I build systems
that work.
And work.
And work.
Operating partner & systems architect.
Writing about what the work actually teaches.
The website is the least interesting part of the website.
The visible page matters. The system required to keep its promise matters more.
The handoff is the product.
Most work does not fail inside a role. It fails in the space between roles.
Permits are project infrastructure.
Treating permits as paperwork is how schedules become fiction.
Lead from the bottom.
The person closest to the obstruction often has the first true version of the problem.
Repair the loop, not the symptom.
The recurring emergency is usually evidence that the organization never completed the learning cycle.
A binder is a primitive operating system.
A home has systems, history, obligations, evidence, and decisions. Most of it is stored nowhere useful.
Ok, so, to give some further context. I want a 13-month calendar to replace our inefficient Gregorian calendar.
I built HCFX.us to support this exact thing. 1Plan.com has some functions, but HCFX.us is designed to be a true digital binder. Probably becoming one of the most important boring site that you'll ever
Although I never told him this, I'd always admired Steve Fields from Disney Interactive. When he came aboard, Disney Software had just bombed hard, and the whole company was trying to do a hard rest
Important. Complicated. Not moving.
That is usually where I am most useful.