Hi, I’m Allen!
I’m a software engineering executive and technology enthusiast based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Having worked for companies big and small, I’m most energized by the dynamic potential of startups, early in their journeys. I’m at my best helping scale teams while up-leveling the people that I work with.
With my wife and two kids, we enjoy the quiet serenity of reading, nearby national parks, and simple crafts. I get overly excited by new gadgetry, and nurture a bad habit of picking up new hobbies. Since 2011, this site has collected my regular, late-night musings.
Follow-through
Do what you said you’d do. …that’s pretty much it. That is: when you agree to…
Year in Review — 2024
Year in Review posts are some of my favorite posts to write. They’re the encapsulation…
Raising Readers in the Digital Age
I still remember my grade school years. Immigrating to North America and enrolled in…
Review: Minesweeper
Before the advent of smartphones, or widespread internet connectivity, the primary role of a…
Through the Looking Glass
Augmented Reality (AR) is one of these technologies we keep returning to. The sheer…
Founder Mode Rationalization
It’s been some months since Paul Graham published his essay on “Founder…
Prosumers Skew Expectations
Well, it keeps on happening. The Browser Company, the entity behind the innovative browser…
Machine Learning the Ropes of Intuition
We tend to romanticize the manual past in our inexorable march of technological progress and…
What is a Photo, Anyway?
The Sony Alpha A7C II isn’t a large camera—the “C” in the name stands for…
Review: Disrupting the Game
Reggie Fils-Aimé is a retired executive, most known for his long stint as the COO of…