May 24th, 2010
As I suggested in my previous blog on this series of commentaries on future trends in the IT industry, we could probably spend several years improving things even if computer hardware didn’t change at all. But the fact of the matter is that hardware has changed, and will probably continue to do so for the [...]
May 17th, 2010
Here’s an interesting question to consider: would the IT industry improve during the next, say, five years if there were no improvements in hardware technology? Think about it: no new mainframes from IBM, no new desktop computers from Dell, no shiny new Powerbooks from Apple. No breathless announcements of a new hard disk that stores [...]
May 16th, 2010
Back in the Dark Ages — which, for me, was in the early 1970s — staying in touch with family, friends, and business colleagues while traveling abroad was a relatively straightforward affair: it simply didn’t happen. It was possible to call people on the phone, but there were no discount phone services, so it was [...]
May 15th, 2010
I’ve been asked to give a short (one-hour) presentation for an on-site gathering of IT managers in a couple weeks, about the “future of IT” over the next 5-10 years. It’s something I’ve spoken about at various conferences and meetings for the past 20+ years, but it’s always fun to take a fresh look — [...]
May 15th, 2010
I’ve been coming here to Rome since 1972 — typically once in the spring and once in the fall — and it’s such a familiar experience that it hardly requires any conscious preparation at all. But some things do change over the years, even in the Eternal CIty; other details remain pretty much the same. [...]
May 10th, 2010
When I tweeted last Friday (April 30th) that my iPad would be arriving imminently via Fedex, a number of people responded, “Well, I hope you’ll blog about it!”It didn’t make sense to do so before the device had even arrived; and even after a week, I think it may be too soon. For example, someone [...]
November 16th, 2009
I’m giving a presentation on “The Politics of Metrics” at the Software Best Practices Conference sponsored by the IT Metrics and Productivity Institute in Ft. Lauderdale, FL on Nov 17, 2009. You should be there so you can meet and hear some of the other great speakers at the conference, as well as whatever clever jokes may occur to [...]
May 3rd, 2009
I’m presenting a seminar on “Enterprise 2.0” in Rome on May 4-5, 2009. You can download the 35.1-megabyte PDF file by clicking on the link above, or you can view/download it on my Slideshare page; a few of the slides will seem rather cryptic and mysterious, but if you’re actually attending the seminar, then hopefully my [...]
March 26th, 2009
As noted in previous blog postings, I’ve begun writing a new, updated edition of my Death March book, which was last updated in 2003.Having already uploaded the Table of Contents, Preface, and Chapter 1, and the first couple of sections to Chapter 2, I’ve now uploaded section 2.3, which is entitled “Levels of commitment in death march project [...]
March 25th, 2009
As noted in previous blog postings, I’ve begun writing a new, updated edition of my Death March book, which was last updated in 2003.Having already uploaded the Table of Contents, Preface, and Chapter 1, and overview/intro to Chapter 2, I’ve now uploaded section 2.2, which is entitled “Determining the basic nature of the project.”
I hope to continue writing/revising/uploading [...]
