Book Giveaway: The Busy IT Manager’s Guide to Data Recovery

Well, it had to happen eventually! Normally when my publisher sends me complimentary copies of my books, they arrive a…

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Solving Tech Debt

I’m going to suggest something controversial here: the real solution to tech debt comes from within, not from without. But…

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Outage vs Outrage

There’s only a minor difference between outage and outrage, at least from a spelling perspective. Just a single r. I…

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One Year a Product Manager

2022 was a complex year for me. In some senses, being another pandemic year, it was remarkably similar to 2021…

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The Tender Art of Process Re-Evaluation

Data protection is a topic commonly pushed out to tender. And I understand why: depending on how far forward into…

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Good Ideas and Angular Friction

Introduction If an idea doesn’t get off the ground, does that automatically mean it was a bad idea? Well, no.…

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Review: XMind — Mind Map Tool

I’ve always been one of those people who has been a bit leery of mind maps. I’d see examples of…

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Death in the Digital Age

“What happens when we die?” This is a question that has occupied countless philosophers, theologians, scientists, stoned first year university…

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IT Skills: To Degree or not to Degree

(This article was originally published at Musing About Tech, which I’m closing down.) Introduction When I was 16 or thereabouts…

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General Review: Fences

I’m a multi-OS person. I use Windows and macOS as desktops, and have a plethora of Linux systems in my…

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