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
Jun 10, 2010Archive

Communication: A Must For Any Website

Being a web developer I use many websites on a daily basis, some for my social needs like Google Buzz, Twitter, Facebook and even Youtube and others for News, like…

Jun 3, 2010Archive

Saving Your Receipts For Tax Time, Using Evernote

Since I run my own freelance business from home I have to be very careful with all of my receipts to make sure that I am good when it comes…

May 15, 2010Archive

How I Buzz

I have been asked by a few people how I use Buzz. I created this document so that people can reference and use it to help them with Buzz. Below…

May 13, 2010Archive

New Ideas for Evernote

Buzz Discussion After my two previous articles I've found that I love writing about the ideas I come up with for someones product. Whether it is for my projects or…

May 6, 2010Archive

Problems With Google Buzz Mobile

In response to the positive feedback that I got from my previous article, from both Buzz users and the Google Buzz Team, I decided to explore the mobile version more…

Apr 29, 2010Archive

Problems With Google Buzz

Over the past couple of months I have truly fell in love with Google Buzz, which I am sure you are aware of with my previous articles. That being said…

Apr 22, 2010Archive

How To Save Google Buzz Posts To Read Later

If you use Google Buzz right now you will notice that there is no Star feature like there is in Gmail or a way to save a post to read…

Apr 20, 2010Archive

Google Buzz Etiquette

I worked out some basic Buzz Etiquette yesterday. If you have any other suggestions please add it to the comments below. Spammers will be prosecuted to the full extent of…

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…