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 17, 2010Archive

Don’t Knock It Until You’ve Tried It – Google Buzz

When I first read this article I was happy to hear that Google released Google Instant for mobile devices and I was happy to see others standing behind Google with…

Nov 16, 2010Archive

The Best Alarm Clock on Android

We all love good alarm clock apps on our phones, especially ones that can be configured easily. Well I found the perfect one for you, It is called " Alarm…

Nov 15, 2010Archive

Why You Should Use a RSS Reader

The sheer amount of content is growing, thousands of websites launch each day and the days of visiting your favorite sites are over. A few years ago it was normal…

Nov 11, 2010Archive

The Best Music Player for Android

Just about a week ago I was introduced to the PowerAMP music player for Android. The only thing that I have to say is... WOW!. So many music players are…

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 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 28, 2010Archive

WiFi Direct And The Dawn Of A New Home Theater System

There were many different technologies that were supposed to help eliminate clutter for our home theater systems, such as: Infrared, Bluetooth, HDMI, Wireless HDMI(WHDMI), WiDi and Wireless USB but to…

Oct 27, 2010Archive

Code Comment Examples

Over the years that I have been programming I have come across and even used many variations of comments. Below you will find examples of different code comments. /* i…

Oct 26, 2010Archive

Google Fails Again When It Comes To Adding Google Buzz To Its Own Products

Ok, so I am kind of upset at Google right now. Google finally adds sharing support to Google moderator but they left out the most important social network..... * again…