Daily Archives: June 19, 2009

De toekomst is zaak van ons allemaal

Posted on June 19, 2009 by Vincent Barnhard

Afgelopen dinsdag vond in het Spant in Bussum het VINT Symposium 2009 plaats. Het centrale thema van de dag was ‘Fast Forward’ en Michiel Boreel, CTO van Sogeti waarvan VINT een onderdeel is, trapte af met de stelling dat we, in deze tijden van crisis misschien maar zo snel mogelijk weer vooruit moesten gaan en naar voren moesten kijken. Maar niet zonder terug te kijken op wat er nu eigenlijk aan de hand is en hoe het nu zover heeft kunnen komen.

1. Verander je mindset
2. Overbrug de kloof
3. Combineer ‘know how’ met ‘can do’ en ‘know who’
4. Bouw vanuit een ander dna
5. Weg met complexiteit

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    How to start a movement … through dance

    Posted on June 19, 2009 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

    This is a great video showing exactly what happens when one man with passion (or just plain self deprecating humour) starts dancing at a festival. Psychologically it’s a great little video, because it shows a bit of how crowds can form.

    So how does it work? This could easily be a Social Media campaign overview: read more here

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      How to make your cover more ‘inclusive’

      Posted on June 19, 2009 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

      The smiling, ethnically diverse family featured on the cover of Toronto’s latest edition of its summer Fun Guide was digitally altered to make the photo more “inclusive,” which city officials say is in keeping with a policy to reflect diversity.

      A spokesman for the department that publishes the guide listing recreation activities confirmed the publication was doctored to insert the face of a different father.

      Altered cover + full article: City digitally adds black guy … to make it more ‘inclusive’

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        Agility in Deployment – Rails in the Cloud

        Posted on June 19, 2009 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

        Engine Yard Flex (self healing cluster)

        Jon Crosby (Engine Yard, Inc.), Joe Arnold (Engine Yard, Inc.), Andy Delcomb (Engine Yard, Inc.) “Agility in Deployment – Rails in the Cloud” The ability to release early and often becomes more important as your product scales. With Engine Yard Flex, Crosby demonstrates creating “One Button” deployments that scale. He also demonstrates building a high-volume Rails cluster and shows how easy it is to create a “Clone of Production” to test at scale.

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