Sun, 27 January 2008  SPaMCAST 26 - Carr, The Big Switch, Center
Show 26 features an interview with Nicolas Carr, author of “The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google" and “Does IT Matter". The discussion ranged from computing as a utility to the impact of ubiquitous computing on business and society.
Mr. Carr is a former executive editor of the Harvard Business Review. He writes and speaks on technology, business, and culture. His 2004 book Does IT Matter? Information Technology and the Corrosion of Competitive Advantage, published by Harvard Business School Press, set off a worldwide debate about the role of computers in business. His new book, The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google, examines the future of computing and its implications for business and society. He also edited and wrote the introduction for The Digital Enterprise, a book of HBR writings on the Internet, and contributed to World View, Organizing Business Knowledge, and When Good People Behave Badly. Check out www.roughtype.com/ and www.bigswitchbook.com
The essay for this cast is titled “The Center Will Not Hold." The essay discusses change and the life cycle of how extreme changes evolve the mainstream over time. The text of the essay can be found at www.tcagley.wordpress.com. Comments and corrections are welcome. There are a number of ways to share your thoughts . .
Future Events and the next . . . I have a couple of free webinars coming up in early 2008. The first is “Getting Performance Improvement Out of Your Software Process Improvement" on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT And the second is titled “A Cost Effective Approach to Enterprise Wide Software Process Improvement" May 22nd, 2008 at 10:00 am - 11:30 am Eastern Time More information and registration information can be found at http://www.itmpi.org/webinars/
Next Software Process and Measurement Cast: The next Software Process and Measurement Cast will be a special show. Cast 27 will feature a interview with Ivar Jacobson. Your thoughts and comments would be a welcome addition . . .
Direct download: SPaMCAST_26_-_Carr_The_Big_Switch_Center.mp3 Category: Web 2.0 -- posted at: 10:05 PM Comments[0] |
Sun, 13 January 2008 
SPaMCAST 25 - Booch,
Omnibus Framework
At random times, the laws of physics do not apply to him. He is not dead yet. Check out www.booch.com/architecture/Contact Grady at architecture@booch.com There are a number of ways to share your thoughts . .
Future
Events and the next . . . I
have a couple of free webinars coming up in early 2008. The first is “Getting Performance Improvement
Out of Your Software Process Improvement" on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 10:00 AM
- 11:30 AM EDT And
the second is titled “A Cost Effective Approach to Enterprise Wide Software
Process Improvement" May 22nd, 2008 at 10:00 am - 11:30 am Eastern Time More
information and registration information can be found at http://www.itmpi.org/webinars/ Next Software Process and Measurement Cast: The next
Software Process and Measurement Cast will be a special show. Cast 26 will be a retrospective of the past
year highlighting SPaMCAST’s first year.
Your thoughts and comments would
be a welcome addition . . . Direct download: SPaMCAST_25_Booch_Ominbus_Frameworks.mp3 Category: Development -- posted at: 11:22 PM Comments[0] |
Wed, 9 January 2008  SPaMCAST SIX Estimation Interview with Michael Bragen The Software Process and Measurmeent Cast Six continues the the theme arc on estimation with a conversation with Michael Bragen of Software Productivitity Research, LLC (SPR). This is an interview where having a pencil and paper to take notes will come in handy (at least it did for me and I was there). SPR's website is www.spr.com The essay in this cast is titled 'An Estimate Is Just A Number, Right?' It is way too easy to forget that an estimate carries alot of wieght even when it is given off-the-cuff. The full text version of the essay can be found at www.tcagley.wordpress.com. Next Cast: The next cast will be posted on Sunday April 22 (programing notes on April 15) and will feature an interview with Kenji Hiranabe in which we will talk about using Mind Maps in Agile projects. The essay I hae planned will be titled 'Whay Are Requirements So Hard To Get Right'. Your thoughts on the topic as I write the document will be appreciated (afterwards also). Currently I have four more interviews in the 'can' after Kenji with names that include Finegold, Herron, Ferdinandi and Symons. Other are being lined up! If you have a suggestion please let me know at spacastinfo@gmail.com! Events: IFPUG Spring Workshops and Functional Size Summit Better Software Conference and Expo Contact SPaMCAST at spamcastinfo@gmail.com Direct download: SPaMCAST_SIX_Estimation_Interview_with_Michael_Bragen.mp3 Category: Estimation -- posted at: 11:36 AM |
Wed, 2 January 2008  The Software Process and Measurement Cast provides a forum to
explore the varied world of software process improvement and measurement. The SPaMCast covers topics
that deal the challenges how work is done in information technology
organizations as they grow and evolve. The
show combines commentaries, interviews and your feedback to serve up ideas,
options, opinions, advice and even occasionally facts. In a nutshell, the cast provides advice for
and from practitioners, methodologists, pundits and consultants!You can contact SPaMCAST in a variety of manners! TWITTER: tcagley (www.twitter.com/tcagley) Get involved! Category: About -- posted at: 11:21 PM Comments[0] |
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