Published in Productivity, Startups.
Startups are an extreme form of business not suited to most people. Academia is the same in its opposites. This is probably why most people go and work elsewhere! I’m glad to be able to experience both.
Published in HumanOps, Startups.
The four core needs that every founder must satisfy, in this priority order, before they can be effective at their startup.
Published in Cloud, Data Center Energy, Environment.
Data centers are responsible for between 1-1.5% of global electricity usage today but some scenarios project that will grow to 3-13% by 2030. How realistic is this? How efficient are servers and data centers? Will efficiency continue to improve?
Published in Cloud, Data Center Energy, Environment.
If we still generate energy from non-renewable sources, how can a data center be 100% renewable? What does 100% renewables and sustainability mean for data centers and the cloud?
Published in Cloud, Product Engineering, Startups.
In porting a project from Google Cloud Functions to Azure Functions, I found Microsoft’s developer experience is a great example of attention to detail. What does that mean for startups selling to developers?
Published in Startups.
Having been on the CEO / founder side and now actively investing, I have been thinking about what makes a good early stage startup angel investor.
Published in Favourite Books.
In 2019 I read 66 books (with an average length of 289 pages). Here are the ones I rated 5 stars.
Published in Book Reviews.
My 3 star review of For the Record (David Cameron).
Published in Product Engineering.
Perfectly functional hardware, forced into obsolescence by software. Do you always want to use the latest and greatest? What about your users? How long should you maintain software and APIs for?
Published in Book Reviews.
My 4 star review of Billion Dollar Whale (Tom Wright).