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Tech. Games.
Hard work.

13 years at Cisco. A growing pile of essays. I write about how technology, ownership and grit collide — and why you should care. When I'm not at a screen I'm grappling on the mat, swinging a cricket bat, or pushing reps in CrossFit.

Tenure
16+ yrs
Role
Digital Strategist
Base
Sydney
Essays
18
01 / READING ALOUD

Favourite quotes

Three I keep close
"Sometimes you have to be a lion to be the lamb you really are."
— Dave Chappelle
"It is not the critic who counts… The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena."
— Theodore Roosevelt
"If you know the way broadly, you'll see it in everything."
— Miyamoto Musashi · Book of Five Rings
02 / WRITING

Latest thoughts

All posts →

Insights on technology, leadership, martial arts, and life lessons learned along the way.

01

Sony stopped growing. Now it's just extracting.

GamingMay 13, 20264 min
02

Sony just locked your games. They're calling it a feature.

Digital RightsMay 02, 20264 min
03

Ubisoft blinked: Stop Killing Games just proved the playbook works.

GamingApr 25, 20264 min
04

Allbirds rebranded as an AI company. It was always going to end this way.

Digital RightsApr 20, 20264 min
05

The engineer in the room: OpenAI and Palantir's FDE model.

TechnologyApr 19, 20267 min
06

The accounting trick at the heart of the AI boom.

TechnologyApr 19, 20267 min
03 / OFF-CLOCK

What I'm into

Updated regularly
Power song
37 Million Horsepower
Dynatron
Best film
The Matrix
Reality & tech, rewired.
Comedian
Jon Stewart
Sharp wit, smart commentary.
Currently playing
Helldivers 2
Spreading managed democracy.
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