Technology Market

Yesterday evening I was on a debate on the forecasts for the present year on ICT market. It was a bit of a letany... SMB are not reached, education must change to put Technology in the very center, Enterprises did not understand what technology actually does in its businesses... among all these known statements some fresh ones appear. Jaime García, from IDC, based his exposition talking about processes, intelligence and innovation.
As I commented in an article published in a previous post, the most growing demanded capabilities for the workers in the present enterprises are: Expert Thinking, Communication and Creativity. Actually those that can not (yet) be implemented in an algorithm and wait a computer to do it.
Another interesting thing was the explicitation of the difference between invention and innovation (originally expressed with a comment on Lordi). It is clear that innovation and invention are not the same, but are them independent? Is consequence of the lack of research investment in our country the bad levels of innovation in enterprises or is just by chance?
Additionally the issue on the decreasing figures of students in ICT related university degrees appeared. Has it anything to do with the lack of a resilent research career in Spain? Or maybe with the slave-like conditions of starting IT workers of the past years?
To end with, convergence. But not convergence as a product but as a philosophy. We must realize that only things that can converge may success. Till now almost anything good enough could success but user and enterprises don't want something that just performs well, it must also do it aligned with the several somethings that also do it and help to reduce the interfacing, shifting costs that swallow revenues.

Here are the notes I took in the session (In Spanish, sorry)

First season over!

The first season of the MSc. is over. That's a lot after working hard in the different subjects. Actually on Friday I sent my last essay(Again in Catalan, sorry). I guess is a little bit more interesting than the former. Essentially is on the beginnings of the GSM Networks from the Social Constructivism point of view. I think I identified some relevant social groups and, although it is not deep enough, it's a good start point.

I've been thinking today about the final dissertation of the MSc. When I was on this and get to the office my boss had let me a book in my table : "Hitotsubashi on Knowledge Management". Well, something of Nonaka has appeared in my previous essay for "Introduction" and I dare to say that is a subject interesting enough to base my dissertation. But, is it practical enough? I would like to do something immediately applicable to the day to day work of the office... but what?

I guess in the days to the 28th. February that starts the next season of the MSc. I'll have to decide, or at least have a list of possibilities... Any suggestion?

KIS and organisations

After a lot of work the last week I finished the last essay for Introduction to KIS subject. As always it could be improved a lot but I'm reasonably happy about the result. It's finally published under the CC Licence 2.5. Hope you'll enjoy the reading though it is written in Catalan!

By the way, I'm back to work and I came with a lot of energy to acomplish all the tasks I have pending. Fortunately it is almost gone :-o and now I'm again just working to survive ;-) Just a joke, I have a lot of expectations in the present year, as I announced in the previous post. Hopefully the environment is as motivating as always so I just need to smell the flavour and push the start button!

After a lot of work the last week I finished the last essay for Introduction to KIS subject. As always it could be improved a lot but I'm reasonably happy about the result. It's finally published under the CC Licence 2.5. Hope you'll enjoy the reading though it is written in Catalan!

By the way, I'm back to work and I came with a lot of energy to acomplish all the tasks I have pending. Fortunately it is almost gone :-o and now I'm again just working to survive ;-) Just a joke, I have a lot of expectations in the present year, as I announced in the previous post. Hopefully the environment is as motivating as always so I just need to smell the flavour and push the start button!

New Year, new expectations

What do I expect of this new year we are just starting? However, a lot. Last year was made of changes, and although this one is also to have them, I guess, and expect, that is mainly to be the year of consolidation. Those changes that happened must consolidate to form an stream in my life and feel them as mine.
Anyhow, a lot of new things are also going to happen. Hopefully, at the end of this year I'll be working in the final essay of the MSc. and expecting to end it in the starts of 2008. Hope also to be moved to a new home, in BCN...

Going for the nuts and bolts, now I'm working in the essays of Introduction and Technology and Society. I thing I'll publish them here, as the formers, under the CC Licence.