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Having been from minicomputers and assembly language to Chief Technology Officer of a Fortune 500 company, I offer a broad range of experience and knowledge. While I enjoy helping companies find inventive and imaginative ways to leverage technology to achieve sustainable advantage, I also very much enjoy staying connected to my roots by programming.
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IT 2010s - Delay
(Oct 28, 2011) A few weeks ago, as I was digging through some paper records (remember those things?), I ran across a paper I had written in grad school (latter half of the 80s) about stakeholders. All my thinking I put into that paper and the experiences I've had s...IT 2010s: The Basics - Intro
(Sep 08, 2011) Continuing the exploration of IT Strategy for the 2010s (and beyond), it's time to look at the basics.
While Steve Jobs and Apple were inventing and rejuvenating market after market, they stuck to the basics. No. They went beyond that. They master...IT For The 2010s
(Sep 06, 2011) "Is IT strategy dead?", I asked in an earlier post. Instead of tackling the question directly, I'm going to sneak up on it in a series of posts about what IT needs to look like in the 2010s from the perspective of the CIO (Chief Information Officer)....Is IT Strategy Dead?
(Jun 16, 2011) Did I miss the obituary in the last ten years?
When I left the corporate IT world eleven plus years ago, the buzzards were beginning to circle. The economic hits of the last tens years have not helped at all.
Yet, no "strategy" for IT is emergi...New Source of Work
(Apr 09, 2011) I recently joined vWorker.com, a site for employers and virtual workers. It took a little over a week to land my first contract through it. Not bad, considering some sites I've joined over the years!
And, now back to my regularly schedule...WordPress Plugin Pricing Model
(Mar 27, 2011) Why do I charge for plugins when most people give them away?
Why do I give away plugins that I used to charge for?
Here's my model and thinking:
I am a major fan of the Open Source movement. I have been for many years. It is the place where...Websites for Authors
(Mar 27, 2011) To support new writers making their way in the world, I offer a discounted service them. For a nominal fee, I'll:
Register a domain of their choice
Host the site for one year
Provide FTP access to the site
Set up WordPress (optional) and he...
