Product manager @JetBrains, based in 🇳🇱 Rotterdam • speaker, writer, and musician • blogs software product management/design/development at https://hilton.org.uk/blog/https://bsky.app/profile/hilton.org.ukhttps://bsky.app/profile/hilton.org.uk/post/3muz35q7lsc2qThe return of the business paperback: e-readers win on convenience, until they don’t #management #booksky https://hilton.org.uk/blog/business-paperbacks08 Sep 2026 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:7tfy5ct372hifvu2isx5iwqs/app.bsky.feed.post/3muz35q7lsc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/hilton.org.uk/post/3mumdgnk5ry25The two genres of wholesome Japanese fiction: 1. cats 2. bookshops #booksky03 Sep 2026 11:21 +0000at://did:plc:7tfy5ct372hifvu2isx5iwqs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumdgnk5ry25https://bsky.app/profile/hilton.org.uk/post/3muhi2dowpk2zBook review: Reinventing organizations (illustrated): a different kind of business book for a different kind of business #booksky #review https://hilton.org.uk/blog/reinventing-organizations-illustrated-review01 Sep 2026 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:7tfy5ct372hifvu2isx5iwqs/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhi2dowpk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/hilton.org.uk/post/3mtva5j3ny22pMackerel & lentil curry: a tasty store-cupboard recipe #cooking https://hilton.org.uk/blog/mackerel-curry25 Aug 2026 06:51 +0000at://did:plc:7tfy5ct372hifvu2isx5iwqs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtva5j3ny22phttps://bsky.app/profile/hilton.org.uk/post/3mtehq5piwk2vRead fiction before sleeping: wholesome relaxation that won’t keep you up at night #booksky https://hilton.org.uk/blog/read-before-sleeping18 Aug 2026 14:51 +0000at://did:plc:7tfy5ct372hifvu2isx5iwqs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtehq5piwk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/hilton.org.uk/post/3mt4xhc2zgk2lI just read a list of symptoms of insomnia. They’re a real wake-up call. 🙃 https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/insomnia/15 Aug 2026 15:11 +0000at://did:plc:7tfy5ct372hifvu2isx5iwqs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt4xhc2zgk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/hilton.org.uk/post/3mssooaax4225Shipping container community libraries: librarymaxxing for philanthropists #booksky https://hilton.org.uk/blog/community-libraries11 Aug 2026 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:7tfy5ct372hifvu2isx5iwqs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mssooaax4225https://bsky.app/profile/hilton.org.uk/post/3msarbmmzok2gShipping container library capacity: booksmaxxing by numbers #booksky https://hilton.org.uk/blog/container-capacity04 Aug 2026 10:06 +0000at://did:plc:7tfy5ct372hifvu2isx5iwqs/app.bsky.feed.post/3msarbmmzok2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/hilton.org.uk/post/3mrow4mijsc2vShipping container library layout: bookcasemaxxing by numbers #books https://hilton.org.uk/blog/container-layout28 Jul 2026 07:45 +0000at://did:plc:7tfy5ct372hifvu2isx5iwqs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrow4mijsc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/hilton.org.uk/post/3mr57nn2vkk2oA shipping container library: building a personal library that you don’t have space for #books https://hilton.org.uk/blog/container-library21 Jul 2026 06:47 +0000at://did:plc:7tfy5ct372hifvu2isx5iwqs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr57nn2vkk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/hilton.org.uk/post/3mqz2vknmro2rWhat’s the collective noun for ISO intermodal (shipping) containers? 🙃19 Jul 2026 15:11 +0000at://did:plc:7tfy5ct372hifvu2isx5iwqs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqz2vknmro2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/hilton.org.uk/post/3mqlsp3ke5s2eBook review: Isaac Newton, James Gleick’s story of renaissance philosophy and mathematics #book https://hilton.org.uk/blog/isaac-newton14 Jul 2026 08:40 +0000at://did:plc:7tfy5ct372hifvu2isx5iwqs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqlsp3ke5s2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/hilton.org.uk/post/3mq2xxc5lmc27The metrics trap: analysis paralysis for product managers #product https://hilton.org.uk/blog/analysis-paralysis07 Jul 2026 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:7tfy5ct372hifvu2isx5iwqs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq2xxc5lmc27https://bsky.app/profile/hilton.org.uk/post/3mpgstme4zs2yExperimentation vs optimisation: an development team partition thought experiment #management https://hilton.org.uk/blog/experimentation-optimisation29 Jun 2026 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:7tfy5ct372hifvu2isx5iwqs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpgstme4zs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/hilton.org.uk/post/3mog5q2jtfk24From the archive: ‘Business Class or Economy? … I suspect that many programmers do not understand the value of a flight that may cost the same as an economy flight plus the cost of the latest development workstation’ #product https://blog.lunatech.com/posts/2007-01-31-business-class-or-economy16 Jun 2026 15:51 +0000at://did:plc:7tfy5ct372hifvu2isx5iwqs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mog5q2jtfk24https://bsky.app/profile/hilton.org.uk/post/3mog4pvj7lc2qThe book club problem: getting your colleagues to read your favourite book #reading #books hilton.org.uk/blog/book-club https://hilton.org.uk/blog/book-club16 Jun 2026 15:33 +0000at://did:plc:7tfy5ct372hifvu2isx5iwqs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mog4pvj7lc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/hilton.org.uk/post/3mocvel5ps22j#TypoOfTheDay Technical debth15 Jun 2026 08:44 +0000at://did:plc:7tfy5ct372hifvu2isx5iwqs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mocvel5ps22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/hilton.org.uk/post/3mo6bl2rhe224Startup idea: solve the problem of everyone (who reads books) knowing which books their colleagues should read, but not knowing how to get them to read them. For example, launch Book Club as a Service: wholesome cloud and consulting services for the literate workforce.13 Jun 2026 12:39 +0000at://did:plc:7tfy5ct372hifvu2isx5iwqs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo6bl2rhe224https://bsky.app/profile/hilton.org.uk/post/3mnwvjym3rm2lAnother reason why software development teams need technical writers: [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jun 2026 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:7tfy5ct372hifvu2isx5iwqs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnwvjym3rm2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/hilton.org.uk/post/3mncsctt6sk26Talk to other team members more: trading efficiency against richer collaboration #product hilton.org.uk/blog/talk-more https://hilton.org.uk/blog/talk-more02 Jun 2026 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:7tfy5ct372hifvu2isx5iwqs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mncsctt6sk26https://bsky.app/profile/hilton.org.uk/post/3mn5sprfric24When developers using an HTTP API want both API docs and an OpenAPI Description, is that because they want them for two different use cases, or because there are two different developers, who work differently? #API31 May 2026 14:48 +0000at://did:plc:7tfy5ct372hifvu2isx5iwqs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn5sprfric24https://bsky.app/profile/hilton.org.uk/post/3mn43vlpcnk2pStartup idea: solve the problem of mangled satnav pronunciation in other countries, e.g. with national place name pronunciation packs30 May 2026 22:27 +0000at://did:plc:7tfy5ct372hifvu2isx5iwqs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn43vlpcnk2p