Benjamin Tumbleson

San Francisco

Enterprise @ Laravel. Operating somewhere between developer advocate, product, and sales. Previously: Growth @ FLYR; Deloitte Consulting

Jul 2, 2018

Feeling nostalgic about the internet of the past, I explore forums as a sense of community, influencers seeking validation, and how a world of big data - bringing everyone closer together, makes it harder to maintain a sense of community.

Jun 24, 2018 Product Study

A better way to board an airplane

In the world of things that cause unnecessary stress, boarding a plane is one of them. Everyone boards a little differently, and they all suffer from the same issues that leave the boarding process feeling inefficient and ripe for restructuring.

May 23, 2018 Thought Piece

How inefficient am I?

When work has no baselines, how do you measure productivity and efficiency? And what if you're billing for that time? No answers here, just a thought process.

Apr 2, 2018 Travel

India: Retrospective

A travel blog of my time spent in Mumbai, as a part of a two week business trip I took in February of 2018.

Mar 11, 2018 Thought Piece

Is productivity linear?

Sometimes it’s unclear how, if at all, the work you’re doing at a task level is contributing to a final product. One’s productivity might as well be zero, until you find the right route forward. If you were to graph the completion of a task/epic over time, I would venture it is far from linear.