guides

guidance in simple illustrations

Here are some of the guides I have built. These are intended to be concise so that they can be printed on a single page. I prefer to build these guides based on talks I have given, where they serve as basic set of notes that hopefully can further remind others of the content. Some of these are very simple, essentially just an image to help serve as a reminder of content.

Words Matter

Get the 8.5 x 11" PDF version with paper airplane pattern on the back

References

Architect Elevator: by Gregor Hohpe
The Idealcast - Episode 8: by Gene Kim with guest Michael Nygard on Architecture as the Organizing Logic for Components and the Means for their Construction.
Hacker Laws: Great inventory of commonly referenced laws, theories, and principles in software development.

Hitchhiker’s Guide to Meetings - Virtual Edition

Get the 8.5 x 11" PDF version, which is the updated version of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to Meetings that includes newer content for virtual meetings.

Innovation Invigoration

11" x 17" - Complete Version: This version may not be that convenient for most when at home, as we don’t normally print on 11 x 17" layouts. Therefore, check out the Home Edition 👇!
Home Edition! 8.5 x 11" version with paper airplane pattern on the back: Check out this video to see how you can build it 🛩️! Noticed, this is themed as a pterodactyl for Cerner’s DevCon 2020 theme.

References:

The Large Dog Method: A Path to Creative Thinking: past blog by me with more specifics
Complexity is Outside the Code: by Jessica Kerr
Do schools kill creativity?: Sir Ken Robinson
Good to Great: by Jim Collins
Hammock Driven Development: by Rich Hickey
3 tools to become more creative: by Balder Onarheim

Getting Started with Chaos Experiments

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This guide includes a second page, to convert the guide into a paper airplane.

References:

Chaos Engineering: Book by Ali Basiri, Nora Jones, Aaron Blohowiak, Lorin Hochstein, Casey Rosenthal that gives great guidance on getting started with chaos engineering principles.
Awesome Chaos Engineering: A curated list of chaos engineering resources.
Release It! (2nd edition) - Design and Deploy Production-Ready Software: Book by Michael Nygard on stability patterns that improve resiliency in your software systems.