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From Total Football to ‘total IT’: how a ‘radical’ approach can benefit the beautiful game and system design

In this blog, I reveal the surprising connection between the Total Football philosophy and my work in system design and development...

October 16, 2024|

Why ‘Just Do IT’ is anything but when it comes to system implementations

Watching the Paris Olympics, it was hard not to notice the athletes’ sponsors. Product colours have become more prominent, advert locations are more diverse, and placements are more orchestrated.

But perhaps most remarkable is you can now identify a brand simply from its logo or slogan, thanks to familiarity with the company or organisation...

August 16, 2024|

Why artificial ‘intelligence’ is better than artificial ‘knowledge’

Today’s artificial intelligence (AI) services are remarkable things. They can write. They can draw. They can even speak. And thanks to their training on large volumes of data, they can produce answers to a wide variety of questions.

May 24, 2024|

Is it time to ‘kill’ your operational darlings?

Last month’s blog about reimagining IT systems started out with a slightly different introduction from the version eventually published.

But even though I could see the need for the change, I was still slightly disappointed at having to let go of my initial inspiration. When I said this, my colleague mentioned this was an example of the old writer’s adage: ‘kill your darlings’...

February 20, 2024|

The visual language of Christmas and other festivals

The approaching winter solstice has got me thinking about the different traditions and festivals that have light and reflection as central themes. There’s Christmas of course, and also Diwali and Hanukkah, to name just a few. And as well as the many words associated with each event, there are numerous pictures, symbols and icons, too...

December 12, 2023|

What we can learn from the UK air traffic control failure

The UK air traffic control failure caused chaos on the busy August bank holiday. Thankfully, all flights could land safely. But the incident caused hundreds of flights to be cancelled or delayed.

As someone who works in IT, I felt an inevitability to the way the problem developed...

September 25, 2023|

What is small and wide data, and why does it matter?

By 2025, 70% of organisations will shift their focus from ‘big’ to ‘small and wide’ data, according to predictions by technology research firm Gartner. The company believes this change will provide better operational data, more context for analytics, and make artificial intelligence (AI) less data hungry.

July 26, 2022|
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