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Brian Duff

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

RTO at the Googleplex

Jul 8, 20233 min read

I've been back at Google for a year already - it's hard to believe the time has passed so quickly. It will soon also be the 15th anniversary since the...

RTO at the Googleplex

Here be dragons

May 24, 20222 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...

Here be dragons

Instinct

May 20, 20222 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....

Instinct

Feedback

Jan 4, 20222 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...

Feedback

Data Studio Custom Visualizations using React

Nov 24, 20216 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, 20214 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...

Cloud Functions with TypeScript