Group Product Manager, Apps @Economist. Previously Product Director @FT. @BBC before that. No longer giving this platform my attention. Awaiting new ownership.
Brighton, England
Joined May 2007
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James Webb retweeted
Can't say this enough; Elon Musk's menace to democracy is intolerable. He's using the largest & most influential platform in the democratic world to stoke racial conflict and civil breakdown - in his own posts & what X promotes. Democracies can no longer ignore this.
James Webb retweeted
🔓 For one day only: The Financial Times is going paywall-free. Read all of our content on FT.com for free today. Read, share and enjoy: on.ft.com/2ZVVknI #FTfreetoday
James Webb retweeted
NEW: B.1617.2 is fuelling a third wave in the UK, with not only cases but also hospital admissions rising.
Vaccines will make this wave different to those that have come before, but it remains a concern, and one that other countries will soon face.
Thread on everything we know:
James Webb retweeted
In product reviews, these questions can reveal a lot about the team's rigor:
1) How critical is this problem for customers?
2) What alternatives did you consider & reject?
3) Do we have data that helps predict how users will react?
4) How are you going to get user adoption?
James Webb retweeted
I looked at London Covid admissions today & they made me cry.
We've been admitting a medium sized hospital worth of Covid patients EVERY day for 3 weeks.
KCL hospital is one of London's largest at 950 beds.
On 6th Jan we admitted 977 Covid patients.
What have we done?
James Webb retweeted
The Financial Times, in partnership with The Brooklyn Brothers, is launching News School, a nightly education programme designed to give young people from a variety of backgrounds an opportunity to learn about the news industry: aboutus.ft.com/en-gb/announc…
James Webb retweeted
As a thank you for all the hard work of the NHS during the covid crisis, the FT is offering all NHS employees complimentary FT.com access until the end of the year. You can sign up here: subs.enterprise.ft.com/en-gb…
James Webb retweeted
Great to see @FinancialTimes is the most trusted newspaper in the UK, and one of the most trusted news brands overall.
If you don’t currently read the @FT but you’re curious to look around, you can see dozens of our free coronavirus stories here ft.com/coronavirusfree
James Webb retweeted
🚴 @stephhoughton2, @DGoughie and @TheRealKirstyG are all underway!
@RomeshRanga is talking you through #WheelsForHeroes as celebrities battle to beat @chrisfroome and raise money for charity!
📺 Watch live now on Sky Sports Arena, Main Event and Sky Sports YouTube
James Webb retweeted
On that note, if you've got kids, consider paying for some apps for them too. People will buy their kids a £5 magazine but won't pay for apps that give hours of joy and entertainment. The best products don't come free.
James Webb retweeted
There are Good Product Managers and there are Great Product Managers. There are also Okay Product Managers and Bad Product Managers, but we will focus on the Good and the Great here.
Good Product Managers, Great Product Managers, a thread:
James Webb retweeted
Love this. What a great idea perfectly pitched by Luke O'Reilly.
Q2: Copywriter Luke O'Reilly created a particularly popular social distancing poster for Guinness, an off-the-cuff spec project that wasn't associated with the brand. What are some impactful social distancing/health-centric messages you've seen, official or otherwise? #AdweekChat
James Webb retweeted
Read everything out there this morning. Still think this by the surgeon Henry Marsh is far and away the best piece on the NHS and Covid-19. And it’s free to read ft.com/content/00312c48-6e87… via @financialtimes
James Webb retweeted
Just learned Joe Wicks the trainer has two homes (one in Richmond, one in America) and is worth about £13m & let me tell you this has considerably reshaped my thoughts on jogging about the lounge like a nobhead
James Webb retweeted
I can’t overstate this:
Lombardia, Madrid & New York all on worse trajectories than Wuhan. London may be but we don’t have the data.
Wuhan remained locked down for two months.
Huge Western cities could stay locked down for months because they acted too slowly.
Here’s our newest chart, tracking death tolls in cities & regions:
• Wuhan was ground zero, but Lombardia has overtaken it as worst-hit region worldwide
• Madrid could be worse than Lombardia, and New York’s death trajectory looks steep
All charts here: ft.com/content/a26fbf7e-48f8…
James Webb retweeted
The weekend is nearly upon us, if you can't wait to put your feet up with a cup of tea, wine, whiskey on the rocks (or any drink of choice), why not check out what our Product & Tech teams are up to and the open roles we have at the FT: on.ft.com/36pklVv
