Everything is a Product

Chasing vs. Running: The Source of Our Drive

🏗 Frameworks for Everything 🏗

Sep 4 • 

Connor Joyce

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July 2025

Scaling Joy: Designing a Party Like a Product

Takeaway: Treating a party like a product, complete with a purpose, metrics, user personas, and iterative development, turned a personal passion into a…

Jul 30 • 

Connor Joyce

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Not Everything Should Be Automated

In a time when AI is swallowing tasks at lightning speed, the biggest risk isn’t falling behind, it’s automating the wrong things.

Jul 2 • 

Connor Joyce

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June 2025

Designing Your People Stack

Just like products have user segments, our lives are filled with different types of connections, some deep, others brief but impactful.

Jun 19 • 

Connor Joyce

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A Framework for the Hardest Decisions: Financials, Feelings, and Peace of Mind

Starting next week, Everything Is a Product will shift to a bi-weekly cadence.

Jun 5 • 

Connor Joyce

May 2025

What Are You Optimizing For?

Holiday week threw me off, I thought today was Wednesday 🙃

May 29 • 

Connor Joyce

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Designing for Discomfort: Growth Lessons from AI, Markets, and Fitness

Growth isn’t something that happens when you feel ready.

May 21 • 

Connor Joyce

When the System Reveals Itself: Moments of Insight in Work, Travel, and Community

It’s easy to assume progress comes from pushing harder, more features, more output, more hustle.

May 7 • 

Connor Joyce

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April 2025

Deprecating the Past to Build What's Next

Note before the start: First off, I was nominated for a big product award.

Apr 30 • 

Connor Joyce

Lessons from the Road to Rishikesh

I'm writing this from the backseat of a sedan, somewhere between Delhi and Rishikesh, India.

Apr 23 • 

Connor Joyce

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The Subtle Art of Showing Up Differently

Every day offers a chance to experiment: whether with how you show up in a room, how you handle tough asks, or how you bring ideas to life through…

Apr 16 • 

Connor Joyce

Clarity Through Grief, Connection Through Curiosity

Sometimes the best design work we do isn’t about what we build… it’s about what we’re willing to let go of.

Apr 9 • 

Connor Joyce