Nicholas Carr (blog, IT Does Not Matter (article), Wikipedia) has written a new book stating that the IT department is dead and that: it is a shift to utility computing that will kill this corporate career path… Full article here. Now before you run out and start updating your resume…
Category: The Future
Now iPhone (and iPod Touch) optimized
For those of you addicted to your iPhone or iPod touch, I’ve added the iPhone plugin to this blog. Just open safari on your iPhone/iPod Touch and open the blog… it will display nicely on your device.
Green cars? I think you are missing the point…
Ok, I promise this will be my last green technology post for a while. The Arizona Republic published an article today entitled “13 states to auto industry: Get green“. In my opinion this article – and the pressues the states are putting on auto manufacturers totally miss the point. The best way increase efficiency as… Continue reading Green cars? I think you are missing the point…
The sad state of Voice Communication
If you really stop to think about it, voice communications is – by comparison with all of the other communication mechanisms available to us – hopelessly rudimentary. The reality is – even with the advent of VoIP and services like Vonage, Skype and Gizmo – the basic phone call hasn’t changed very much Alexander Grahm… Continue reading The sad state of Voice Communication
Did you learn more in school or out?
Jeff Pulver at the Jeff Pulver Blog asked a great question today: Which leads me to today’s question of the day: Looking at what you are involved with these days on a day-to-day basis, did you learn more of what you need to know to do this from something you learned in school, or from… Continue reading Did you learn more in school or out?
Congress (finally) decides to do something to aid innovation…
Congress finally decided that it was time to address the fact that the US is falling woefully behind the rest of the world – and Asia in particular – in educating engineers. Drawing wide support from Democrats and Republicans, the Senate approved legislation dramatically increasing federal funding for research. The bill also seeks to jump… Continue reading Congress (finally) decides to do something to aid innovation…
Arizona State University – Distributed and Enterprise Application Consortium (DEAC)
I’ll be attending the kick-off of ASU’s DEAC on April 19th. If you have any comments or items you’d like brought up, discussed or feedback on… let me know. The local Phoenix economy has seen a significant increase in the distributed and web-based computing sector. To help support this growth, ASU’s Division of Computing Studies… Continue reading Arizona State University – Distributed and Enterprise Application Consortium (DEAC)