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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Sep 12, 2010Archive

Google Buzz Idea: Employee Verified Profiles For Companies

If Google Buzz is interested in becoming a better communication tool, then I think it would be important for companies to be able to verify profiles of employees. For example:…

Sep 12, 2010Archive

Google Buzz Idea: Full Screen Mode

The ability to launch a full screen Google Buzz similar to the newest update to Google Reader . I would love to hit the 'F' key and hide the left…

Sep 11, 2010Archive

New Feature Suggestions For Google Buzz

1: Make it possible to auto @ reply people into a post based on similar topics that you have talked to them about in the past? Similar to the "What…

Aug 24, 2010Archive

A New Idea: Audible Sync

I have been listening to a lot of books lately on both my iPhone, Android, desktop, netbook and media center. Being able to listen to my audio books where ever…

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 23, 2010Archive

Google Buzz: New Use Case

I was thinking today about Google Buzz and how it can be used, and then it hit me. A great use for Google Buzz would be to locate garage sales…

Jul 1, 2010Archive

Starting My First Book: The Evernote Book

Last week I sat down and started to look over websites dedicated to Evernote and realized that my article " 100 different Evernote Uses " is still very popular compared…

May 13, 2010Archive

New Ideas for Evernote

Buzz Discussion After my two previous articles I've found that I love writing about the ideas I come up with for someones product. Whether it is for my projects or…

Jan 21, 2010Archive

The automated restroom?

I personally love automated items which make our lives easier, especially ones that help with hygiene. So this got me to thinking, over the past couple of years we are…

Nov 17, 2009Archive

Technology for Education

One of my passions is to bring technology to the class room, giving each student the same opportunity to succeed. After I posted my article on 100 Different Evernote Uses…