The simplest way to appear “on top of your subject” is to avoid contradictions when you speak. It does not matter if you know your subject, for in a generalised Services Economy there are hardly any standards. When presenting something, just be consistent and utter tautological implications. For example: “We need a consistent plan to … Continue reading The Cloud is (not) what I say it is (not)

In May 2003, Nicholas Carr predicted the end of Corporate Computing: "Something happened in the first years of the 20th century that would have seemed unthinkable just a few decades earlier: Manufacturers began to shut down and dismantle their waterwheels, steam engines and electric generators. They no longer had to run their own dynamos; they could … Continue reading What IT does not do (never did, and never will)