Thursday, May 15, 2008 4:16 PM/EST
Nick Carr gives Clay Shirky's cognitive surplus thesis (video version here) a critical reading; Shirky (and many others) respond in Carr's comments. Carr and Shirky are both right, of course. Previously: Shirky questions Carr's open-source analysis....
Thursday, May 15, 2008 3:15 PM/EST
I'm always happy when I can sneak a little nerdiness into my geeky job, so I was happy to write this: That's the brilliance of books like William Gibson's Neuromancer and films like Blade Runner: They don't predict a...
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 1:35 PM/EST
UPDATE: The links are now broken and Firefox is identifying the sites as possible forgeries. That's a good thing, but you can count on the phishers to cast another line. I wouldn't bother blogging this here...except for this. So:...
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 10:38 AM/EST
Mark Andreesen discusses social networking tools, including the one he's selling. My son's AP English class used a site built on Ning to talk about A Farewell to Arms. It worked well, and I could see a project team...
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 1:49 PM/EST
Ashley Daley has a highlight reel from the CIO Summit. Reader Tom Lodahl comments beneath a post from the event: "Ed: these notes only make me wish I had been at the CIO Summit myself. We need some way...
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 1:23 PM/EST
What's the HP acquisition of EDS about, and what does it mean for CIOs? Nick Carr says, "[HP CEO Mark] Hurd doesn't have his head in the clouds. His concerns are altogether earthly." That is, it's not about building...
Monday, May 12, 2008 4:35 PM/EST
It's tough to summarize the 2008 CIO Summit, because the program was diverse and the conversations in the hallways, fairways, and social venues went in a lot of directions. But I'll throw out a few things that struck me...
Monday, May 12, 2008 10:49 AM/EST
Political blogger Matt Stoller has an interesting post about Obama's campaign organization, which has a significant online component. The Obama campaign seems to have cracked the code on a lot of the organizational issues we discussed last summer --...
Thursday, May 08, 2008 3:05 PM/EST
Merv Tarde of Interstate Batteries develops a theme discussed yesterday: CIO taking responsibility for other areas, including facilities management. It helps open conversations with people who may be uncommunicative with IT. Question: Reaction from facilities and other departments to...
Thursday, May 08, 2008 2:13 PM/EST
Jonathan Zittrain says tethered appliances will stifle innovation on the internet. Previously: Apple vs Apple users. iPhone SDK page....
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