Update - November 2015 - I've recently revised the Digital Architecture model Just before the Christmas break I wrote an article that explained why I think we are entering a new phase for technology where everyone needs to be able to understand something of the architecture of technology within the businesses they operate to make … Continue reading Becoming a digital architect
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Every day it seems I can barely move in the world of the Internet without another big blurb about how software and developers are changing the world. Can you humour me for a moment so that we can lance that particular boil? For every Facebook or Twitter or whatever other clever doo-dad, there's a BBC … Continue reading We are all architects now
Email marketing is a much disparaged art form, and yet one that companies still put an awful lot of effort into (and one that lots of other companies still make an awful lot of money from by providing services). Last week, Google made an announcement about how images would be handled that meant that … Continue reading GMail images – what’s the email marketing impact?
The countdown concludes... 5 Hot-desking: the osteopath’s dream February 2013 Or - why messy desks are necessarily a bad thing. 4 Meaningful job titles January 2013 How I long for a job title that my mum would understand... 3 Leap, and a net will appear* August 2013 The announcement that I was to be … Continue reading Top Posts for 2013 – 5 to 1
There appears to be mounting press coverage at the moment about the causes and consequences of Microsoft being unable to announce the name of Steve Ballmer's successor as the next Redmond CEO. Much of that coverage appears to be about the culpability of the company's board in this, as their main job is succession planning … Continue reading It’s not played on paper
For some time I've struggled to take job titles particularly seriously, but I was keen to refer to myself as something other than "founder" on LinkedIn because it's just a bit naff. In the end, after much thought, I went for the flippancy option and now am entitled Chief <Insert Buzzword du Jour> Officer … Continue reading CDO – this officer is time limited
The countdown continues... 10 The podcast playlist November 2013 The podcasts I currently have on my podcast player (BeyondPod, since you asked). 9 The Scunthorpe issue July 2013 A bit of a rant about the stupidity of thinking that the answers to all things evil on the Internet lie in technology. 8 Campbell’s law, Goodhart’s … Continue reading Top Posts for 2013 – 10 to 6
In the past few days I've seen news coverage of the Bitcoin phenomenon which has included a man trying to find a hard drive containing millions in the currency, lost on a landfill site in Wales, reports of a rise in theft of bitcoins, and even accusations about Bitcoins being nothing but a fancy … Continue reading Tiptoe through the tulips…
I'm a bit of a geek. I know that. I accept that. I have become resigned to that. I'm nowhere near being the geekiest person I know, but then there are many people who are way less geeky that I know. Here are some things that, as a middleweight geek, I think you should think … Continue reading Five vaguely geeky things you should do in 2014
Continuing a theme from a post I wrote earlier, I have been spending a bit of time today looking through Business Insider's encyclopaedic collection of data about all things digital (see for yourself here: http://www.businessinsider.com/the-future-of-digital-2013-2013-11?op=1)There's a lot of data. Much of it summarized into neat graphs. It's all very interesting.But what does it tell us about … Continue reading Trending nowhere
