Speaking at GitLab Commit!

One of my dreams has come true! I am going to San Francisco in California! And also for an excellent reason. I am allowed to deliver a talk at GitLab Commit in January 2020! The talk will be about the easy acceptance of GitLab in startup culture versus the more tough environment of the enterprise. GitLab is very popular on the internet and has an excellent reputation amongst developers. The CI feature has been ranked as top of it’s class. [Read More]

2016 - the next big thing?

So now we are a day forward in the new year and I realized I’d like to say something about it. For me 2015 has been a big year: finished my studies, learning new things about javascript, cloud business, apps, Agile and DEVOPS, amazing vacationing to Portugal with my love, a couple of weeks in the U.K. with the family in the summer, getting to run 10 KM … a lot of things. [Read More]

Agile methods and technologies for KPN HR-Analytics

This is a translation of the first part of the introduction of my thesis: The need for relevant information to distinguish yourselves from others, making you faster than your competitor, has existed since the creation of the first societies. In the course of recorded history more and more data accumulated in different administrations. Since the advent of the computer and the use of databases, there are all kinds of new possibilities to analyze this data and transform it into useful information. [Read More]

Done done?

As of last week, all coursework is completed and I have received the following date to attend a session where I have to defend my thesis: 13 juli!

Really really almost done!

Now even more close

The last couple of days I managed to get ahead!

  • finishing my thesis (or actually, refining it)
  • (done)finish last course  Service Level Management by writing a Service Level Agreement and answer some questions for the last assignment
  • (did 10% )finish the last practical assignment by creating a prototype .NET website in VB with a new technology like a web service that can be used by an app

Research approved

I just received word that my research phase for my thesis has been aproved, so that is very good! Now it is really time for refinement.

onderzoeksmodel_v1.4Research model

Almost done

After 5 years the end is really near. Don’t worry, nothing serious 😉 What was I doing? I tried to combine family life with small children, work and a part-time bachelor studies. So the last hurdles for me to become a Bachelor of ICT: finishing my thesis (or actually, refining it) finish last course Service Level Management by writing a Service Level Agreement and answer some questions for the last assignment finish the last practical assignment by creating a prototype . [Read More]