InformationWeek
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In the years I’ve known Jonathan Feldman, he’s repeatedly come up with ideas that are profound in the “Huh. That’s obvious now, wonder why I didn’t think of it in those terms” sense of really profound. His most recent blog fits into that category, a blog where he urges IT managers not only to try out up-and-coming vendors and technology, but to try them out against the will of their staff, and in mission critical situations. The blog, for your reference, can be found at InformationWeek. All that he says is obvious, after the fact. And he’s right, there...
No matter what country you live in, if it is in any way democratic, you have seen the political trend wherein nearly everyone knows the correct solution to a given problem, but hidden agendas, partisanship, and general demagoguery get in the way of implementing that solution. In most industrialized countries, the most obvious and timely instance of this is any discussion of cutting government spending. Everyone knows that it is inevitable, the government cannot spend more than it makes forever, any more than a business or a household can, but partisanship and turf-protection always make these things move very slowly,...
Outside of work I spend some amount of time debating a range of topics with chosen friends over email. This week I'm debating the future of the press with InformationWeek editor Lorna Gary. While we have pretty divergent views about what the next few years hold for "the press" in the traditional and new media sense, Lorna is intelligent, educated, and aware not only of the needs of her little piece of the pie, but pressure on advertisers, etc. It makes for some stimulating conversation, and I always learn something from these discussions. Which is one thing you should be...
