Thoughts...

Rebooting my blog, with a little more focus...

  1. Which Mr M Wilson?

    When two people at the same address share the same title, initial and surname, shortening their names can create an unexpected privacy problem.

  2. The unintended consequences of good security

    Security controls can reduce risk, but they also change behaviour. Are we paying enough attention to what our policies encourage users to do instead?

  3. Bring your own network

    How a UniFi Travel Router lets me securely take my home network with me, making public Wi-Fi easier, safer and much more convenient.

  4. Powerless: the invisible foundations of modern life

    A brief power cut while an electrician installed an EV charger reminded me how much of modern life depends on infrastructure we rarely notice.

  5. Process debt: the hidden challenge in digital transformation

    We spend a lot of time talking about technical debt, but inherited processes can be just as damaging. Digital transformation delivers its greatest value when it starts with the outcome rather than the process.

  6. CTO Corner (August 2026): Why flexibility has become a technology strategy

    Technology strategy is increasingly about creating options: building flexible foundations that let organisations adapt as business needs, workloads and priorities change.

  7. LinkedIn is a network, not an audience

    LinkedIn has evolved from a professional networking site into a platform for building audiences. I still think relationships matter more than reach.

  8. You can't beat a cable

    After years of upgrading my Wi-Fi, the biggest improvement to my home network came from installing an Ethernet backbone.

  9. AI isn’t killing consulting. It’s killing time as a proxy for value

    Generative AI isn't making expertise less valuable. It's exposing the flaws in pricing knowledge work by time rather than outcomes.

  10. The future of autonomous driving is not on public roads

    The biggest advances in autonomous driving are likely to happen in controlled industrial environments long before fully autonomous vehicles become commonplace on public roads.