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Alistair Cockburn, Writer

@AlistairCockburnTracked since May 2026

I write about organizational design & the human side of software.

Observed Aug 22, 2026 · stalePublic earnings

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0% · 30-day rate from 11 observed days

Total audience

202

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Observed monthly earnings

$87

Starting price

$5/mo

4 membership tiers

Where the 199 observed tier members sit

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$095.5%

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$0/moFree19095.5% of observed tier members

$5/moSensemaker73.5% of observed tier members

$15/moShaper10.5% of observed tier members

$50/moWeaver10.5% of observed tier members

Growth signals: Alistair Cockburn, Writer

12 paid members · 30-day rate from 11 observed days

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May 202618 weeks trackedNow

Alistair Cockburn, Writer12 members · $87/mo

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Rank	Creator and why included	Paid members	Gap vs Alistair Cockburn, Writer	Freshness
#3	Dan LuuWritingContent relevance + business context	130	118 more	Aug 24, 2026
#4	The Abs-Tract OrganizationPodcastsContent relevance + business context	14	2 more	Aug 29, 2026
#5	Failing That, InventWritingContent relevance + business context	13	1 more	Aug 23, 2026
#6	Alistair Cockburn, WriterProfilePodcastsPaid members position in Recommended cohort	12	Reference	Aug 22, 2026Stale
#7	Allison WashingtonPodcastsContent relevance + business context	2	10 fewer	Aug 22, 2026

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Video Latest postPublicBack on the Theory book :)

The difficulty is there are 33 assertions, most with a graph or graphic that needs explaining with an external audio or video, and some cross references... Spent the last few days working out how Word does TOC and internal references etc so I can make

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Origin of the term 'Software Engineering' (1968)August 11ArticleAugust 11Public 0 1 4th vid: Comm effectiveness drops...4th in A small theory of collaborative mental workArticleJuly 30Public 0 0 Frequency drops with distanceA small theory of collaborative mental work (including software development).ArticleJuly 30Public 0 0 xed vid Trust from frequency and richnessJuly 30 View post https://youtu.be/5lU8n8Tktlw Part of the Xedline "A small theory of collaborative mental work (including software development). The second assertion: To tell another person something needs fixing, we need to trust them a certain amount - "moving ideas between minds; all bad news early" are the key themes. To the extent we don't trust them, we don't tell them. Trust is sensitive to the frequency and richness of the communication between people. This voice-over graph explains. Alistair (p.s. watch for fragments of the xedline to show up here and at https://www.patreon.com/c/AlistairCockburn over the next months, with the full xedlinArticleJuly 30Public 0 0 The theory book, sorting the assertionsi think i’m making progress - it’s easy to write these books - it’s hard to write them in a way that others can read and take action out of. …. that’s why the vids will be so important.ArticleJuly 29Public 0 0 1st Xed item voice over a graphCheck it out - Part of the xedline I'm working on, this is the 1st test of voice over a graph...ImageJuly 29Public 0 0 1st Xed video for the theory xedline...Just uploaded the 1st video element of the xedline "A small theory of collaborative mental work (including software development)", take a look...VideoJuly 29Public 0 0 1st Xed audio for the Theory book...Just made the first recording to match the opening pages of the book...AudioJuly 28Public 0 0 The theory...July 28ArticleJuly 28Public 0 0 A small theory of collaborative mental work...i am definitely enjoying getting back on this writingArticleJuly 27Public 0 0 starting on my first Xedline :))I should really put an audio file at the top, but i'm at a cafe, too noisy.....ImageJuly 27Public 0 2

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