My Tech Leader wishlist

Ah, my first, long overdue, Tech Leader post. To start off, thanks to Matt and team for the opportunity and the innovative “X” Leader initiatives that are certainly changing the shape of our media landscape. Thought Leader has been a great success, Tech Leader is here and, more recently, Sports Leader has hit the scene. A “big up” to the Mail & Guardian Online for this.

For my first post, I thought I’d give my initial thoughts on Tech Leader and my wishlist going forward. When the first articles started rolling in, my worst fear was that Tech Leader might need to be renamed to “Web 2.0 Leader” after the first couple of weeks. After a brief chat with Matt, he gave me a rundown on the strategy moving forward, which put my mind at ease. And it’s now evident that there is an increasingly diverse group of commentators at Tech Leader. I have nothing against Web 2.0, or anything 2.0 for that matter; it’s just a very interesting phenomenon.

My thoughts on Web 2.0: it’s strange that such a small, overhyped phrase has turned the dull, boring and almost collapsed internet as we knew it into something bright, shiny and cool, and seemingly void of any decent business models and revenue-generating opportunities other than the common “once we have the audience, we can sell advertising” pitch. Please don’t get me wrong; I enjoy the “Web 2.0” world and keep a keen eye on it, as I do with a number of other industries. And yes, I know there are companies out there that are very successful in their new media initiatives, with good business models that make money. But, I digress …

My wish for Tech Leader is that it will become a preferred and engaging source of opinions, commentary and debate on all the various technology building blocks and industries driving innovation, business and society in the 21st century.

Let’s talk about the network technologies, data centres, server systems, storage technologies, information security practices, operating systems, application services, development methodologies and all the other technologies that form the foundation of the internet and enterprise environments, large and small, out there.

Furthermore, I would like to see how technology is, and can be, used for social upliftment and development throughout the world in the countries most affected by poverty, unemployment, tyranny and general social and economical instability.

So, that’s my wish list. Simple, isn’t it?

What would you like to see?