Taking Time to Recharge
This week, I took some time off for the holidays, but it hasn’t exactly been restful. Between holiday activities, spending time with family, and keeping up with regular responsibilities, it’s felt like a non-stop marathon. It’s Saturday now, and I’ve decided to make today about doing absolutely nothing. As I write this, I’m watching the Chargers play the Patriots. They’re
Humans with AI Will Shape the Future
TL;DR: AI is transforming the way we work, helping me streamline tasks like writing Jira tickets, summarizing interviews, and crafting strategy docs. While it may replace certain jobs, it’s also creating new opportunities. The key isn’t to fear AI but to embrace it, master it, and use it as a tool to amplify creativity and human insight. Humans with AI
Letting Go in Life and Work
Letting go is hard. In less than 30 days, I’m expecting a baby boy. At the same time, I’m in the thick of building a new product for my users at GoDaddy. There’s so much I want to accomplish, but the reality is that time—especially my time—is limited. Last week, I met with my team to review where the product
Is Googling Really for Old People? A Shift in How We Design for Discovery
This week, I came across an article titled “Googling Is for Old People”, and it hit close to home. The premise is simple but profound: younger users are moving away from traditional search engines like Google in favor of visually-driven platforms like TikTok and Instagram to discover content. For web designers and developers, this shift demands a rethinking of how
Leveraging AI for Faster Ideation with Magic Patterns
This week, I’ve been diving into a new tool that’s reshaping how I approach the product design process: Magic Patterns. It’s an AI-powered design assistant that takes problems and turns them into visualized ideas in seconds. For someone like me, constantly balancing creativity, technology, and product management, it’s been a game-changer in helping me move from problem to idea to
Turning Problems into Customer Value
This week, I’ve been diving deep into Teresa Torres’ Continuous Discovery Habits, a book packed with actionable strategies for breaking down complex problems, working iteratively, and delivering customer value. Two exercises, in particular, have stuck with me: story mapping and assumption mapping. Story Mapping: Simplicity Is Harder Than It Looks One of the exercises in the book challenges you to
Welcome to the Blog: A Journey Through Creativity, Tech, and Life
Hi there! 👋 I’m Justin Nealey, and I’m thrilled to have you here. If you’re reading this, it means you’ve stumbled upon my little corner of the internet—a space where I’ll be sharing weekly insights from my journey as a Principal Product Manager at GoDaddy, a freelance web designer, a hobby photographer, and a lifelong lover of tech and video
Justin Nealey
Principal Product Manager at GoDaddy
My space where creativity meets technology, and every week brings a new chapter.