The discussion of business IT often veers into
can't-see-the-forest-for-the-trees territory, where it's easy to
forget just how cool and exciting this stuff can be. That's why
Dispatches
From the Hyperlocal Future, scifi writer Bruce Sterling's
brilliant bit of not-so-speculative fiction (in the July issue of
Wired), should be required reading, not just for those in
IT, but especially for those on the business side of the house.
Sterling's short story, presented as a...