// TECHNOLOGY IN TRANSLATION
Complicated.
Made simple.
Technology and its impact explained for the people who have to live with it, not build it. The finance director told their company is buying an AI platform. The manager asked to explain a context window to the CEO. This is for them. Plain language, honest takes, no hype.
Written by a thirty-year technology executive who got tired of watching smart people get talked over by jargon. No hype. No fear-mongering. Just the thing, explained simply, by someone who has actually been in the room and sat in the chair.
Subscribe on Substack// THE SERIES
Four (five?) running threads.
Each series is a different altitude on the same idea, from a thirty-second news reaction to the long argument about where the AI boom is heading.
Tech Goes Plaid
The most business-focused thread. Where technology decisions collide with stakeholders, P&L, and the people who have to answer for them.
CIO Field Notes
Lessons from the chair. Management advice, the messy interaction of technology, business, and people, and the cognitive biases that wreck good decisions.
No Profit in Caution
The dangerous side of the current AI boom. Overinvestment, the unpleasant outcomes nobody is pricing in, and the case that the bust is part of the story. The argument other people are too invested to make out loud.
The Daily Comment
Short-form reactions to the day's technology news. The "hey, check this out" of someone who can tell you why it actually matters in one paragraph.
Tech for Normies
IT therapy. Content for everyone who ever wanted to up their tech game in bite size digestible chunks. Without condescension. How-to's that make your life easier.
// WHO READS IT
Built for the people in the meeting.
- CIOs and IT professionals who want the honest version, not the vendor version.
- Executives and board members who have to make technology decisions they did not train for.
- Private-equity operators sizing up risk and value inside a portfolio.
- Curious generalists who just want to understand what is actually happening.
if you have ever nodded along in a meeting hoping nobody asked you a follow-up, this is for you.
// WHERE TO FIND IT
Read where you already are.
Substack
The home base. Long-form pieces and the full archive. @TechnologyInTranslation
Field notes and shorter posts for the working day. /in/christopherpconway
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The daily comment and the live argument. @TechInTrans
The diagrams, drawn simply. @TechnologyInTranslation
Threads
Shorter takes and replies. @TechnologyInTranslation
TikTok
The complicated, explained out loud. @TechnologyInTranslation
One email. The complicated, made simple.
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