital Nomading: A Review | Conor Dewey

In the wake of the pandemic, more and more people have opted to go the digital nomad route. I find that everyone’s experience is a little different, so hearing others’ perspectives is valuable...

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🔗 Oversimplified: Volume 128 • The power of momentum • Heuristics that almost work • Data team red flags conor.substack.com/p/oversim…
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Notion dark mode just got... darker? I'm in the middle of writing a doc and can't finish it because my brain is now broken
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Highlights from Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman conordewey.com/blog/surely-y…
Notes on Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman | Conor Dewey

Notes on Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman | Conor Dewey

Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman recounts the experiences of Richard Feynman, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist with endless stories of academic and non-academic adventures...

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Data modeling is *so* much more therapeutic than building out visualizations/dashboards
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I’m gonna drink so much tap water when I’m back in new york
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I had a book about the seven wonders of the world that I used to love growing up… Not a bad way to spend a Saturday – at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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