Technology Strategy
22 essays, 2010–2025, newest first.
- The Breaker Box Economy Why AI's future belongs to whoever controls the compute grid
- The Internet's Forgotten Superpower How modern web apps forgot to remember
- The Three Infinity Stones That Can Erase Your Company How Reddit mods, Google rankings, and AI models form a reputation kill chain you don't control
- Navigating the Upside Down as a Technology Leader Ideas for leading technology organizations with confidence and creativity.
- Move Fast and Don't Break Things The art of smart speed in organizational decision-making.
- The Auto Industry's Cloud Awakening Auto manufacturers are behind the cloud adoption curve but are well-positioned to unlock the future of mobility by building foundational capabilities across six key areas.
- How to Drastically Reduce Your PowerPoint File Size **Still relevant since 2016:** I'm glad you're one of the thousands who find this post helpful. If you enjoy this article, I'd love for you to stick...
- CAP Theorem: Revisited **👋 Still relevant since 2014:** I'm glad you're one of the thousands who find this post helpful. If you enjoy this article, I'd love for you to stick...
- CAP Theorem: Explained **⚠️ This post is outdated.** I've significantly revised my thinking on this topic. Please read the [updated version: CAP Theorem...
- Assembly uses version X which has a higher version than referenced assembly error **Still relevant since 2014:** I'm glad you're one of the thousands who find this post helpful. If you enjoy this article, I'd love for you to stick...
- Presentation Slides: An Introduction to Amazon Web Services **Still relevant since 2014:** I'm glad you're one of the thousands who find this post helpful. If you enjoy this article, I'd love for you to stick...
- Windows Azure IaaS vs. PaaS vs. SaaS **Still relevant since 2014:** I'm glad you're one of the thousands who find this post helpful. If you enjoy this article, I'd love for you to stick...
- Could not establish trust relationship for the SSL/TLS secure channel **Still relevant since 2013:** I'm glad you're one of the thousands who find this post helpful. If you enjoy this article, I'd love for you to stick...
- The specified blob does not exist **Still relevant since 2013:** I'm glad you're one of the thousands who find this post helpful. If you enjoy this article, I'd love for you to stick...
- How to Filter by DateTime in Azure Table Storage **Still relevant since 2012:** I'm glad you're one of the thousands who find this post helpful. If you enjoy this article, I'd love for you to stick...
- Entity Framework: There is already an open DataReader associated with this Command which must be closed first **Still relevant since 2012:** I'm glad you're one of the thousands who find this post helpful. If you enjoy this article, I'd love for you to stick...
- Beware The Second System Effect In The Mythical Man Month Fred Brooks discusses the idea of The Second System Effect. The Second System Effect is the tendency for a project manager or...
- Fixing the "One of the request inputs is out of range error" in Windows Azure **Still relevant since 2012:** I'm glad you're one of the thousands who find this post helpful. If you enjoy this article, I'd love for you to stick...
- Using Github as a Syntax Highlighter for Your Blog or Website **Still relevant since 2012:** I'm glad you're one of the thousands who find this post helpful. If you enjoy this article, I'd love for you to stick...
- Using Stopwatches and Timers in .NET **Still relevant since 2010:** I'm glad you're one of the thousands who find this post helpful. If you enjoy this article, I'd love for you to stick...
- Creating Algorithmic Art Using Processing **Still relevant since 2010:** I'm glad you're one of the thousands who find this post helpful. If you enjoy this article, I'd love for you to stick...
- Getting Started With Git and TortoiseGit on Windows **Still relevant since 2010:** I'm glad you're one of the thousands who find this post helpful. If you enjoy this article, I'd love for you to stick...