UX Manager - @opensearchproj | @awscloud (Tweets are my opinion, not from AWS). Been around a minute. Gone places. Seen things.
Joined February 2009
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Alternate accounts: Instagram and tumblr: kgcreative - also hello @ kevingarcia.me - if this platform survives, amazing, but otherwise, know you’ve been my secret crush all along ❤️
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28 Sep 2023
#Aryn is out of stealth. We raised a $7.5M seed from #Factory, #8VC, and others. We released a new #conversational #search stack for unstructured enterprise data. It’s powered by #LLMs, #OpenSearch, and #Sycamore, and all 100% Apache-v2. blog.aryn.ai/ #GenAI #dataprep.
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Kevin Garcia retweeted
12 May 2023
New blog of how @JaegerTracing and @OpenSearchProj can be paired together. Choice is the key. Good example of collaboration across @AWSOpen and @CloudNativeFdn communities. #bestofbothworlds
11 May 2023
How OpenSearch Visualizes Jaeger’s Distributed Tracing bit.ly/44Jrhwa by @jkowall and Derek Ho #OpenSearch #Jaeger #DistributedTracing
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Kevin Garcia retweeted
27 Apr 2023
If you are using open source software, we would like to know more about how you use it to meet your needs. By answering a simple question, you can check if you qualify for the survey! buff.ly/3Hdqt8J #opensource #opensourcesoftware #research
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Kevin Garcia retweeted
16 Mar 2023
Asking our users to design solutions - "what features would you like us to build?" - is an awful idea.
Asking their managers - "what features should we build for your teams?" - is an even worse idea.
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21 Aug 2020
Linear roadmaps are misleading without a crystal ball for seeing the future. A roadmap that recognizes the existence of risk as time goes on is more honest. But an effective PM needs to anticipate possible branches, too - and create clear criteria for following each path.
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I often find that this is a common problem amongst designers. We’ve been taught about the power of storytelling, so when presenting to executives we go into detail about all the little steps we made to get to the final outcome, often missing the essence of the problem we solved.
3 Mar 2023
1) Essence first. Not story. Not analogy
Most people get seduced by great analogies & exciting stories.
Clear thinkers don’t *form* their thinking via analogies. They identify the essence of the issue, in their specific context. Then, they use analogies as one of their inputs.
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3 Mar 2023
Last call to vote on this before I submit a PR to fix this. What do we rename Simple Schema for Observability to?
github.com/opensearch-projec…
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2 Mar 2023
This is one of the best synthesis of the challenges of communicating design value and process. When done right, the output appears simple and obvious. There is a lot of work that goes into that.
2 Mar 2023
Design and product management are both process-heavy and output-light disciplines. Practitioners crunch through a ton of learning, synthesis, and decisions to produce a tidy artifact.
Non-practitioners only see the artifact, so they mistake the artifact for the work.
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I can't believe it's 3 years to the day when I started at @OpenSearchProj. Still feels like day 1. So much to left to learn & grow
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Kevin Garcia retweeted
28 Feb 2023
OpenSearch 2.6.0 is released and here is what you need to know! 🔎 🤔
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Kevin Garcia retweeted
1 Mar 2023
Lots of awesome new enhancements in OpenSearch 2.6 👏 New Simple Schema for Observability, ML Model management UI, Security Analytics enhancements, Search Back-pressure and much more!
Download 🔗 spr.ly/60133vaMD
Blog Post 🔗 spr.ly/60143vaME
#FOSS #OpenSource
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Kevin Garcia retweeted
22 Feb 2023
Forge is researching #awsopensearch and the #opensourcecommunity. We're looking to understand how you use #opensearch to solve your needs. Please fill out this survey, like/share for reach. buff.ly/3Imu840
#aws #awspartner #awspartners #opensourcedevelopment #opensource
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Kevin Garcia retweeted
24 Jan 2023
OpenSearch 2.5.0 is live! 🥳🥳🥳🥳
Blog🔗 opensearch.org/blog/opensear…
Download 🔗 opensearch.org/downloads.htm…
#OpenSearch 2.5.0 focuses on investments in core functionality, including new ways to administer your clusters and tools for accessing, managing, and visualizing your data.
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Kevin Garcia retweeted
4 Jan 2023
Hey OpenSearch Contributors! Have you gotten your OpenSearch coin for 2022? Details are here: forum.opensearch.org/t/celeb… (dog in a dinosaur suit not included).
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Kevin Garcia retweeted
28 Sep 2022
B2B and B2C Product Management are very different.
I worked for 5 years as a Product Manager in B2B and for 9 months (so far) in Consumer.
While this will likely not be an exhaustive list, here are the 8 biggest differences I've seen.
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Kevin Garcia retweeted
23 Dec 2022
Empowered Product Teams vs. Feature Teams
can be closely explained by traffic crossing analogy:
Roundabout vs. Grid crossing
Here's how 🧵
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Kevin Garcia retweeted
13 Dec 2022
So who’s like…still hiring designers before the year ends 👉👈
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