Boston Entrepreneur | Technologist | Product Strategist
In October 2025, I came back to the State University of New York at Oswego to give a keynote for the kickoff of a new innovation conference. Since the audience included professors, students and industry professionals, myself and the dean of business struggled to find the right topic that would
Introduction A few years ago my sister Deb, who lives in Seattle, started the tradition of getting the family together in Boston for St Patrick’s Day. This has always been a big holiday for our family due to our Irish roots, and there are few better places to
Kristin and I spent 13 days in Egypt this January, staying at hotels in Cairo, Aswan and Luxor, and with a four day cruise down the Nile. It was definitely a once-in-a-lifetime trip that lived up to our high expectations, with incredible sites, history, food, people, and experiences. Here is
Several weeks ago I received an alert from my online fraud service that my social security number had been found on the dark web. While I’ve always assumed some of my private information was available online, this was the first time I had confirmation that information of any
One of my favorite things to do on Cape Cod is to go oversand to the Outer Beach. The beach, which stretches for almost nine miles from the Nauset Inlet in Eastham to the North Cut in Chatham , consists of pristine waterfront, rolling dunes, fields of beach grass, green hummocks,
I recently did a comprehensive review of my online security that involved going through my 300+ accounts, assessing the risks, and making changes where appropriate to enhance my security. It was a tedious project that was unfortunately long overdue. Here are a few observations to pass on to anyone considering
Most of us rely on online services for our daily life, from keeping in touch with friends to paying bills to setting up a doctor’s appointment. If you are like me, the years of being online has resulted in substantial account sprawl. Since each online account represents a
With the "build in public" trend in fashion these days, I decided to comb through my old blog posts to bring together the nine year story of CloudHealth Technologies. It is particularly timely since the company that acquired my startup, VMware, has now also been acquired. As for
Well it’s official: I left Twitter. The process of getting here was harder than I imagined. I relied on Twitter mostly to follow real-time news and discussions within the tech industry. The modest following I had accumulated over the years was more a side effect of being promoted
A friend told me that when someone tells him they love Cape Cod, he asks: which Cape Cod? There are so many different experiences to be had on the Cape that often what one person thinks of as Cape Cod can be entirely different from another. So in this post
This weekend Kristin, my sister Kathy and I did the Walking City Trail, a 28 mile hike through Boston. I first heard of this trail last year when several family members and friends sent me a link to bostontrails.org . The hike took us through several of the 23 neighborhoods
My three brothers and two sisters came to Boston for St. Patrick’s Day this year. We are 5th generation Irish-Americans, descending from Irish refugees who came to the United States in the mid-19th century during the Great Potato Famine. Kinsella is an Irish surname that dates back to
In my previous post , I discussed the value long form requirements bring to building great software products. Requirements offer product managers & owners a powerful technique to disseminate knowledge, converge thinking, define phasing, and rigorously vet ideas before incurring the expense of execution. Next I’d like to provide
One of the most interesting stories in crypto in the last month has been the implosion of FTX, one of the top exchanges by trading volume in the industry. At its height, FTX had a $32B valuation, handled over $10B in trades per day, and received $2B in venture funding
As a tech industry professional, I’ve probably paid less attention to Elon Musk than most. I’ve read a couple biographies, admired his achievements at SpaceX and Tesla, and occasionally read about one of his social media controversies. But over 2+ decades, I haven’t thought