On Taste, Simplicity, and the Courage to Make Something Beautiful
Beauty has structure. Taste is not preference - it is a skill. And simplicity is not laziness but the highest expression of mastery.
The Mobile Phone: My Journey and the Future
From a Nokia 5110 I couldn't afford a SIM card for, to running a telecoms company. 25 years of mobile phones taught me: features don't win. Experience wins.
Microsoft Has Never Been For Me. We're Switching Anyway.
I avoided Microsoft for 20 years. We just switched 119 people to Microsoft 365.
Not because Microsoft got better. Because simplification matters more than preference at scale.
Why Big Companies Can't Innovate: Airlines and the Big Ship Problem
Writing this at 37,000 feet on $20 Wi-Fi that doesn’t work reminded me why big companies fail. It’s not talent or money, it’s slowness. In the AI era, speed isn’t an advantage. It’s survival.
