A personal field journal
I build small things for people I love.
I’m Henry. Husband, dad, Marine, and technology leader. By day I lead a global team of technologists; by night I run a data center in my basement and ship small things because making them keeps me sharp. Everything I build, write, and photograph lives here under one roof.
Contents
Four doorsField notesWritingEssays on leading, building, and what lasts. Dated, in series, and added to over time.17 entries · newest Sep 23, 2026 →The catalogProjectsSmall things shipped with care: a bird frame, word games, a deck of questions, a homelab.8 plates →The birdsBirdsField-journal plates from the inky-bird-frame catalog, drawn from nature and reviewed before they ship.184 plates · updated Oct 26, 2026 →PhotographyPhotographsMy own work, sequenced by date and arranged in volumes.278 plates · newest Aug 29, 2026 →
What’s new
Most recent firstOct 26, 2026The catalog grows to 184 platesEvery species researched, reviewed, and approved before it ships. New plates appear the day they clear review.Sep 23, 2026The Six BoxThe simpler talent grid many companies run in their HR systems, why they choose it, what it costs, and a translator that moves a team between it and the nine box.Sep 6, 2026Give your agent something useful to do ↗Trying WebMCP on homelab.codes and henrysowell.com: useful cases for homelab tools and exploring my photography, plus what the work taught me.