Is this cloud thing another new fangled fad fleeting about in the firmament only to burn out as more people discover it's just a fancy figment of some marketers imagination? Fads fade fast when their promises are greater than reality — I’m looking at you AI and TQM.
But a lot of serious technologist feel this cloud thing is a concept that is here to stay. Let's do some scholarly research into all this Cloud nonsense and find out if it really matters.
It's time for Systems Engineers to embrace their creativity and lead organizations to greater heights of technical glory. I truly believe that to be a truly great Systems Engineer you need to get in touch with that artistic, creative person that's buried deep in your soul. Will you answer the call and dig that creative part out of you?
The other day I was able to go to a lecture by Dan Roam, the author of the wildly popular book, "The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures." His topic was, "What to do when words don't work" and his seemingly outrageous claim the, "You can solve any problem with pictures."
In the Jan-Feb 2012 issue of THE FUTURIST is Thomas Frey's "Eight Grand Challenges for Human Advancement." He proposes several very science fictiony things. All the challenges push past beyond our knowledge of physics. That's a good thing because I don't believe we're even close to understanding how the universe works. But what if they did come to pass? They would have some very far reaching consequences.
