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The Product Manager's Contribution
Product Management

The Product Manager's Contribution

Key Takeaways from Marty Cagan's "Inspired"

  • Edwin Fig
    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 9 Jul 2024 • 2 min read
Examining one of America's Biggest Fears: TikTok and Data Privacy

Examining one of America's Biggest Fears: TikTok and Data Privacy

Newsites loves fearmongering. It gets traffic -> revenue. This past month, I've been keenly aware of the case of The United States vs TikTok. Music.lyI remember the original

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    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 2 May 2024 • 4 min read
Notes on Multilingual Parsing and its significance
Data Science

Notes on Multilingual Parsing and its significance

A universal grammar rule book that bridges language gaps.

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    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 21 Apr 2024 • 3 min read
What are the latest trends in graph data science?
Data Science

What are the latest trends in graph data science?

What are the latest trends in graph data science? Integration with Machine Learning and AI, Real-time Analytics, and much more.

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    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 4 Dec 2023 • 2 min read
How do graph databases aid in business process optimization?
Data Science

How do graph databases aid in business process optimization?

Graph databases play a pivotal role in business process optimization by leveraging the power of graph data science. This approach is highly effective in dealing with complex, interconnected data, which is common in business processes. Here's how.

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    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 16 Nov 2023 • 2 min read
AI Tools and Opportunities in 2023
Data Science

AI Tools and Opportunities in 2023

This blog post contains a summary of Andrew Ng's August 2023 Talk about AI Tools and Opportunities.

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    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 30 Sep 2023 • 2 min read
Why do machines hallucinate?
Books

Why do machines hallucinate?

Why do machines hallucinate? Answering it in a creative poetic form inspired by Sakichi Toyoda's "Five Why's". Data Fluency is paramount in this new Artificial Intelligence Information Age.

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    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 19 Aug 2023 • 5 min read
Behind the Dial Tone: A Misstep in Musical Dimensions
Lessons Learned

Behind the Dial Tone: A Misstep in Musical Dimensions

A story about that time a world-famous rapper called and wanted to speak to someone with power. And I had no clue what he was talking about.

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    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 29 Jul 2023 • 3 min read
What is a Data Platform and why does it matter?
Data Science

What is a Data Platform and why does it matter?

I asked this question to chatGPT. The work is impressive and speaks for itself. Answers ahead.

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    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 27 Dec 2022 • 13 min read
How to Maintain the Most Quality When Converting WAV to 320+ MP3

How to Maintain the Most Quality When Converting WAV to 320+ MP3

Regardless of whether you hear it or not, in all practical cases, your audio track literally loses fidelity when you convert a WAV to an MP3. There are probably other

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    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 13 Jun 2022 • 3 min read
How I Use a Mind Map to Brainstorm My Best Stories
Productivity

How I Use a Mind Map to Brainstorm My Best Stories

With all the remote work in recent times, I miss the whiteboards sometimes. But honestly, I've always hoped for better virtual whiteboards vs the real thing. I have terrible handwriting.

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    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 18 Dec 2021 • 2 min read
The Dark Souls of Product Management
Product Management

The Dark Souls of Product Management

Dark Souls is the name of one of my favorite video game series.It’s known for being brutally difficult. Your character will die. Many, many times. Get used to

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    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 31 Oct 2021 • 1 min read
Notes on Product Insights
Product Management

Notes on Product Insights

Notes on Chapter 49: Product Insights, from "Empowered: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products" by Marty Cagan, Silicon Valley Product Group. Goal: Leverage insights on few critical problems to focus on. This

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    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 30 Jun 2021 • 2 min read
5 Things I Learned About The Product Manager Interview Process at Google
Lessons Learned

5 Things I Learned About The Product Manager Interview Process at Google

I interviewed with one of the biggest tech companies in the world. Here's a retrospective and some lessons learned.

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    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 27 Jun 2021 • 7 min read
Remembering Google Reader.
Ideas

Remembering Google Reader.

Reminiscing on a piece of tech that was too powerful to remain free.

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    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 21 Mar 2021 • 1 min read
Notes on Amazon's AWS Cloud Data Services - Part 1
Data Science

Notes on Amazon's AWS Cloud Data Services - Part 1

As a Product Manager, the question I'm trying to answer now: If the business were to invest in a classic, Oracle data warehouse, what do we lose STRATEGICALLY by NOT investing in modern cloud solutions?

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    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 27 Dec 2020 • 2 min read
A framework and process for exploring new, unfamiliar data sets, using Python
Data Science

A framework and process for exploring new, unfamiliar data sets, using Python

This is an attempt to formalize the processes I use when becoming familiar with a new data set.

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    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 22 Jul 2020 • 1 min read
I'm excited about my new song
Music

I'm excited about my new song

I just finished working on a new version of one of my songs. I'm excited to share it.

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    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 9 Jun 2020 • 1 min read
What is Multivariate Data Analysis?
Books

What is Multivariate Data Analysis?

I am a Tech Product Manager, currently involved in work related to the enablement of data for fact-driven decision making.

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    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 6 Jun 2020 • 1 min read
PageSpeed Insights by Google
Technical

PageSpeed Insights by Google

I've been spending some time lately in the reporting and analysis of web application speed. Here's a few screenshots the PageSpeed Insights from my own website, for inspiration. This was

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    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 29 May 2020 • 2 min read
About This Blog
About

About This Blog

Apologies for the self-indulgence. This is branding. And a bit of storytelling.

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    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 24 May 2020 • 5 min read
The start of a knowledge graph
Data Science

The start of a knowledge graph

I’ve been researching the use-cases and technical implementation for Graph Databases lately. As a Product Manager broadly responsible for the production and distribution of data insights, the appeal of building a Knowledge Graph is instant.

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    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 5 May 2020 • 2 min read
Confluence, with Marie Kondo
Product Management

Confluence, with Marie Kondo

As companies like the one I work for prep for the new fiscal year with a new round of planning, initiatives, and outcomes, I find myself in need of a retrospective.

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    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 10 Mar 2020 • 2 min read
Pendomonium 2019 Highlights (Pendo User Behavior Analytics Conference)
Product Management

Pendomonium 2019 Highlights (Pendo User Behavior Analytics Conference)

I had the pleasure of attending Pendo’s yearly user conference in Raleigh, North Carolina.My number 1 take away from this conference, is that we can get a lot

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    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 13 Sep 2019 • 7 min read
We are all “One-Punch Man”
Productivity

We are all “One-Punch Man”

Stories. I explore stories. I’m thinking about One Punch Man after watching a few really great episodes. More specifically, I’m thinking about Saitama, the characters actual name. (So

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    Edwin Fig
Edwin Fig 7 Sep 2019 • 2 min read
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