A conference is usually about new and exciting stuff and Scrum clearly isn’t new. Scrum is nowadays also adopted across all industries and I personally do not know one software developer who wasn’t part of a Scrum project yet. So, it’s not exciting either. Why the heck have then a Scrum track and even two keynotes about Scrum and Agile Software Development?
It must have been somewhere in 2004 when I listened to a single podcast every day for more than a week. Each day when commuting to work and back it was the podcast called “Capturing the Upside” by Clayton Christensen. I was so impressed by the amount of insights and knowledge shared in this podcast that I bought his first two books immediately. It was Clayton Christensen who coined the theory of Disruptive innovation. When you read Eric Ries his book on Lean Startup you can recognize this movement leverages the Disruptive Innovation theory: e.g. initial “crappy” products(mvp) enter a small part of the incumbents market and not considered/recognized a threat.
This year is the first time at any GOTO conference there is a track all about Drones. Why should we do that? Why is it important and more specific; why could it be relevant for the leaders in the dutch software development market?
Deloitte states that in 2015 the base of active drones exceeds 1 million. Their focus is more on the consumer/pro-sumer side of the story though.
Lets look into some predictions on market size:
Market research estimates the global UAV market is now about $15 billion this year, with growth to up to $20 billion annually by 2020. Part of the reason for the growth is the FAA is opening up air space to commercial activities.
See more at: http://www.aboutsmallcap.com/2012/07/25/large-unmanned-aerial-vehicle-market-expected-to-keep-on-growing/
We looked at the web development corner and saw the big 3 technologies; HTML, Javascript and CSS all loosing interest. Frameworks, on the other hand, are gaining more and more attention from the community. These days there is one framework that stands out from the rest: AngularJS.
When we started discussing the tracks for GOTO Amsterdam in november 2014, we took Gartners Hype cycle and used it to plot technologies we had on our radar. It sort of looked like the picture found above. We see Microservices as a very interesting topic. It was Martin Fowler and James Lewis who raised more awareness in this article.
GOTO Amsterdam 2015 holds the promise to be a unique experience. We looked at the global and local trends, we listen to the communities and we learn from the local heroes who we consider experts on a specific subject. We’ve asked these local heroes to be our trackhosts and help shape our tracks. They know who give the best talks. They know what are the most important topics. They know what the questions are, our audience will ask themselves during the projects.
Their task was not simple though. We’ve asked them to shape their track so awesome, they couldn’t stop talking about it. In this first article Pini Reznik, our trackhost for the Docker track, explains why the docker track is that awesome!
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It’s no secret that Chicago is an incredible city with a vibrant history, passionate sports fans, and very cold weather. However, what many people are starting to realize is that Chicago is also an up-and-coming home for the Tech Industry: with companies like 1871 and WeWork serving as incubators for newly hatched start-ups, the space is ripe with young companies and skilled developers. So the question has to be asked, who is keeping this rapidly developing community together?
Dear Reader,
It’s been an exciting start to 2015. We have several news items that we would like to share with you. Our new launch of our new global website and we have plenty of meetup activities and GOTO nights planned for the agenda that you don’t want to miss. We are thrilled to announce the new Docker training’s are now available through our Trifork GOTO academy .We are creating momentum in the education market with our Brightcenter proposition and an introduction to our Eindhoven team who are actively involved in driving successful client engagements supporting our core customer needs in the the Southern part of Holland. Read on to learn more about all of this!
We are delighted to reveal our newly designed website for The Trifork Group, feel free to Take a Peek!
Monday 19th of January we held the first GOTO Night of 2015. This evening was about Docker and was hosted by ABN AMRO.
Over 110 registered users, listened to Adrian Mouat explaining why Docker is such an exciting technology. After the break we had an interactive session between the panel, consisting of Jamie Dobson and Adrian Mouat, and the audience. This Question & Answer session was led by Mark Coleman. Read the rest of this entry »
