2012

Greetings to you!

I haven’t contributed to this blog for a while. What a loss for the Internet Community (I wish).

2011 was a year where I spent a lot of my time studying and learning.

• Scrum certification
• Numerous evening talks (Ruby, Scala, Python, Closure, Agile, Software craftmanship, Continuous Integration, …) at SkillsMatter
• MongoUK 2011
• Progressive .NET Tutorials
• Adobe HTM5 Camp
• Open University Certificate in Business
• SiliconMilkRoundabout activities
• London Tester Gathering (LTG) Workshop
• OpenTech 2011
• Soho School Night
• Stanford On-line courses (their first experiment with AI, ML and DB)
• JAX London
• UKTI Business Essential Clinics
• Start-up Britain week
• LSUG meet-ups
• Minibar
• Continuous Integration Conference (CITCON)
• Groovy & Grails eXchange
• Investment related training (IBD50, Trading Expert, Option course)

Unfortunately, there wasn’t much time left for sailing. 😦

But this post is not about 2011. It is about what 2012 should be.

2012 should be about realisations. This means a few changes in the way I am using this blog. A change in look but also a change (or rather an evolution) in content. So far, the content has been of a passive nature (mostly commenting about events). It’s all good but it’s not enough. 2012 should be a year where I contribute more to the Internet Community.  I have coded a lot in the past but pretty much all under NDA. I’ll be working on a GitHub portfolio once I am done with the posts I have still pending.

2012 should be a year where people reading this blog are interested enough to leave comments. A two-way discussions will surely be more interesting than a one way monologue. It’s time for action…

Let me finish with an extract that (somehow) follows this thread of thoughts.

Als die Nazis die Kommunisten holten, habe ich geschwiegen; ich war ja kein Kommunist. Als sie die Sozialdemokraten einsperrten, habe ich geschwiegen; ich war ja kein Sozialdemokrat. Als sie die Gewerkschafter holten, habe ich nicht protestiert; ich war ja kein Gewerkschafter. Als sie die Juden holten, habe ich geschwiegen; ich war ja kein Jude. Als sie mich holten, gab es keinen mehr, der protestierte.

When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent; I was not a communist. When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent; I was not a social democrat. When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out; I was not a trade unionist. When they came for the Jews, I remained silent; I wasn’t a Jew. When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out.

Martin Niemöller (1892-1984)