Author, Recovering Engineer
After thirty years of building software systems, I realised the thing I actually wanted to say wasn’t a manual, a blog, or a framework. It was a story.
Human Software grew out of that story. It’s a sharp, wry and quietly unsettling novel about the humans behind the systems. Rather than write another industry manual, I wanted to share my hopes and fears for the future. As one reviewer put it, it “freaked me out more than any Stephen King”.
If you would like to read a sample, then head over to Human Software website.
My second novel, One More Island, is underway. If you want to follow the work, The Human Engineer is where I write about it.
SOFTWARE RUNS OUR WORLD. IT SHOULDN’T RULES OUR LIVES.
BETH WALTERS has kept Gerbach’s IT systems running through skill, stubbornness and too many sleepless nights. She works hard to support her family and community.
CHRISSIE HEGARTY is a new executive on a mission. She’s flown in from New York with a mandate, a deadline, and little patience for sentiment. She’s done this before. She knows how it ends.
They are not enemies. Not yet.
“Vivid world-building and well-rounded characters. I found myself completely hooked.”
RUSSELL MCLEAN, Emmy and BAFTA award-winning Producer
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