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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Apr 15, 2010Archive

Free Project Planning Software: Wireframes and Flow Diagrams

Over the past few years that I have been doing freelance work I have come across a handful of tools which allow me to create wireframes, flow diagrams and general…

Apr 8, 2010Archive

Google Buzz: Started Sloppy, But Working Hard To Change

Since Buzz came out 2 months ago they have been trying to make Buzz the tool that their users want. Here is a list of the changes that Google has…

Apr 1, 2010Archive

Posting Game Status Updates to Google Buzz

The past few weeks I have been using Google Buzz as my main social media outlet, trying to find new ways to help improve the service along the way. Currently…

Mar 26, 2010Archive

The Proper Way to Repost on Google Buzz

I started using Google Buzz about a month ago and from the very beginning I wanted to share articles with other readers. Sometimes the articles I wanted to share would…

Mar 25, 2010Archive

Google Buzz: Tips, Tricks and How To’s

Buzz, Buzz, Buzz. That's right, I have been stung by the Google Buzz and it has now turned into my main social media platform. To give you a small back…

Mar 19, 2010Archive

Is Google Helping All Users? Or Hurting The One’s Who Use Their Tools For Good?

Reading the article " Rely heavily on Google Analytics? You won’t like this. " got me to really think. I understand that Google is trying to do the right thing…

Mar 18, 2010Archive

Social Media Anxiety

With the rise of social media and live content comes to the rise of what I like to call "Social Media Anxiety". I personally read blogs, websites and Twitter each…

Mar 11, 2010Archive

How To Make Usability Testing Fun: A Usability Testing Method

Website usability testing is something that should be done by any major web development company, or freelancer. Forget what people say, usability testing is boring and seems like you are…

Feb 25, 2010Archive

Evernote Search Feature Built Into Chrome

Last week Evernote released instructions to add the ability to search your notes using the search bar in Google Chrome. Now my two favorite tools, Google Chrome and Evernote now…

Feb 10, 2010Archive

Is Google Buzz The Next Social Media Power House?

This past Tuesday Google released their anticipated new social media platform called " Google Buzz ". Google Buzz takes the best from Facebook , Twitter and other social media sites…