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Most of my blog posts dating back to 2002. Some written here, some written elsewhere and aggregated here.
What is Artificial Intelligence?

What is Artificial Intelligence?

19/07/2018
Before we begin, let’s get definitions straight — what is artificial intelligence (AI)? Or more specifically, what isn’t it? As you might expect, ask any technical person for a definition of something, and you’ll get a dozen different responses, and at least half of them will be, “It depends.”
What Is Blockchain?

What Is Blockchain?

26/06/2018
The world and its dog has gone crazy for blockchain (and related technologies, which is a whole other post). The past two years have been a hype roller coaster for the technology with stories of equally insane valuations, technical proposals, media exposure, regulatory nightmares, frauds, and unrealized dreams.
The Promises, Payoff, and Products of Hybrid Clouds

The Promises, Payoff, and Products of Hybrid Clouds

26/04/2018
The cloud promised to provide us all flexibility. The opportunity to access infinite resources as and when we need them and pay accordingly. We would no longer have to spend time installing, configuring and maintaining servers; we were promised more time to “just code.”
What Is DesignOps?

What Is DesignOps?

27/03/2018
As a writer/tech writer/sometimes developer who dabbles in the odd bit of illustration and design, I have often wondered how teams of artists collaborate.