I wrote a column for InfoWorld that ran from June 2001 to August 2005. Below are links to all of the columns I wrote.

2001

• Defining the CTO role
• The resourceful CTO
• A CTO's frustration
• FAQ on CIOs and CTOs
• Ethical awareness
• Click here to deflate ego
• Tips on becoming a CTO
• Sell solutions to CTOs
• Build better software
• Picking the right CMS
• It's open-source time
• Rampant confusion
• The Windows XP yawn
• Boundless generosity
• The devil is in the details
• What does it all mean?
• Challenging responses
• The CTO's reading list
• The Linux maturation
• Hitting the road
• No more prima donnas
• A memorable mentor
• Prima donnas redux
• Hitting the books
• Legwork that pays off
• Visions of sugarplums
• Prioritize, prioritize
• A tricky balancing act

2002

• Prepare for better times
• Selling outsourcing
• Optimistic skepticism
• A genuine gee whiz
• Peer to peer pays off
• In praise of laziness
• CTOs of the future
• Make those bold moves
• Greenspan's green light
• A good beginning
• E.T., phone home
• The unsung heroes
• 802.11 is revolutionary
• All praise Windows XP
• Inspirational peers
• Making hard decisions
• Making the right hire
• Communications 101
• CTO with a cause
• A satisfied customer
• Tracking telco tremors
• Revenue is your business
• Get help with security
• Selling the pipes
• Big iron vs. Linux
• Clarifying the mission
• On the road
• Wielding influence
• CTO ethics 101
• Summertime reflection
• Managing imperfection
• A job title in decline?
• Consultant canons
• Fostering creativity
• Creative headaches
• Calling the shots
• xSP expectations
• Securing the homeland
• The show must grow on
• The ubiquitous CTO
• The 'new normal' is here
• The art of good politics
• Fix it sooner, not later
• Flexibility and control
• A CTO gives thanks
• Poised for the top spot
• Influencing innovation
• Let the resolutions roll
• IT for weary travelers

2003

• Doing more with less
• Minding human assets
• Mac meets world
• Where the bugs are
• Heaven or XM-hell?
• Lindows shopping
• Tools for the short hike
• Wireless: the dark side
• The downturn's lasting impact
• Yanking my supply chain
• Debunking benchmarks
• Keeping it simple
• On the front lines of IT
• Does Microsoft deliver?
• Wagging the dogma
• Next year's headlines
• The battle for decentralization
• Super desktop
• If the glass slipper fits
• Beyond Linux
• Fuhgeddabout IT
• What I learned in the downturn
• Matrix moral
• When enterprise IT matters
• RSS Killed the Infoglut Star
• Weblogs meet the enterprise
• When change is wrong
• Pros and cons of invisible IT
• Keeping IT jobs in the U.S.
• IT garage band: 'The Invisibles'
• Open source for a song
• Lawyers and IT: I can't get no subrogation
• With Linux, there are no absolutes
• Moving to a Mac
• Mac OS X: It just works
• Expect the unexpected when it comes to security
• True IT confessions
• Wireless security watch
• Getting real about SCO
• Sometimes, IT can't win
• Crazy talk
• Don't forget the basics: Power
• The IT economy looks brighter
• IT grab bag: from Bluetooth to Resin
• Bringing outsourcing back in-house
• The fight with enterprise systems
• A calm and peaceful IT datacenter
• A CTO's holiday wish list
• Happy New Year, IT

2004

• Making the right IT choices takes courage
• Bluetooth to the rescue
• When games are more than child's play
• Expand your professional contacts
• RSS: really simple solution
• Code warrior
• Get technology right
• The Google way
• The documentation dilemma
• Offshoring is no silver bullet
• When IT needs to hit the books
• Fired up IT
• A cautionary security tale
• Linux desktop test drive
• Is my job still relevant?
• Exterminate IT management detritus
• Mobile messaging with open source
• More e-mail tribulations
• More signs of IT recovery
• Big problems and small solutions
• Blogging behind the firewall
• Smart IT budgeting
• The joy of outsourcing
• Optimizing business processes
• Effective IT calls for intelligent urgency
• The burden of platform diversity
• Well-run IT is like music to my ears
• Monoculture wars
• RSS growing pains
• The browser under attack
• RSS bandwidth blues
• Digging into DNS
• Dealing with random IT trouble
• The great IDE debate
• Dreams of service-oriented b-to-b integration
• Readers weigh in on IDEs
• Real-world laptop recovery lessons
• The whining class
• My PowerBook odyssey
• Why can’t Johnny compute?
• Join the CTO club
• Open source or outsource?
• When good vendors go bad
• Is Wiki under your radar?
• Wiki goes to work
• Keeping up, looking ahead
• Radical simplicity
• It's all about open source options
• Life in the IT fun house
• A CTO's downsized holiday wish list

2005

• Your shiny new wreck
• A heyday for open source?
• The perils of customization
• Subscribe vs. build
• Backing into disaster
• IT's moment of truth
• Get your IT house in order
• What it takes to get ahead
• The ones that get away
• Your CEO, exposed!
• Ignorance of the law
• Beyond the blog hype
• Want a Mac? You’re on your own
• Under Mac attack
• Options add to end-user complications
• Sanctioning software
• Little points of failure
• Does IT demand too much commitment?
• The IT talent "crisis"
• Hear it now
• A fresh look at Excel
• Terminal security
• Secrets of a great off-site retreat
• Money talks
• Intel at Apple's core
• Code jag in Vegas
• Open source calling
• Farm out or farm in?
• The last word on outsourcing
• Focusing on innovation
• The last few inches
• Exiting in good faith
• Passing the baton