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<h1>Writing</h1>
<p class="type_lede">On occasion, I write about technology, civic tech, and design here.</p>
<p>Vintage posts are in the <a href="./archive/">archive</a>.</p>

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<p class="type_lede">You can also read my writing in other places, such as:</p>

<h2>The 18F blog</h2>
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  <li><a href="https://18f.gsa.gov/2015/10/15/best-practices-for-distributed-teams/">18F’s best practices for making distributed teams work</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://18f.gsa.gov/2014/09/25/design-studio-onrr/">User-centered design at 18F: a design studio for natural resource revenues</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://18f.gsa.gov/author/mhz/">See all my 18F blog posts</a></li>
</ul>

<h2>Process documentation</h2>
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  <li><a href="https://github.com/18F/doi-extractives-data/wiki/Little-rules-for-designing-with-data">Little rules for designing with data, presented at <href="https://csvconf.com/">csvconf 2017</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://lean-product-design.18f.gov/">18F Lean Product Design Guide (with Nick Brethauer and Colin MacArthur)</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://github.com/18F/doi-extractives-data/wiki/Sample-retro-doc">The standard retro method and doc used across 18F</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://github.com/18F/doi-extractives-data/wiki">Using a GitHub wiki to put user research and project documentation together with code</a></li>
</ul>

<h2>*Documentation* documentation</h2>
<ul>
  <li><a href="https://docs.ipfs.io/introduction/how-ipfs-works/">How IPFS Works</a></li>
</ul>