Oct 17, 2010Archive
Did Dinosaurs Get Hit By Tornadoes?
Something that many of you might not know is that I love Dinosaurs, and have since I was a little kid. This morning after watching a Dinosaur TV special I…
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.
account_tree
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.
Category: General
✕ Clear filterOct 14, 2010Archive
Google Chrome Cleans Up Their UI Even More
This feature came out a while ago but I wanted to make sure that others knew about it, Google Chrome has combined their two drop downs into 1(one), giving users…
Oct 4, 2010Archive
Angry Birds For Android 2.1 Devices
I know many of you are like me and are sad because Angry Birds Lite was built for Android 2.2 devices. Well you're in luck. I found a download that…
Sep 26, 2010Archive
TweetDeck Idea: RSS feeds and Google Reader
I use TweetDeck to get my daily news from Google Buzz, Twitter and Facebook rather than watching the local news on TV. TweetDeck allows me to view one stream (only…
Sep 11, 2010Archive
What Is The Best Way To Give Real Feature Suggestions To Companies?
One of my goals as someone who works on, plays on and builds websites daily is to give honest feedback and suggestions to companies online. So what is the best…
Sep 10, 2010Archive
Sorry for the missing articles.
For those of you who follow my blog I am sorry that I have not posted anything in 2 weeks, I have been on vacation and now sick. I will…
Aug 25, 2010Archive
Wordfeud On Android Gets An Update
Today Wordfeud users get the much anticipated feature of rematches. This may sound like a simple feature, but it really makes playing wordfued that much better and it has been…
Aug 23, 2010Archive
Geo-location On Blog Posts
With all of the social media services picking up geo-location I wonder how long it will be before services like Blogger, Wordpress and Posterous will incorporate geo-location into their services.…
Aug 22, 2010Archive
Going Geek With QR Codes
I jumped on the geek band wagon and added a QR code on my website. This QR Code links directly to the home page of my blog. If you have…
Aug 22, 2010Archive
People Are Not Having Fun With Social Media Anymore
I am pretty bummed today. It seems that people are trying to get more out of social media then a fun tool to interact with. It seems like they are…