Screw the Valley – Review Essay

Posted by on Nov 13, 2015 Silicon Valley gets plenty of attention. The Santa Clara Valley itself is beautiful, and companies based there have created staggering amounts of innovation and value. I have reported on and been happy to collaborate with many of them. So business reporters and analysts are right to focus on the Valley. But as important as it is, there comes a time when you just need to look beyond. Even players...
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Data Centers, IoT and Connecting the Dots

Posted by on Sep 9, 2015 As a tech writer working mostly incognito on behalf a range of companies, I can identify myself much less often than I could when working as a journalist. Ghost writers under NDAs don’t have bylines. Two recent projects, however, bear my name. In one case, I wrote a position paper about advanced data centers. In another, I co-authored an article about the Internet of Things (IoT) for a...
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J Tombes Consulting Rebrands, Launches Website

Posted by on Sep 1, 2015 Midlothian, VA., August 31, 2015 — After five years in business, J Tombes Consulting has rebranded, incorporating as JT Consulting, LLC, and launched a website to highlight the firm’s technology writing services. The editorial consulting business, a sole proprietorship founded by former trade journal editor Jonathan Tombes, opened in 2010. Apart from a quiet period of 18 months, when Tombes...
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