Computers Then and Now 16 November 2020 AbstractReminiscences on the early developments leading to large scale electroniccomputers show that it took much longer than was expected for the first ofthe more ambitious and fully engineered computers to be completed and provethemselves in pra...
Exploration and Exploitation in Organizational Learning 12 November 2020 This paper considers the relation between the exploration of new possibilities and the exploitation of old certainties in organizational learning. It examines some complications in allocating resources between the two, particularly those introduce...
Embracing Change with Extreme Programming 04 November 2020 Extreme Programming turns the conventional software process sideways. Rather than planning, analyzing, and designing for the far-flung future, XP programmers do all of these activities -- a little at a time -- throughout development.
One Man's View of Computer Science 31 October 2020 A number of observations and comments are directed toward suggesting that more than the usual engineering flavor be given to computer science. The engineering aspect is important because most present difficulties in this field do not involve the t...
The Synthesis of Algorithmic Systems 31 October 2020 Both knowledge and wisdom extend man's reach. Knowledge led to computers, wisdom to chopsticks. Unfortunately our association is over involved with the former. The latter will have to wait for a more sublime day.