Jan 28, 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 . . .