{"id":893,"slug":"ford-paul","name":"Ford, Paul","type":"person","created_at":"2026-08-08T04:38:51.155900+00:00","hidden":0,"aliases":[],"episodes":[{"id":"fdfb414d-2577-405c-8e5d-cb98b145a0eb","slug":"s19e02-for-informational-purposes-product-management-is-hard","subject":"s19e02: For Informational Purposes; Product management is hard, a reminder; Shadow IT","title":"For Informational Purposes; Product management is hard, a reminder; Shadow IT","publish_date":"2024-10-09T19:07:47.715237+00:00","year":2024,"month":10,"season":19,"episode":2,"episode_label":"s19e02","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s19e02-for-informational-purposes-product-management-is-hard/","is_premium":0,"word_count":926,"context":" … August 2024\n↩︎\n\nThe Web Is a Customer Service Medium (Ftrain.com)\n(\narchive.is\n), <mark>Paul Ford</mark>, ftrain.com, 6 January 2011\n↩︎\n\nNo Captain, We Have Not Illegally Installed Starlink … ","reading_minutes":5},{"id":"5a1f0098-1098-4974-a6a9-0d7e0cca7a0b","slug":"s06e09-whats-the-target","subject":"s06e09: What’s the target?","title":"What’s the target?","publish_date":"2018-10-10T00:00:00+00:00","year":2018,"month":10,"season":6,"episode":9,"episode_label":"s06e09","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s06e09-whats-the-target/","is_premium":0,"word_count":5623,"context":" … talk about addiction and distraction? 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And as ever, send me notes.\n\n\n\nBest,\n\n\n\nDan","reading_minutes":7},{"id":"cb0d436c-ad7e-41fd-af42-4d7446742472","slug":"episode-one-hundred-and-forty-eight-better-days","subject":"Episode One Hundred and Forty Eight: Better Days","title":"Better Days","publish_date":"2014-08-22T00:00:00+00:00","year":2014,"month":8,"season":null,"episode":148,"episode_label":"episode 148","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/episode-one-hundred-and-forty-eight-better-days/","is_premium":0,"word_count":1380,"context":" … I kicked myself this morning when I read <mark>Paul Ford</mark>'s piece on Medium in the GE-sponsored What's Next section. It's a mildly satirical Day … ","reading_minutes":7}]}