Product person. Lately, also building things on the side.

Group Product Manager, currently leading ecommerce platform modernisation. This portfolio collects my personal projects and writing.

Selected work

About

Group Product Manager by day. Having heaps of fun shipping personal projects in my spare time. Most of them are apps just for me, solving annoyances I've been carrying around for years.

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Build log

  • Shared code libraries

    Analytics scripts that blockers stopped now load

    Session replay and click tracking on the site were being blocked and silently dropped. They now load, so visits are recorded again.

  • Remind me later

    The app now stays a tidy column on wide screens

    On a computer the app used to stretch edge to edge; it now holds a centred, phone-width column so it stays easy to read.

  • This portfolio

    The site now has a build log, updated every day

    Case study pages also got sharper screenshots, a realistic text-message example and cleaner spacing, and the-weekly case study came off the public site.

  • Storymap

    Logged a batch of dependency updates to review

    A tracking note was added for a pending update of 30 npm packages, so the review isn't forgotten.

  • Behind the scenes

    Sharper phone screenshots on the site

    Screenshots in the project carousel are captured to fit their frame exactly, so they stay crisp instead of soft on every display.

  • Design system

    Two new pieces for lists of optional things

    Shared list pieces can now mark a row as something you could add rather than something owed, built for the planner's new habit zone.

  • Remind me later

    Log a habit straight from Today

    The separate habit picker is gone, and a repeating task or habit can now be moved to another day by a text message.

  • This portfolio

    The storymap case study now shows the real tool

    Placeholder blocks are replaced with captures of the live tool, the mobile screenshots read larger, and the live link now says Try it.

  • Storymap

    Saved edits to a board now show up straight away

    Signed-in editors could save a board and still see a version up to four hours old. Their browser now always shows the latest.

  • Behind the scenes

    Dependency updates now arrive checked and in one place

    Version bumps for the sites now show up as a plain-English card to approve, with a check that says whether the update is safe.