There was a recent article published in the New York Times on How Uber Uses Psychological Tricks to Push Its Drivers’ Buttons. It described how the economics of being an Uber driver has changed as the platform has grown; furthermore, it details how Uber are resorting to gamification to influence …

Today, most organisations have significant internal datasets and digital services. These resources have the potential to be converted into new revenue streams by securely exposing them to customers and partners as web services. The availability of a number of open source web service frameworks, has meant that it has never …

Those of you familiar with Greek mythology have probably heard of Odysseus (Ulysses), the hero of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey. Following the Trojan war, Ulysses and his crew needed to sail past the island of the Sirens, dangerous creatures, who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting music and voices …

As the amount of information we are subjected to each day increases, it's critical that we strive for clear, succinct communication. However, two tools at our disposal that often negate their use are acronyms and abbreviations. They are intended to help the writer communicate their ideas more efficiently without needing …

Constraints are often seen as the enemy of designers, architects and engineers. It’s clearly the case that the number of potential solutions to a problem has to decrease with each additional design constraint. However, just because the number of potential solutions goes down, it does not mean than the …

I recently read Scott Adam's book, How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life. In chapter "Goals Verses Systems", he talks about how "goals are for losers" and that systems create better results and are a more effective way for you …

In October of last year, I made the decision to return to Red Hat after leaving in 2010. While the opportunity to lead Red Hat’s emerging technology consulting practice in region was the primary reason for my return, Red Hat’s open culture also played a significant role in …

In this article we take a look at some of the announcements from Docker con 2015 and reflect on what it means for container orchestration in the Enterprise.

Summary: In this article, I provide a brief update on the development of content for the Resources and Design Principles chapters in the "Architecting for the AWS Platform" video series for O'Reilly Media.

During the past week I've been working on the following chapters of the O'Reilly training series:

• Resources …

Summary: In this article, I provide a brief update on development of the Platform chapters of the "Architecting for the AWS Platform" video series for O'Reilly Media.

During the past three weeks I've been working on the following platform related chapters of the O'Reilly training series:

• Platform - Availability
• Platform - Design …