The thing to remember is, he came up through the ranks to became a manager, and seems to be one that decided to put the energy he used to into learning new tech/coding techniques/etc into becoming a good manager.

If you've not read anything from his blog before, it's worth at least skimming back through the archives to see what tickles your fancy. He's got some VERY good articles.

Check out the sidebar in the OP. Rands has written two books and I personally enjoyed his latest tremendously.

He also worked with Apple and Borland. Not your average tech blogger.