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Re: 2019 Boston Marathon - 4:31:32

Andrea Hill (afhill) — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 15:34:46 -0000

Sounds like an awesome Boston, and an awesome birthday!
My old running group used to always say that Boston is the reward: you have nothing to prove on the course. It sounds like you had a blast, and really made Nicole's day. Isn't that part of why we all do this?

Thanks for sharing your story - looking forward to more!

Re: Anthology of Mute Buttons in Voice Chat Apps

Andrea Hill (afhill) — Sun, 07 Apr 2019 05:32:09 -0000

Not to mention, Skype for Business and Lync are different. Depending on which Outlook extension my coworkers use, I have different experiences all as "Skype"

Re: UX Research 101 - Lesson 1

Andrea Hill (afhill) — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 11:39:38 -0000

This problem seems to be getting worse, because a lot of the Lean startup literature advises people to "solve your own problem". So you end up with extremely niche solutions that then can't scale.

Re: Google bets on part-time work for full-time awesome

Andrea Hill (afhill) — Sat, 11 Feb 2017 06:26:19 -0000

I look forward to this time! It makes a lot of sense, especially in this era of automation and increased productivity.

Re: sxsw-panelpicker-logo PanelPicker®

Andrea Hill (afhill) — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 08:17:24 -0000

David knows his stuff and is a commanding presenter. If your workplace is evolving with younger employees (and which isn't), check this session out.

Re: Taking My Running Up to Another Level

Andrea Hill (afhill) — Thu, 26 May 2016 20:14:42 -0000

Nice! I've heard great things about that race. I just checked off Oregon with Eugene a few weeks ago, so I'll just have to watch for your review!

Re: Taking My Running Up to Another Level

Andrea Hill (afhill) — Thu, 26 May 2016 20:08:22 -0000

Excited to read you thinking about a marathon again! When I talked to you at Denver startup week last September and you mentioned you weren't training for them at that time, I felt a sense of loss for you. Is it too early to ask what specific race may be next?
-Andrea "40 marathons and counting" Hill

Re: Invisible interfaces and big honking headsets: SxSW 2016 wrap-up

Andrea Hill (afhill) — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 15:09:26 -0000

Thanks! It was a really exciting show, I already can't wait til next year!

Re: Announcing our Inside Intercom World Tour

Andrea Hill (afhill) — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 13:46:36 -0000

Denver please!!

Re: Trello Vs Sprintly, Blossom.io, Jira As an Agile Scrum Management Tool

Andrea Hill (afhill) — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 10:09:38 -0000

Have you tried Pivotal Tracker? How do you think it compares?

Re: Don’t Just Facilitate, Create: The 6 Guidelines of Product at Buffer

Andrea Hill (afhill) — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 12:45:11 -0000

This offers some great insight into the Product Creator role at Buffer, thanks! I especially liked the "would/wouldn't" distinctions. In my career I've evolved from front-end dev to customer researcher to product marketing manager and it's fun to look at a list like this and recognize "I can do all those things, but on a great team, I wouldn't have to!'

Jim - what's your FAVORITE part of the job? What's the part that you most struggle with?

Thanks for the article!

Re: What to do when you get back in to the building - making sense of qualitative data

Andrea Hill (afhill) — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 00:11:03 -0000

Hi Paul, I came across this post from Twitter, and glad I did! You've focused in on a big black hole related to customer discovery: the actual surfacing of insights.

I have an audacious goal to develop an AI system that help with some of your stages listed above. For example, 'coding' and 'clustering' could be done by tracking off known concepts and accounting for frequency.

I would LOVE to connect with you, either verbally or via email to get your thoughts. I know we're headed into the holidays, but I'd love to set up some time? I'll follow you on twitter and hopefully we can exchange info there.

Re: Buffer in October: $7.8M Annual Revenue, Pablo 2.0 Launch, Customer Happiness at 95%

Andrea Hill (afhill) — Fri, 27 Nov 2015 09:43:04 -0000

Wow, so curious about the switch from Squiggle to Zoom. I figured that Squiggle was good b/c it was basically like presence and it made it easy for ad-hoc gatherings. Zoom seems to be more like "traditional" video/web conferencing (if such a thing can be said to exist). What prompted the change?

Re: The Joys and Benefits of Working as a Distributed Team

Andrea Hill (afhill) — Fri, 27 Nov 2015 09:40:32 -0000

(I'm not a buffer employee, but here's my thoughts on the difference)

Hangouts is good for "ok, at 10am let's all get on this hangout and be fully engaged. Here is the link to the hangout". Squiggle is more like unified communications with presence, where you can pull together the people you want to meet with at any moment. It seems more like how we meet in person in an office, with ad-hoc gatherings.

Re: SXSW PanelPicker

Andrea Hill (afhill) — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 14:53:10 -0000

Thanks Kelsey!

Re: SXSW PanelPicker

Andrea Hill (afhill) — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 12:53:32 -0000

Thanks for the comment, Daniel! I agree with you completely - too often we are paralyzed by fear or embarassment. One of my favorite quotes is "what would you do if you knew you could not fail?". In this presentation, I hope to help those straddling the lines between corporate product manager and startup founder find their own community and strength therein.

Hope to see you in March!

Re: SXSW PanelPicker

Andrea Hill (afhill) — Mon, 10 Aug 2015 15:00:10 -0000

Excited to propose this topic and share my experience working on www.ubimeet.com ! Please note: my cat Tobey will NOT be part of the presentation (if you watch the video, you'll note him trying to make an appearance)

Re: Joining Conference Calls By Pressing One Button

Andrea Hill (afhill) — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 10:02:51 -0000

Hm, it sounds like a feature we've offered on the ReadyTalk app for at least a year now. (https://www.readytalk.com/b... Is it that mobileday is platform-agnostic that it's interesting to you?

Re: Blog Series: The Future of Work Experiment

Andrea Hill (afhill) — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 16:23:06 -0000

So cool! I cant wait to hear about the adventures Paul and Jesse have. It's great to think that the answer to "work or live" can be 'both'!

Re: SXSW PanelPicker

Andrea Hill (afhill) — Fri, 22 Aug 2014 11:55:36 -0000

I attended this session last year and I was disappointed to find it was really an advertisement for Epson. Wouldn't recommend it.

Re: But don't all those management books say the same thing? - engineering | ReadyTalk

Andrea Hill (afhill) — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 10:40:05 -0000

So... what's the last book you read, and what's up next?

Re: The Right Way to Prep Your Webinar Guest

Andrea Hill (afhill) — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 16:40:50 -0000

Great post - this should be shared with everyone who hosts webinars!
Having a consistent slide deck is SO important - although I think it can be one of the most time-consuming and stressful parts of co-presenting a session.

Webinar hosts may often think that the speaker doesn't want to be bothered beforehand, but it actually eases concerns if you have a dry run first, or at least let people know any specifics about the platform you're using! I was accustomed to sharing my desktop when I presented, and then once when I guest-spoke they pre-loaded my slides and it just took a few moments to orient myself. It's always nice to get that out of the way BEFORE the participants log in... :-)

Re: Audio Conferencing on the Go: New Mobile App - Michelle Nikolayevsky's ReadyTalk Blog | ReadyTalk

Andrea Hill (afhill) — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 11:16:41 -0000

Love the app! I have a mental block in remembering numbers (I transpose digits) so this app has been a lifesaver!

Re: What If Everyone Saw This Facebook Status?

Andrea Hill (afhill) — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:20:25 -0000

So what's the next step? What's the call to action?

Re: http://puravidaclub.tumblr.com/post/4043093557

Andrea Hill (afhill) — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:53:31 -0000

I just joined Pura Vida, and I love it! So far I've been impressed with the yoga classes, the personal trainers, and the overall atmosphere. Can't wait to experience SpaVital to really get a sense of everything the club has to offer.