Topic: Software Development
The role of "developer" is shifting in today's web-based business climate. A developer is no longer a code shop building niche applications on top of an OS platform, but an entrepreneur building a business on top of web APIs. The leading developer and business evangelists discuss and debate the very definition of the words "platform" and "developer" in a Web 2.0 world. This panel includes Tim O'Reilly (O'Reilly Media), Adam Bosworth (Google), Kevin Lynch (Macromedia), John McKinley (AOL) and Halsey Minor (Grand Central).
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with newcomers Karl de Abrew and Sam Chandler of Nitro PDF who tell us how they've managed to build a new cheaper technology, which turns the economic model of Adobe on its head. [Tech Nation audio on IT Conversations]
George Dyson, technology historian, presents a talk on scientist John Von Neumann's life as he was developing the foundations of computing at Princeton University. [ETech 2005 audio fromIT Conversations]
The Eclipse Foundation's EclipseCon 2005 was a sellout, and with good reason: Software vendors were jumping in for heavy participation in this open source tools platform, and the Foundation itself showed unusual cohesion with its new Roadmap 1.0. Even Microsoft showed up. At the conclusion of EclipseCon, Scott Mace talked with Eclipse Foundation Executive Director Mike Milinkovich for a progress report on some of Eclipse's 36 projects, open source licensing issues, Eclipse in academia, and more. [Opening Move with Scott Mace from IT Conversations]
Philip describes the evolution of his attitudes towards software engineering as manifested in Philip and Alex's Guide and his latest book, "Software Engineering for Internet Applications," for a course at MIT where "the goal of the course is that the student finishes knowing how to build Amazon.com by him or herself."
A presentation by Scott Ambler at the SDForum Distinguished Speaker Series in 2003 entitled "Are You Agile or Are You Fragile?" The software industry is shifting from large-scale, prescriptive processes that mandate rigorous procedures and policies to lighter, more agile methodologies. Are these agile processes appropriate for your organization? If so, which should you consider adopting? What challenges can you expect and how can you overcome them? (Audio from IT Conversations. This is a long one: nearly two hours.)
"You Thought it was Easy: Wrestling Gold from Today's Software Projects." The benefits of Agile are many, the implementation is easy, and the problems are daunting. Ken Schwaber, Senior Consultant, Cutter Consortium & Chairman of the Agile Alliance, discusses the obstacles to wresting the gold from today's software projects. (IT Conversations audio from SDForum Agile Summit.)
From Accelerating Change 2004, IT Conversations audio. "Pervasive Computing Panel: Impacts of Persistent Distributed IT" with panelists Dana Blankenhorn (writer and consultant), Joachim Schaper (SAP Research Labs) and Andreas Olligschlaeger (TruNorth Data Systems).
"Achieving Enterprise Agility" presented by Shai Agassi, executive board member, SAP. SAP customers process roughly 50% of the world's GDP through its systems annually. Flexibility, interconnectivity, analytics and usability are key capabilities that companies need to succeed in today's competitive marketplace. Mr. Agassi illustrates SAP's strategy for enabling the "in-time enterprise" which can rapidly adapt to market demands and increase the velocity of events throughout business networks. [Audio recording from Accelerating Change 2004 on IT Conversations]
(The Gillmor Gang on IT Conversations - audio) The Gang looks back on 2004 and forecasts the year to come. Guest Mitch Kertzman gives us his latest focus as a venture capitalist: the software-development process and software as a service and pay-for-use models. The Gillmor Gang looks at the recent flurry of BigCo M&A activity, the commoditization of computing at various levels in the hardware/software stack, tech CEOs as bloggers, collaboration, and software reusability. And yes, there's a year-end look at podcasting.
