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.

Thinking in Public

225 Nodes
Dec 6, 2010Archive

My Review of Google eBooks

I've been using Google eBooks for a few hours now, on both my Android phone and netbook and it is very easy to use. I love that I can quickly…

Nov 29, 2010Archive

Google Analytics Idea: Compare to the Beginning

One of the great things about Google Analytics is that you can easily compare stats from the previous day, week or month. One feature that I would love to have…

Nov 24, 2010Archive

10 Tools to Manage Your Digital Content

Here is a list of 10 tools to help manage your digital content. The great things about these products is that they are all FREE and can be used on…

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 22, 2010Archive

Building a Community: Starting a Blog Before Twitter or Facebook

Lately I've been in meetings with clients regarding social media and marketing and I'm asked the same questions each time, " Where should I start with Social Media? Is Twitter…

Nov 19, 2010Archive

20 Things I Learned About Browsers and the Web

Many people today have a hard time understanding all of the technical jargon that goes on with the web. This is understandable since 25 years ago the world wide web…

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 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…