Aug 5, 2010Archive
Bend The New Text Editor From Microsoft
Microsoft recently created a new text editor called Bend . This may sound of little importance but take a look at some of these screen shots, the thing looks pretty…
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 NodesAug 5, 2010Archive
The Wave Is Dead
Yesterday Google announced that one of their social platforms, Google Wave, will be shut down . Google Wave was a great product in terms of being on the cutting edge…
Jul 23, 2010Archive
Better Access To The Evernote Trunk on Mobile Phones, iPad and Netbooks
Recently Evernote came out with a great feature called the "Trunk". This feature is basically an app store for Evernote. Well if you have an iPad, mobile phone, netbook or…
Jul 8, 2010Archive
Find A Problem On The Web?
This year I have been trying to make a point to participate in making the web a better place. I know there are a lot of tools and websites out…
Jul 1, 2010Archive
Getting Focused At Work
Since I started to do freelance full time I have noticed that I can easily get distracted by simple things, like checking social media sites, reading emails, writing emails, switching…
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…
Jun 29, 2010Archive
Google Buzz Up – Portland, Oregon
I've been talking about Google Buzz now for a few months and now it is time to take it up a notch. I am organizing a Google Buzz meet up…
Jun 23, 2010Archive
Hippo Remote Profile - Totem Movie Player
A few weeks ago I built a media center PC using Ubuntu 10.04, an old PC and some free open source software. I was able to turn the old pc…
Jun 19, 2010Archive
New Buzz Post Static Link
One of the goals for the new blog design and layout was to bridge the gap between Google Buzz and this blog. The Problem - My blog posts and Buzz…
Jun 19, 2010Archive
Updating My Blog With A New Design And Features
I don't know how many of you read my blog, but I am slowly updating the design and layout to add features that will make the site more user friendly.…