Oct 17, 2010Archive
Did Dinosaurs Get Hit By Tornadoes?
Something that many of you might not know is that I love Dinosaurs, and have since I was a little kid. This morning after watching a Dinosaur TV special I…
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 NodesOct 14, 2010Archive
Evernote: The Best Bookmarking Service
Evernote released a new feature in June for their Google Chrome extension, where they show you all of the notes that you have clipped on a website. At first this…
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 14, 2010Archive
Google Chrome Cleans Up Their UI Even More
This feature came out a while ago but I wanted to make sure that others knew about it, Google Chrome has combined their two drop downs into 1(one), giving users…
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…
Oct 4, 2010Archive
Angry Birds For Android 2.1 Devices
I know many of you are like me and are sad because Angry Birds Lite was built for Android 2.2 devices. Well you're in luck. I found a download that…
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
TweetDeck Idea: RSS feeds and Google Reader
I use TweetDeck to get my daily news from Google Buzz, Twitter and Facebook rather than watching the local news on TV. TweetDeck allows me to view one stream (only…
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…