Writing — 225 essays

Cultivating ideas at the intersection of Engineering and Systems Thinking.

A collection of essays, frameworks, and early-stage thoughts on engineering leadership, distributed systems, and the human side of software.

Systems Map

Core architectural nodes of research.

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Platform Org Design

Scaling engineering teams via structural abstraction.

biotech

Feedback Loops

Entropy management in high-velocity CI/CD environments.

psychology

Human Factors

Cognitive load and its impact on system availability.

architecture

Pragmatic API

Designing interfaces that survive generational shifts.

history

Legacy Refactor

Social strategies for technical debt retirement.

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Nov 9, 2010Archive

Building a Better Tool for Google Buzz

I just submitted a ticket to the creator of Buzz Comments for Wordpress regarding a bug, and I also let him know that I would love to help him out…

Nov 9, 2010Archive

Decoration of Dreams Part Deux: Goals for 2011

This month marks my second year of blogging and every year I want to set out at least 10 achievable goals for the upcoming year: to stay focused and continue…

Nov 8, 2010Archive

How To: Replicate Every Feature of Twitter with Google Buzz and More

To keep this post simple and precise I will just provide you with a data table with 3 columns: List of features Where to find it with Twitter Where to…

Nov 5, 2010Archive

Looking To Be A Guest Writer On Another Blog

As of this month I've been blogging for a year and I've accomplished many goals. Now before I can call my first year of blogging a true success I have…

Nov 4, 2010Archive

My Content Management System Software Of Choice

I have had many people and clients ask me what content management system (CMS) that I prefer to use and I thought I would share the answer with everyone and…

Nov 1, 2010Archive

Added Two New Sections: Most Popular Posts & Places That This Post Has Been Mentioned

Continuing with my goal to make this website easier to use and I have added two new sections this weekend. The first section is located on the sidebar called Popular…

Oct 25, 2010Archive

Using Robots And Technology For People With Special Needs

Going over my Google Reader I found the article " Five Therapy Robots Helping With Alzheimer’s, Autism & Cancer " on Geek Beat TV and when I read the article…

Oct 24, 2010Archive

Added Better Page Navigation

Continuing with the goal of making my personal website easier to use, I have changed my page navigation from "Previous Post" and "Next Post" to displaying page numbers. Now you…

Oct 22, 2010Archive

Why Google TV Will Help Websites For People With Disabilities

One of the things that I'm passionate about is trying to make websites for everyone. Not just the majority of us that can see , hear , and touch just…

Oct 21, 2010Archive

My Review Of GetGlue.com

A few months ago, I stumbled acrossed the service getglue.com . At first I thought that the service was overwhelming and that I would never use it, well a few…