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Assessments are awesome

As well as gathering facts and supporting decision making, an effective assessment process clarifies objectives, encourages collaboration, and builds buy-in for change.

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Precision and simplification

We should value simplification more than precision.

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What can IT learn from CE?

Can we make IT as flexible as consumer electronics?

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The new architecture

To create the next generation of IT architecture we need to think beyond our current engineering mindset.

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Enforcing data security

You can improve data security by implementing fine-grained security at the lowest level of data access.

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One day all software will be built like this

Products that are developed in themselves are initially hard to work with but eventually become much more powerful than conventional products.

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IT's ethos

Many of the problems in IT stem from a lack of professional ethos.

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Letting go

As a parent, you have to learn to let go.

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Hooray for marketing

Marketing may seem vacuous to our technical minds, but when it works it's magic.

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Hobgoblins

Should our methods and processes be consistent?

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Mobile WiFi Access Points

If you need Internet connections when you are away from home or the office, a mobile WiFi access point could be just the solution you are looking for.

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The ideas amplifier

Computers don't just automate our ideas, they make them bigger.

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Problem density

Problem density could be a valuable new concept for measuring IT.

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Why programming takes so long

Some things that look simple can take a very long time.

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Video game training

Could video games provide a good model for how we structure technical training?

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Know your USP

Defining your product's unique selling proposition (USP) is not the same as listing its features.

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The pitfalls of productivity

What are the trade-offs of rapid development tools?

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Image Magick

Image Magick is a powerful image manipulation utility that you can use to build automated image processing solutions or solve image management problems.

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I would pay more for open source

Open source products are the best choice for integrating into larger solutions.

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Multidisciplinary performance improvement

There are many ways to improve system performance, but the best performance improvements come from a multidisciplinary approach.

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