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.

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Nov 23, 2010Archive

Android Idea: New Apps in Search Results

This is a simple idea, but it would be great to use the main search feature on Android phones to not only search the web and apps that you own,…

Nov 18, 2010Archive

YouTube Idea: Fitted Video Player

Camera phones are now able to record in HD video, and more people are recording content and uploading it you youtube everyday. This is great for watching more videos, but…

Nov 3, 2010Archive

Sending Google Buzz Posts Via Any Email Address

We all love our social media tools to be easy to use, especially Google Buzz users. One of the understated features about Google Buzz is that you can email into…

Nov 2, 2010Archive

Google Profile Idea: The Standalone Google Buzz Client

After setting up my Google Profile page I started to think about how great it would be if my Google Profiles page was able to be the standalone client for…

Oct 14, 2010Archive

Google Buzz Idea: Happy Birthday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Ok, so it isn't anyone's birthday but I thought that it would be great if Google Buzz sent out a post on your behalf to all of your…

Oct 10, 2010Archive

Google Chrome Idea: Auto Refresh Tabbed Pages

As a web developer I use many Google tools throughout the day, but hands down I use Google Chrome the most. I have Google Chrome installed on every computer in…

Sep 30, 2010Archive

Google Buzz Idea: Cleaned Up User Interface

I have already written about Google Buzz a lot so I will keep this post simple and just create a easy to read list. (Note, many of these ideas already…

Sep 30, 2010Archive

Google Picasa Idea: Remove Albums And Use Labels Instead

While on a walk with my dogs I took some photos with my phone and this got me think about the random, sometimes blurry photos that I take which don't…

Sep 26, 2010Archive

Google Reader Idea: Filter Feeds

I follow dozens of different websites through the use of RSS feeds in Google Reader and each day I can read anywhere from 50-600 posts(some posts are 1-2 sentences). I…

Sep 18, 2010Archive

Google Profiles Idea: RSS Feeds

Since Google Profiles is connected to Google Buzz, Google Sidewiki and Google Chat Status updates it would be very handy to have a RSS feed icon for each feed as…