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Brian Duff

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I'm Brian Duff, a Scot 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 living and working in the California Bay Area. I've worked, written, and presented about technology since the 90s, but my journey with computers started in the 80

Here be dragons

May 24, 2022 2 min read

When you first join a new org or company, draw a map. Months into some roles, I've made faulty assumptions due to my understanding of organizational...

Instinct

May 20, 2022 2 min read

It just doesn't feel right. Your instinct is telling you it's wrong. But you don't trust it. You're rational. You believe in the scientific method....

Feedback

Jan 4, 2022 2 min read

You feel like you did OK, but the outcome isn't what you were anticipating. It often means you didn't do as well as you thought. There may be a...

Data Studio Custom Visualizations using React

Nov 24, 2021 6 min read

Google Data Studio is pretty easy to use for simple analytics dashboarding. Its standard visualization components are pretty comprehensive for most of...

Data Studio Custom Visualizations using React

Cloud Functions with TypeScript

Oct 24, 2021 4 min read

Here's a small sample that uses TypeScript + Cloud Functions I have a complicated relationship with JavaScript. I'm old enough to remember when it...

Lessons from a toy project: Heimdall

Apr 29, 2021 2 min read

https://soundcloud.com/brian-duff-467458622/duffblog-heimdall After the kids are fast asleep, I often tinker around with toy projects. I have a long...