Casebook
Stories about the work: the decisions, the systems and what happened along the way.
- Case Study
The systems behind a seasonal business.
Buying the stock and building the systems that keep track of it are parts of the same job.
- Case Study
A meeting ends. The work carries on.
Running the day-to-day work of a small industry association: meetings, finances, membership, communications and programming, with documented processes to maintain continuity.
- Field Note
The file is not the finished thing.
Working through layout, materials, equipment and finishing to turn information into something people can use.
- System Trace
When a sale price disappeared between POS and commerce.
A promotion was saved in CounterPoint, but the sale price was missing in Shopify. I traced the integration and built read-only SQL diagnostics.
- Case Study
From asking for help to handling the work.
I built a public service website and a separate staff application for reviewing requests, working with documents and updating status.
- Case Study
An artist's work. A business around it.
My part was the domain, email, website, commerce and business setup around a tattoo artist’s work.
- System Trace
Background audio over existing business infrastructure
I built a background-music application that connects an online audio stream to an existing PA system.
- Case Study
One phone system. Two businesses. Different rules.
I configured separate incoming-number mappings, hours and menu logic within one shared phone system.
- System Trace
Preparing inventory transfers between ERP systems.
A converter that selects finished materials, prepares import files and keeps records for checking and correcting transfers.
- Case Study
The sign was only the beginning.
Replacing a manual letterboard with a scheduled roadside display, then rebuilding its control system when the original support path ended.
- System Trace
Shared data for roadside and checkout displays.
Shared business-data feeds, adapted for a roadside sign and the customer displays at the tills.
- System Trace
Programme signup and email follow-up.
Connecting signup interests to programme emails, alongside the weekly availability campaigns I prepare manually.
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