Since I started my academic program at MIT, I have not been able to, either deliberately or unintentionally, stay abreast of the latest developments in the software and Internet industries. Still lamenting from the fact that I was barely able to explain Web 2.0, I decided to sit in as a guest listener at Cusumano's Software Business class yesterday to listen to the presentation of student's term projects on various software-related businesses and technologies. Thankfully, Cusumano has graceful enough (albeit a little reluctant) to let me sit in the class, which normally has a policy of no listeners. I was impressed by most of the presentations. The Digital Media Content, Mobile Industry, RFID, and Web 2.0 presentations are my favorites. They were well presented and insightful. Overall, the 3 hours spent in that class was worth the effort as I learned some new business and technological trends and landscape in the IT world - a good summary of what I missed the past year. Even though I am now trying to make inroads to nanotech and management, my strongest technical expertise is still in software. I should really stay on top of the latest developments in the software industry.

12/3/2005 7:30:59 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)

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