Work
Selected work
Case studies first, then the publications and products. Each page explains the audience, my role, the system, and the outcome — not only the tech stack.
Case studies
Case study
Building a Five-Publication Technology Network
How one troubleshooting blog became five audience-specific desks and 6,000+ articles.
- Content strategy
- Portfolio strategy
- Organic growth
Case study
Running Editorial Operations for Up to 35 Writers/Editors
Briefs, review cycles and standards that kept quality steady as the team grew to 35.
- Editorial operations
- Team leadership
- Quality systems
Case study
Search, AI Answers and a Staged AI Content Pipeline
Organic-first content strategy, adapted for AI search, plus a staged AI pipeline that researches, drafts and checks content across several sites.
- SEO
- AEO / AI search
- AI content operations
Product / AI-workflow proof
Building PositionTracker With AI-Assisted Development
A SaaS product directed, designed, and iterated with modern AI workflows
After years of running publishing systems, I started building PositionTracker: a dashboard for organizing and analyzing stock and options positions. The product came from a practical problem — positions, research, and market context lived in too many places.
Read the case studyPublications and products
Publication
Online Tech Tips
The flagship publication, started in 2007 while I was still working in IT. It began as a place to document troubleshooting work and became the first property in a multi-publication network.
Founder and Editor-in-Chief
Publication
Help Desk Geek
The second publication in the network, positioned around troubleshooting rather than general tech curiosity. HDG is where editorial discipline shows up as brevity, sequence, and respect for the reader’s time.
Founder and Managing Editor
Publication
Switching to Mac
Launched to give Apple coverage its own desk instead of folding it into a general technology site. The name started with migration; the publication grew into ongoing Apple-ecosystem education.
Founder and Editor-in-Chief
Publication
The Back Room Tech
The technical publication in the network. TBRT exists so IT-specific work does not get flattened into consumer how-tos, and so consumer sites do not pretend to be sysadmin desks.
Founder and Managing Editor
Publication
Xbox Advisor
The newest publication in the network. Xbox Advisor extends the same editorial model into gaming: a defined audience, a defined desk, and standards that still apply when the subject is entertainment.
Founder and Owner
Product
PositionTracker
A SaaS dashboard for organizing and analyzing stock and options positions. I directed the concept, workflows, interface, and implementation using modern AI-assisted development — I do not claim to have hand-coded every line or to be a senior software engineer.
Founder — product, design, and AI-assisted development
Company
AK Internet Consulting
The company through which I have operated the publication network and, more recently, offered WordPress care, workflow automation, and AI-assisted software work. The consulting catalog should not be mistaken for the full scope of the career.
Founder & Head of Digital Publishing and Content Operations