Here is the first in an intermittent series of posts on some recommended reading for those interested in the social impact of IT and other related issues. I will not attempt to be exhaustive, but will focus on works which are in some way particularly noteworthy or useful. From time to time, I will post reading recommendations vis-à-vis specific subject areas like cloud computing, project management, business intelligence, etc. Let's start with a classic: Being digital, Nicholas Negroponte I recently re-read it and I found some interesting intuitions that I didn't spot in the first reading. Over the years, the author has developed a techno-utopian tendency that makes the whole lot uninteresting. The book is worth reading, though. On the other side of the spectrum, the works of Nicholas Carr put a great emphasis on the shift in computing. The main idea is that computing is becoming a commodity. Buy and read the following: Does IT matter? The big switch - Rewiring the...