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.
Review: Disrupting the Game
Reggie Fils-Aimé is a retired executive, most known for his long stint as the COO of…
Controlled Set Pieces
I’ve been making my way through Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. This game was released in…
The Evolving Motivation to Blog
A few weeks back, I attended ELC Annual 2024, a conference hosted in San Francisco focused…
Impressions of the Supernote Nomad Tablet
So, I got some new toys this summer. Alongside the BOOX Palma e-ink phone, I also upgraded…
Typing the Classics
So one of the things you do, when you build mechanical keyboards is test for typing…
A Year with the Dygma Defy Keyboard
This post is a follow-up to the first impressions post I wrote about 9 months ago—rounded up…
A Kiddom Retrospective
When I left my role at Mystery Science in the summer of 2021, I was left…a bit wanting. I…