Mike Hales

Product Management, design, content & music

  • The Defiant Ones

    Ah, the story behind Dr Dre and Jimmy Iovine. Been planning to watch this for a while, but busy busy with the chatbot world. Thankfully, Christmas brings break time and so I’m neck deep in books, film and tv, I want to catch up on. I only really knew the headlines to their stories. Springsteen, […]

    Mike Hales

    December 26, 2018
    Stuff
  • The War of Art by Steven Pressfield

    Starts so well I’d heard about this book many times, with it often being cited as a great guide on creativity. For the first 2/3, I was in full absorb mode, fascinated, highlighting passages and nodding to myself but then god, angels, muses and mysticism. Sorry, lost me at that point. I’ve taken a good […]

    Mike Hales

    October 20, 2018
    Stuff
  • Conversation as a UI

    Really enjoyed Conversational Design by Erika Hall, it illustrated very clearly how digital design, in order to be truly personal, has to be relatable. It’s also the new frontier. If you’re still focused on optimizing keywords and navigation, it might pay to step back and look at the holisitic picture of the journey and how […]

    Mike Hales

    April 15, 2018
    Stuff
  • Been too long

    For someone so embedded in the digital world, it’s a shame I’ve left this so long. As I’m embarking on a new journey into ai, thought it a good time to start a new chapter. Been doing a lot of reading and would recommend Scrum: a Breathtakingly Brief and Agile Introduction by Chris Sims & […]

    Mike Hales

    March 31, 2018
    Stuff
  • Jony Ive on Apple Park and his unique, minimalist W* cover

    Mike Hales

    November 12, 2017
    Stuff
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