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My favorite weekly finds

🛠️ Tools

• OpenAI's “Operator” is what we've been waiting for! An AI that can use a web browser just like you do,

• Use Brainnote as an AI thought organizer to summarize your ideas in seconds

• UPDF AI helps you chat with, summarize, and translate your PDFs (also converts them into visual mind maps) for better understanding.

• Simple AI makes phone calls on your behalf to book appointments and make reservations, then provides you with call transcripts

• Hiring.Cafe is a database of 1.6M open job postings why? coz someone got tired of Linkedin!

📰 Intelligent Insights

• Anthropic released Citations as part of its API that lets Claude now cite what claims came from what sources.

• If you're interested in the drama between Microsoft and OpenAI before Project Stargate, The Information has all the details. Another source mentioned that Stargate "doesn't really have a plan."

• Here's a detailed explainer on AI scaling laws and their future—very technical but interesting!

• Lukas Petersson believes "horizontal AI," which can be onboarded like a new coworker, will prevail over "vertical AI," unless the latter has an "absolutely exclusive" data source.

👀 ICYMI

• How to Create a Team That Owns Every Outcome (Listen or read)

• Leading Through Uncertainty: Key Strategies (Listen or read)

• Why Waiting to Make Decisions Could Be Killing Your Startup (Listen or read)

Master Your Week: A Product Manager's Guide to Time Management

Why should I care?

Raise your hand if you don’t feel busy.

Exactly—nobody’s raising their hand. As product managers, we live in the fast lane, constantly juggling tasks, timelines, and teams. There’s always more to do, and the list never ends.

Why? Because our work connects to everything.

We're always chasing something: the next feature, the next impact.

But here's the kicker: no matter how brilliant your product strategy is, it’s meaningless unless people adopt and execute it.

As Marissa Mayer said:
“Management is about embracing the fact that you will never get to the bottom of your to-do list.”

In the end, we’re only as effective as our ability to influence others.

Think about it: being great at this job isn’t about doing more; it’s about doing what matters most.

You know this—you wouldn’t be reading if you didn’t.

Let’s dive in.

Treat Tasks Like a Backlog

Here’s the secret: manage your to-do list like a product backlog.

I’ve used this method for 15 years, and it works like magic—better sleep, less stress, more clarity.

Step 1: Start with a To-Do List

It sounds simple, but let’s face it: many of us don’t have a real to-do list. To manage your tasks, you first need to write them down.

Include everything—big items like “2025 product roadmap” and small ones like “message the CEO about X.”

I personally use Trello because it’s available everywhere—on my laptop, phone, or tablet. During meetings, I can quickly add tasks or ideas as they come up.

Why? Once it’s written down, my brain can stop trying to remember it, freeing me to focus fully on the task at hand.

The key is this: get it out of your head and onto your list.

Step 2: Pick Three Focus Areas Each Week

Before the week starts, set aside 30 minutes to plan. Whether it’s Friday afternoon, Sunday night, or first thing Monday morning, don’t let the week begin without a clear focus.

Here’s how to take control of your time, step by step:

Rule #1: Pick Only Three Priorities