Jan 6, 2021Are you building an Android or an iPhone?The One Question Every Product Manager should be able to answer: Are you building an Android or an iPhone? Target audience: Everyone involved in making a digital product. Or a physical one for that matter. In a previous post I discussed the practicality of using a hybrid Waterfall/Agile approach to…Product Management6 min readProduct Management6 min read
Jan 6, 2021Sometimes all you need is Waterfall AgilityTarget Audience: Product Managers, Project Managers, Individuals with higher than normal Openness to Experience. This is a post on how to build products, but as all groundbreaking historical moments, it must begin with a story. …Product Management5 min readProduct Management5 min read
Nov 10, 2020Our Day to Day ToolsSo during the run of intajy.com we came to pick up a couple of tools (30+) which we use to manage the day to day of the operations. I figured it would help some of you planning to start something get an idea of what the scope looks like from one angle. The presentation in PDF format here https://bit.ly/3peewF4 It’s worth mentioning each developer has a list almost as long as this for the internal tools he/she uses to manage their routine. Same applies to the content professionals, designers…etc.Tools1 min readTools1 min read
Nov 8, 2020مودعاً إنتاجي لرحلة جديدةمن يعرفني أكثر من شهر من الزمن ربما بلغه بعضاً من شغفي (المزعج أحيانا) عن التعليم والتعليم الالكتروني بالتحديد، وربما سمع عن مشروع أسسته مع أروع كوكبة من المهندسين في العالم العربي، بل وربما في العالم اجمع. لمن لا يعرف نسختي من قصة إنتاجي، فلقد فاتته وانتهت مرحلة مهمة منها…شخصی6 min readشخصی6 min read
Published inContent as a Second Language·Mar 19, 2014التنمية المستدامة للمحتوى الرقمي العربي البنّاءكيف نخلق انظمة ومنصات واقعية لاثراء المحتوى الرقمي العربي بشكل مستدام — لطالما سمعت عن المشكلة الحقيقية التي تواجه العرب (أو المتحدثين باللغة العربية) لمن لديه حساسية تجاه المعاني القومية للكلمة. …2 min read2 min read
Published inContent as a Second Language·Oct 3, 2013The Three R’sResearch, Research, and Research — This is the first post in a series I’ve decided to create to document the chronicles of the lessons I hope to learn over the next couple of months as I embark on creating (within the village of supporters I work with) a content based business in the Gulf Cooperation…2 min read2 min read
Sep 24, 2013Hard Work Can Backfire if You Can’t Track How Hard It WasLearning to measure performance is more important than learning to perform — I had a challenge recently at work where I came to conclusion the endless hours I had invested over the past 18 months might have actually turned out to not only be a waste of time, but a sign of my incompetence. So I set out one weekend, asking permission…1 min read1 min read
Sep 24, 2013You’re Not Lost Until You Can’t Find Your MapEvery journey should start with a clear beginning, and a clear destination — I remember delivering a course over a 3 week period to a group of programmers in the Middle East. The topic was hard, the lab exercises challenging but being the amazing trainer I believe myself to be it would be a breeze. But as days passed I noticed fatigue signs…1 min read1 min read
Sep 24, 2013Training the TrainersWhy it’s so terrifying to train the vets — How old you look is a very tricky ‘tell’ in the training industry. You don’t believe me? Well try walking into a room where you’re the youngest there expected to deliver training on a technology every else is a veteran in. Yeah, it’s scarier than it sounds. I can say…2 min read2 min read
Sep 24, 2013Training to a Foreign AudienceTraining English Content to Non-English Speakers — “The first pillar of Object Oriented Programming is Encapsulation” is what I decided to start my session on programming with C#.NET, a Microsoft developed programming language to a group of Arabic speaking trainees…Their reaction, wasn't understanding. To the majority of the English speaking population of the planet that first sentence…2 min read2 min read
