Should my cloud business avoid Microsoft development tools?If I base my start-up business on Microsoft technologies, I've instantly put myself in hock for 300 Windows Server licenses.September 15, 2014 by Matt Baxter-Reynolds in Cloud
LG G Watch vs Pebble: The simple genius of a not-so-smartwatchI bought an LG G Watch to replace my year-old Pebble. Turns out, I'll be keeping the Pebble...July 22, 2014 by Matt Baxter-Reynolds in Mobility
How IT professionals can get the most out of TwitterTwitter is perhaps the most important learning resource that IT professionals have access to, yet not enough of us are using it. June 20, 2014 by Matt Baxter-Reynolds in Social Media
Apple's new Swift development language highlights the company's worst sideApple's iOS tooling badly needed a reboot, hence the introduction of Swift. It's just a shame they did such a bad job...June 3, 2014 by Matt Baxter-Reynolds in Mobility
Surface Pro 3: Microsoft's grand tablet vision lies in tattersMicrosoft's tablet vision was bold, and beautiful. But with the introduction of Surface 3, it's dead.May 28, 2014 by Matt Baxter-Reynolds in Windows
Everyone is 'going digital,' but just what does that mean?It seems that everywhere we go, CTOs and CIOs are talking about "digital," but exactly what does "digital" mean?April 23, 2014 by Matt Baxter-Reynolds in Innovation
Windows XP: The terrifying anarchy of technology 'have-nots'It's easy to dismiss organisations that have failed to move away from XP as ignorant or lazy, but it's not quite that simple.April 9, 2014 by Matt Baxter-Reynolds in Windows
There is no 'mobile' anymoreSeeking a mobile solution puts up an artificial technical barrier to what you're trying to do. It's time to stop thinking about "mobile" as something special. April 4, 2014 by Matt Baxter-Reynolds in Mobility
Android Wear -- wearable devices built around relevanceGoogle is able to offer something with Android Wear that no other player, big like Apple or small like Pebble, can offer. And that's why it'll win...March 25, 2014 by Matt Baxter-Reynolds in Mobility
Apple's 'goto fail' tells us nothing good about Cupertino's software delivery processThe fact that Apple's infamous SSL validation bug actually got out into the real world is pretty terrifying. March 19, 2014 by Matt Baxter-Reynolds in Security