Computers Commoditize Knowledge30 years ago, the highest paid person in the room typically made most of the operational decisions. A…
The biggest challenge I’ve ever taken onThen I took on the biggest challenge I have ever taken on in…
What’s breaking?As an ops guy, one tool I’ve developed to help me maintain good process is to regularly ask, “What’s breaking”?Looking over a given process, I scan through each potential pain point one by one, and I assign each a color: green (ok!), yellow (getting close to breaking), or…
3 Ways to Secure your Website for FreeIt was only six months ago that I was asked to add SSL/HTTPS to a new website. We needed to…
The Lean (& Mean) Startup Operations — Part 1: Be Obsessed about ROISo you’ve made it past the boot-strapping stage and now have the confidence of some investors. Finally you can hire that rockstar iOS developer you’ve been courting for weeks. You’re excited about the marketing…
Operation ImpactWhen I first entered the digital industry it was for a small shop in Kansas City. I had just gotten laid off from a job in…
How to build and launch a web product: an operational frameworkOk sure, we live in the world of Lean…
Computes.io Publishes Supercomputer Community Operations LibraryAs you may recall, computes.io allows you to globally distribute computing operations…
Resource Inefficiency: Liability or Asset?Resource efficiency is the degree to which each additional dollar of investment (from outside investors or from the company’s cash reserves) drives value. Value is typically defined as revenue, user adoption. Resource efficient companies create more value with less investment…
Do’s and Don’ts for Startup OperationsI’ve been at several mid-sized companies, post-startup acquisitions, or startups trying to grow and scale. All of them have had issues that could be prevented by thinking big while starting small. If you think about what your system will look like at hundreds of…
