I listened to another Podcast within which Lawrence Lessig talks about remixing and its fit within culture and law. He makes the case what we can do with paper based content, we can not do with digital content. For paper, we established practices and rules that permit quoting, read as copying, content of other authors. For digital content, we are still exploring what the rules should be and we have big business stress their muscle to protect their revenue streams. Lawrence builds a great case for accelerating the pace of change. Lawrence is a great speaker and this is another content rich presentation.
Kim Polese delivers a convincing and informative presentation about modern IT shops. She builds the case that the IT person in a company is a super hero (and she is right). More importantly, she talks about the impact of open source and other innovations on the way IT and companies view putting together their infrastructure. Her observations are insightful and she delivers a great presentation.
Tod Maffin, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, talked about podcasting and its use within public radio. He delivers a informative and interesting presentation.
Joel Spolsky, Joel on Software, delivers a very interesting and insightful presentation talking about modern software development trends. He has some interesting viewpoints and criticisms on Extreme Programming. Further, the talks about why customers don't know what they want. This one is a must listen to! I looked up The Joel Test which lists 12 questions you should ask at the end of a job interview. He also builds a great case for daily builds. Very interesting and provides good fodder for shaping ones development processes.
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