Writing

I basically write for a living, but that doesn't stop me when the meter is off. Aside from The Nature of Software, which is a stand-alone project, I do it in three main places, in decreasing order of silliness.

Twitter Tombstone

My twitter account is basically a tombstone at this point; I now spout my banalities on Mastodon and—where is shaping up to be the most funBlueSky.

Newsletter

I have a newsletter—erstwhile on Substack, now on Buttondown—that I send out every few weeks in which I try to engage a little more thoughtfully with what's happening on and around the internet.

Right Here

On this website you will find longer-form essays that consider slower-moving topics.

I have also plotted the entire thing on a timeline, all the way back to 2008.


Work

A side effect of taking my clients' confidentiality very seriously is that I can only show off a narrow sliver of my work. Surfacing more material is an ongoing project. In the meantime:

Technical Writing

I keep my writing for programmers separate from the main feed, to spare the rest of my audience. I also wrote about how I did that.

Presentations

I sometimes talk at conferences, which I am collecting on YouTube. Here's one I like, from 2017:

I sporadically live-stream work sessions. The process is surly, sweary, and occasionally drinky. No warranties. You can find me here:

Software

Most of the work I do involves displaying private information, so I can't really show it off. That said, the stuff you can see, by volume, is mostly boring stuff like software libraries, tools, and specifications. I'm also in the process of curating a list of selected artifacts with notes on the problem I was trying to solve and how I solved it. In the meantime, you can check out my work on GitHub.