Elsewhere
Media appearances
A running list of podcasts, press, and panels I've turned up in. This tracks places I was a guest or got covered. It doesn't include hosting my own shows (Chain of Thought, Dev Interrupted, or Growing the Green Economy).
For citations to my writing, see my Google Scholar profile.
Awards & recognition
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Named to the inaugural "Pioneers" cohort of the OSS4AI spotlight program, recognizing technologists moving the field forward through significant contribution.
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Chain of Thought ranked a Top 50 podcast in the Artificial Intelligence category.
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Chain of Thought ranked #5 of 40 on the Sponsor Scout × Founders Live Rising Index for artificial intelligence podcasts, which names Conor as host.
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Dev Interrupted named a must-listen tech podcast (Conor, co-host).
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Dev Interrupted named a finalist for Best DevOps Related Podcast Series, Audio Only (Conor, co-host).
Press & interviews
- The Atlantic (opens in new tab) Aug 2026
Quoted: Why Is Everyone in Silicon Valley Talking Like That?
Named and quoted in the opening paragraph on "context rot" and AI terms crossing into everyday speech.
- DevOps.com (opens in new tab) Jan 2024
Quoted: The State of Internal Developer Portals (IDPs)
- SD Times (opens in new tab) Mar 2023
Quoted: Soft skills become imperative to be an effective project manager
- ABC News (opens in new tab) May 2022
Interviewed: crypto investors after the Terra/Luna crash
- The Seattle Times (opens in new tab) Apr 2022
Quoted: High gas prices? They're just what we need
- Vox (opens in new tab) Jan 2020
Referenced: the case for mass timber in sustainable building
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Interviewed: Buttigieg, Asking Donors for Refunds, Confronts a New Set of Protesters
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Interviewed: "#RefundPete Creator Talks With Status Coup"
On #RefundPete, the campaign I created asking Pete Buttigieg donors for refunds.
- Ad Age (opens in new tab) Jul 2014
Interviewed: the data-driven ad and voter-data strategy of the congressional campaign he managed (Ritchie for Congress)
Podcast guest spots
- The Stash (opens in new tab) Jul 2026
His Worst Performing Episode Made Him the Most Money
What actually pays in podcasting, and why download counts are the wrong scoreboard.
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You Can't Fix What You Don't Measure: Observability in the Age of AI
Evaluation-driven development, human-in-the-loop feedback, and guardrails for AI systems.
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What happens when your AI goes rogue?
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How Bootstrapped Startup Founders Can Manage Marketing on Low Budgets
- Science of SaaS (opens in new tab) Apr 2024
SaaS metrics and growth, from the LinearB playbook
- JavaScript Jabber (opens in new tab) Jan 2024
Exploring AI's Impact on Code Generation & Quality Metrics (JSJ 618)
GenAI's effect on code generation, team efficiency, and developer experience.
- SaaS Half Full (opens in new tab) Dec 2023
What Biden's Order on AI Means for Marketers
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DPE Summit interview on developer productivity and AI.
- Pathmonk Presents (opens in new tab) Dec 2021
The Role of Community Growth in the Awareness Stage
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Green Energy with Conor Bronsdon
Biden's American Jobs Plan and the future of American green-energy tech.
- DareDesi (opens in new tab) Oct 2020
What is Election Twitter / Mock Elections?
Talks, panels & moderation
- MAX in Action: State of the Art FLUX.2 Image Gen AI Engineer World's Fair · Jul 2026
Booth talk on running state-of-the-art FLUX.2 image generation with MAX.
- AI in Today's Business World (opens in new tab) University Sunrise Rotary Club · Oct 2025
with Grant Bronsdon on the history and evolution of AI and LLMs, and AI's impact on business and hiring.
- Leading Engineers in Uncertain Times (opens in new tab) INTERACT · Oct 2022
with Michael Stahnke (CircleCI), Lewis Tuff (Blockchain.com) & Carolyn Vo (Oliver Wyman)
- Treating Devs Like Human Beings (opens in new tab) INTERACT · Oct 2022
with Kelly Vaughn (Spot AI), Jean Hsu (Range) & Lena Reinhard
- How to Build a Successful Engineering Organization (opens in new tab) INTERACT · Apr 2022
with Ben Matthews (Stack Overflow), Shankar Ramaswamy (DataStax) & Jennie MacDougall (Reprise)
- Engineering Screw-Up Story: Always Double-Check (opens in new tab) INTERACT · Apr 2022
with Daniel Marashlian, Drata
- Inclusive Design's Importance to Development (opens in new tab) INTERACT · Apr 2022
with Alwar Pillai, Fable
- Microsoft's Research into Developer Velocity (opens in new tab) INTERACT · Oct 2021
with Henrik Gütle, Microsoft Azure
- Engineering Screw-Ups: When to Automate (opens in new tab) INTERACT · Oct 2021
with Luca Rossi
- Engineering Screw-Ups: How (Not) to Reorg (opens in new tab) INTERACT · Oct 2021
with Shweta Saraf, Equinix
- Engineering Screw-Ups: How (Not) to Approach Metrics (opens in new tab) INTERACT · Oct 2021
with Chris Downard, GigSmart
- How Mass Timber Helps Wildfires (opens in new tab) Video · Jan 2021
Video explainer on mass timber as a tool for reducing wildfire risk while supporting rural economies and sustainable construction.
- Seattle City Council Lunch & Learn: Mass Timber & Passive House (opens in new tab) Seattle · Oct 2020
with Tadashi Shiga, Michael Eliason & Sloan Ritchie, before Seattle Councilmembers Andrew Lewis and Dan Strauss.
- Cybersecurity & Blockchain (opens in new tab) TF Blockchain · Oct 2019
Panel discussion recorded live at Seattle Devcon.
- Blockchain Regulation in Washington State – and Beyond (opens in new tab) Seattle Blockchain Technology Summit · Oct 2018
Talk on Washington state blockchain policy and the wider regulatory landscape.
- The Carbon Accountability Act (opens in new tab) Olympia, WA · Mar 2015
Rally speech on Washington's Carbon Accountability Act.
Policy & writing
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Contributing Author & Expert Reviewer: Clean Energy for Biden’s 40+ clean-energy policy recommendations to the incoming administration.
- Planetizen (opens in new tab) Contributor
Contributing author on mass timber, transit, and the green economy.
- DZone (opens in new tab) Contributor
Invited contributor for engineering-leadership articles and Dev Interrupted content.
Whitepapers, reports & eBooks
Longform research I've authored, edited, or contributed to since 2018: Microsoft cybersecurity and identity whitepapers (with Olive + Goose), LinearB's engineering benchmarks, and Galileo's AI eBooks and Agent Leaderboard.
- Mastering Multi-Agent Systems (opens in new tab) Editor & contributor 2025
Galileo eBook on designing and shipping multi-agent AI systems.
- Mastering Agents (opens in new tab) Editor 2025
Galileo eBook on building production-grade AI agents.
- Mastering LLM-as-a-Judge (opens in new tab) Editor 2025
Galileo eBook on LLM-based evaluation.
- Mastering RAG (opens in new tab) Editor 2025
Galileo eBook on retrieval-augmented generation.
- Agent Leaderboard v2 (opens in new tab) Editor 2025
Galileo's AI agent benchmark, second release.
- Agent Leaderboard v1 (opens in new tab) Contributor 2025
Galileo's AI agent tool-use benchmark.
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LinearB's engineering benchmarks research.
- Crossing the Digital Threshold: Identity and Access Innovation in Financial Services (opens in new tab) Author 2020
Microsoft whitepaper on identity and access in financial services.
Cited in research
Academic papers and theses that cite my AI-evaluation and agent writing.
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Princeton (Kapoor, Narayanan et al.) cites his Galileo Agent Leaderboard.
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IBM Research cites his AI agent reliability strategies.
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Cites his work on real-time anomaly detection for multi-agent AI systems.
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Cites his LLM-benchmark and construction-tech writing.
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Cites his AGNTCY multi-agent standardization piece.
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Cites his multi-agent coordination strategies.
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Cites his "7 Key LLM Metrics."
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Univ. of Illinois Journal of Law, Technology & Policy cites his AI model-validation guide.
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Univ. of Adelaide cites his earlier writing on X/Twitter.
Quoted & referenced
Industry guides and write-ups that quote me by name.
- daily.dev (opens in new tab) Quoted
The Complete Guide to AI Agents for Developers.
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Ultimate Guide to Multi-LLM Metrics and Protocols.
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How to Build Dashboards for LLM Monitoring.
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Galileo AI Agent Leaderboard write-up.
Twitter/X Spaces
Live audio rooms I hosted and moderated during the 2022 Cosmos/Terra era, with audiences anywhere from 50 to 1,300 listeners at once.
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With market researcher Sumanth and a host of African creators and leaders.
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Cross-community conversation between the NEAR and Terra ecosystems.
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Two-part recording, co-hosted with Cosmos Chjango.
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Terra and Secret Network communities in conversation.