I have spent over twenty years working in IT and Cyber Security, and now AI. Long enough to have watched the industry promise revolutions, deliver increments, and occasionally get something genuinely, transformatively right.
I started writing because I keep having the same conversations. In conference rooms, at industry events, in the pub, with colleagues and friends, the same gap keeps appearing between what the technology press is saying and what is actually happening in organisations trying to make sense of it all. The hype was loud. The nuance was quiet. I wanted to add something to the quieter side of that conversation.
This is a weekly Friday op-ed on AI, cybersecurity, and technology. Not a newsletter that summarises the week’s news, and not a trade publication. Something closer to a column with one argument, examined properly, with evidence behind it and honest acknowledgement of the counterarguments.
I am, and will always be, a nerd. I experiment constantly, with new tools, new platforms, new ideas. Not because it is my job, but because I genuinely cannot help it. That hands-on curiosity is what keeps me grounded and I love the tech. I am not commenting from a distance. I am usually covered in the same mud I am writing about.
The ethos is simple: tech, humanity, and optimism. I am genuinely enthusiastic about what technology can do. I am also clear-eyed about the gap between what we are promised and what we are building. Those two things are not in conflict. But the test I keep coming back to is a simple one, does this technology actually work for people? Not in a demo. Not in a press release. In the hands of real humans, in real organisations, with real consequences when it goes wrong. That question sits behind everything I write.
No matter your industry, no matter your role, if you are trying to navigate the AI hype moment without feeling like you’re going crazy then this is written for you.
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All opinions are my own.
