Why it matters

Vortice at Province of Trento, Italy. Photo by Darwin Vegher. From Unsplash.

We don’t write just to deliver a payload of importance. We write to think. The sudden flood of "why it matters" formula in written content is not a positive sign for this.

The spirit of the licensing.guide

The Licensing Guide website launch image

My dedicated website for all things Microsoft licensing (Power Platform, Dynamics 365, Copilot) has now been launched. Introducing: The Licensing Guide.

Excel cannot be beaten

boxers inside a ring

40 years on, the champion of business apps remains undefeated. The very reasons SaaS apps replace spreadsheets are the same reasons users refuse to let go of Excel.

A year in the life

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A year of rebuilding something that has been missing from my life. A year of reflecting on what is important, and what could be possible next.

Silence of the lambs

Reflecting on NDAs that aim to keep former employees silent (case OpenAI), and the role of transparency in defining company culture.

My final Microsoft MVP award

After 11 years in the MVP program, the time has come to move on in life. Here's the background story on why I've decided not to pursue the awards anymore.