I'm Will Dearman. I speak data.
If you have real world experience around software development, you know that a good feature spec (a.k.a. business requirement, feature specification, agile story) is essential to getting achieving your desired result. Unfortunately, many data requirements, if they are written at all, are unclear and imprecise. Often … Continue reading6 qualities of a great data spec
Each time I start a new project I end up re-learning how to get Django running inside Docker. I’ve noticed that each time I seem to do it differently, too. This makes it hard to come back to a finish a project after weeks or … Continue readingQuick guide to get Django and Postges running in Docker on MacOS
Trust is one of those things that is expensive to build, difficult to quantify, and impossible to attribute. Clearly, you have some, or you would never make a sale. So why should you make it a priority? In business, trust is about setting and meeting … Continue reading3 reasons why product managers should focus on customer trust
A recent Quartz article included Possible‘s culture deck, and it is inspiring. When you have the time, it is worth a read. Possible’s For-Impact Culture Code from Camille Ricketts As I start envisioning a new venture, inspiring culture decks like this one make me wonder … Continue readingCulture Deck of Possible Health
In general, your best weapon against these monsters is determination. Even though we usually use one word for it, determination is really two separate things: resilience and drive. Resilience keeps you from being pushed backwards. Drive moves you forwards. What Goes Wrong – Founders at … Continue readingThe best weapon
The Atlantic (which I absolutely love), posted their opinion of Jet Blue’s All You Can Jet pass, which suggested that it was designed for business travelers among other things. As much as I love them, I think The Atlantic got it completely wrong. I posted the comment below, but I … Continue readingJet Blue’s Strategy Behind the All You Can Jet Pass
You may have heard about JetBlue’s “All You Can Jet” promotion. You may have thought, “I could do that, but I don’t know where I’d go.” You are not thinking *strategically*! As you may know from reading Chris Guillebeau’s blog, Art of Nonconformity, the world … Continue readingHow To Book an Awesome Travel Itinerary
If you are like me, you are ready to jump into the constructing the financial model, but DO NOT IGNORE THIS POST! I guarantee that it will take you more than twice as long and you will make twice as many mistakes if you do … Continue readingFinancial Modeling: Excel Best Practices
I’m a big fan of books. You may know how much I love my RSS feeds, but I love books at least ten times more. For all of the incredible information on the internet, there are some things you just cannot learn online [yet]. When … Continue readingBooks I’m Reading: August 2009
Merlin Mann’s Inbox Zero philosophy is great and why can best be summed up when he says, “It feels great to suck less.” Think about all of those old email messages that you never dealt with; you will eventually delete them, but until you do … Continue readingInbox Zero