IT looking forward

Video recorded at Microsoft tech days, 16 April 2010, following (and referencing) David Bishop at Microsoft’s “Vision of the Future” presentation. Enjoy!

Reading The Big Switch #1 – the economist’s world view

Recently I’ve got into the habit of picking up (largely from the Library) a number of books of a certain genre, and ploughing my way through them – in general, it is the ones that are most compelling that will drive me past the first few pages. And so, I currently have, on the bedside [...]

Recipe for improving operational IT – take two-thirds best practice, one-third tools

At the end of last year we ran a number of polls and surveys in conjunction with The Register, covering aspects of IT from architecture to operations. The results make interesting reading but for us the whole exercise was a lesson in keeping things real. It can be very easy in this bizzare business to [...]

Today, I shall mostly be…

… At Zycko’s partner event, (In)Spire. It’s an interesting conference for an analyst to be at, because it represents where the rubber hits the road for many technologies – in the channel. Bottom line: its al very well to have a great product or a world-beating position, but often, its down to a wide variety [...]

Testing out the podcast thang

Here’s a podcast to go with this article. Its a bit quiet. Spot the infinite loop.

Why I’m interested in Open Source

Because its having a distorting effect on the rest of the industry. I’m afraid I don’t buy the argument (nor would I have to, but you get what I mean) that all software should be free, as Richard Stallmann would so dearly like. Any more than I would agree that all music should be free, [...]

Just registered for Vollee

Apparently my phone passes the test, so a link is on its way. Second Life on mobile phones, in case you’re wondering.

Who has time to blog?

… was just tweeted by Carter Lusher. Dunno – can’t imagine how it gets done.

Will Hillary divorce Bill soon?

A thought occurred to me as i read about Hillary Clinton’s “last stand” against Mr Obama. If she lost the nomination, would she then – after a suitable time – give Bill the boot for being so generally unreliable as a husband in the past?  I know, thinking out loud. But I wouldn’t be surprised.

Blogging straight in at the long tail

I was looking at my work blog stats just now. Hmm. Only 5 hits yesterday. “Is it really worth it?” I asked myself, as I scrolled down the page – to see that since I started it a couple of months ago, there’s been over 3000 reads of the site. Not in a gush, but [...]