Technical

The Technology Garden

Now out of print, this is still—if I may—an excellent primer on how to do large-scale enterprise IT right. The annex questionnaires should be a checklist for every IT leader. Still available second-hand.

Smart Shift

Smart Shift is a book about the near future, written in the near past. Superseded by events, perhaps—but its core message remains: technology needs governance. Being updated here.

Security Architect

Part of the “BCS Guides to IT Roles” series. I wrote this to get back up to speed on security. Short, sweet, and still relevant (if a bit pre-cloud). Available from the BCS directly.

Voices in DevOps

With my GigaOm hat on, I thoroughly enjoyed speaking to luminaries of the DevOps world in this podcast series.

Tech Blogs

An archive from 1996-2021.