“The wisdom of crowds” is a phrase that often evokes lofty thoughts of how collective wisdom and collaborative effort can be harnessed to achieve truly remarkable outcomes. However, like most things, there is a fine line between hype and reality,...
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Goodbye to Digital Decade
A day more and first decade of this century will be over. And what a decade it has been, marked with blistering pace of digital revolution which has left everything in sight singed. Such has been impact that decade is being called a digital decade....
Read moreAvatar, reuse and model driven software development
Last week my daughter Sam (13), her friend Joey and I went to see the movie Avatar in 3D at the IMAX theatre in Rotterdam. Following up on the hype and reading reviews I just got curious. Especially after reading an interview with director James...
Read moreWeekly digest of week 52 2009
In the last digest of 2009: A look ahead in 2010 on browser trends, flexible packages, technology trends and the Groundswell. The Economist is getting social, Napster was a good thing for the music industry and Enterprise Microblogging has more...
Read more2010: Bazaar or still the Cathedral?
This period of year is the time to look back and especially look ahead. Therefore I challenge you to think about 2010: Will it be the year of the cathedral or the bazaar? The title is borrowed from Eric Raymond’s famous essay [1] about the...
Read moreMerry Xmas, I’ve Just Hacked Your Kindle!
And all it took was just eight days and a challenge on an Internet forum for two hackers to do just that. I wonder what’s next. Are we likely to witness the rise of mainstream hacking contests, perhaps a “Hack Idol” type reality show hosted by...
Read moreQuestions on smart use cases. Part III - Stereotypes and minimal use case specifications
Smart use cases have become a fairly straightforward requirements technique that we have introduced in many different types of projects, such as Java, .NET, BI, SOA, SAP projects. Often I receive questions on how to apply smart use cases in...
Read moreTesting the Cloud, a thought on the fogginess.
According to a large number of articles in different specialist journals ‘The Cloud’ will be (or already is) the next big thing in IT-land, so I guess it will be important in testing too. Most articles are very positive on the possibilities of...
Read moreIn 2010, Twitter will be the pulse of the planet
It's the end of year, a time of looking back, and ahead. A fun time to make predictions, and look back at predictions made earlier - although that usually is much less fun I predict that: everyone will have a Twitter account in 2010 Every company...
Read moreWeekly digest of week 51 2009
This week about the impact of social computing on public services, and the EU information society and economy, amazing mashups thanks to the BBC, cheap webcams being turned in an instant 3D scanner and iPhone users are delusional. iPhone users are...
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