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For as long as I have worked in Tech, Europe has talked about technology sovereignty, but progress has been slow. Replacing widely used products from companies like Microsoft turns out to be harder than most expect. Open source alternatives exist, but they often have sharp edges when it comes to
John Lasseter, the legendary animator and co-founder of Pixar, often said, “No amount of technology will turn a bad story into a good story.” The same holds true for keynotes and for software development. You can pack a keynote with dazzling visuals and cutting-edge demos and
In Hamlet , Shakespeare writes: “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” Hamlet is talking about Denmark, which feels like a prison to him. It’s not the place that defines the meaning, but the perception. That line captures something about how our
Edgbaston Cricket Ground At the Vitality Blast T20 Finals Day in Edgbaston last Sunday, I was sitting with my children in the stand opposite the Hollies stand. The cricket was fun, but part of the experience is what happens off the field. The Hollies are famous for their noise, costumes
When the Spanish conquistadors first set foot on the Yucatán Peninsula in 1517, led by Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, they encountered the Maya people. The conquistadors spoke Castilian Spanish, while the locals spoke Yucatec Maya, the dominant language of the region at the time.
Over the years, I’ve had a lot of “interesting” requests from clients. Sadly, I didn’t save them, so I thought it might be fun to imagine what they might have looked like over the years, starting in 1998 — the year I built my
The web feels unloved. You click on something to read, and what you get is a mess of pop-ups, autoplay videos, and banners stacked on banners. The thing you came for is still there, but you have to fight for it. Reading online has turned into an endurance sport.
I don’t know about you, but my web browser is the second app I launch every day (just after email). In fact, overall, I probably spend more time using it than pretty much anything else (not surprising considering what I do). But it got me wondering, where do