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Alex Schiff

How I voted

I voted this week, via mail-in, for Kamala Harris. I don’t agree with her about everything. However, based on my priorities this election…

Oct 26

Oct 26

Alex Schiff

To my dad

My dad passed away on May 25, 2022, after a years-long battle with kidney disease. He did not want a traditional funeral — he wanted…

Jun 21, 2022

Alex Schiff

2021

“As if Nature had intended to make a gorilla, and had changed its mind at the last moment” — The Code of the Woosters, P.G. Wodehouse

Jan 9, 2022

Jan 9, 2022

Alex Schiff

Reflections on Alexander’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year

Even though it wasn’t all so bad.

Jan 19, 2021

Reflections on Alexander’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year

Jan 19, 2021

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A Comprehensive Guide To Navigating Product Leadership During COVID-19

There is no other way to say it: the world was flipped on its head during Q1. Everywhere. As far as I’ve seen, there are very few…

Apr 21, 2020

A Comprehensive Guide To Navigating Product Leadership During COVID-19

Apr 21, 2020

Alex Schiff

Is Banya

The long, meandering, and true story of an American’s first experience with Banya

Jun 16, 2019

Jun 16, 2019

Alex Schiff

The Howl

A tribute to an unnamed footnote in California Highway Patrol history

Feb 13, 2019

Feb 13, 2019

Alex Schiff

A conversation with my car, on its way to slaughter

The following was written for an event hosted by Edmund Zagorin called “Make It Look Like An Accident.” You bring a piece of writing, and…

Sep 9, 2018

A conversation with my car, on its way to slaughter

Sep 9, 2018

Alex Schiff

Helping my dad fight kidney disease

Over the past three years, my dad has been teetering on the edge between “kidney issues” and end-stage renal disease. Unfortunately, more…

Apr 16, 2017

Apr 16, 2017

Alex Schiff

Farewell, Fetchnotes

On October 8, I sent the following email, finally closing a long chapter of my life to date: Fetchnotes, the startup that defined my early…

Oct 12, 2016