open source

Step back. Look for a big problem. Look for an open source project that’s addressing it. Then work on that.

Welcome to the first big hype cycle of the 2020s.

One of the biggest mistakes I made in my journalism career lay in assuming tech companies would have the back...

The momentum will continue toward consensus because technology demands it. We’re still in a technology era and so long as...

Sensors and network software can be applied everywhere. Thanks to falling chip prices this can now be done cheaply. There...

The last recession resulted in the cloud. I think this one will result in Intranets of Systems.

The Machine Internet is now ready to take its next step, toward the transformation of systems.

Now is a great time to listen. Listen to customers, listen to competitors, listen to investors. They will tell you...

Systems and standards must be managed. It’s a slow, bureaucratic process. But engineering systems that save money, and sharing the...

The problem is where all this extra value is going. It’s still mostly going into a very few hands. Money...