Vision of the World

The world has lost a visionary and creative genius

Jobs was “brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world .. talented enough to do it.” ~ President Barack Obama

Meet us in paradise!

Birgitta Boeckeler and I will be sharing stage at Devoxx 2011 and presenting MDD and code generation techniques and lessons learned based on our work at Accenture.

Brooklyn Bridge

More on my 500px gallery.

Out-Thinking the Competition

Why Apple is so different?, a lot can be explained by the famous Jobs’ statement during the annual results call: “It isn’t the consumers’ job to know what they want.” ~Steve Jobs

Listening to what people want today, is just accommodating a conservative approach to business. Average companies, especially those on consumer goods, have for ever utilize these techniques to try to please customer giving them what “in theory” they want without spending significant effort in exceeding expectations.

“If I’d asked my customers what they wanted, they’d have said a faster horse.” ~Henry Ford - Average people (and in this context that is most of us), don’t expend any significant time thinking beyond their limited short term needs at least to what it translate into data gathered and analyzed by companies studying consumer behavior and patterns. Faster horses, at the time Ford was engaged in producing Model T, will solve most people’s immediate transportation needs, but it won’t bring any significant benefits to the industry and in time to humanity.

Innovators are those who are not afraid to fail, and when they do, they try again and again, learning from their mistake and pushing the bar further every time. Apple and Jobs success it almost looks too good to be true, maybe it’s all just a well executed movie by Pixar.

I used to be a PC, now I’m an Apple, and I’m never coming back.

Jobs - The Iconic Visionary

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Welcome IBM. Seriously.

End of an Era

Photo by Ryan Katsanes

August 24, 2011 - Steve Jobs Resigns as Apple CEO

Jobs is without a doubt is the greatest leader our industry has ever known, he has not only transformed the PC business by brining innovation and outstanding quality to the PC market, but most importantly, he can be credited with the revolution and evolution of the music and mobile communication businesses.

Jobs contributions to our world extend well beyond Apples achievements as the most admitted and successful business of our era. Jobs took care of creating not only a company and quality product but an army of extremely loyal and passionate followers; people who will ensure his legacy extend well beyond of his CEO role.

Quality and Innovation are by far the driving principles that positioned Apple as the most valuable company on the planet. Remarkable achievements, considering how other companies operates.

Apple is and will always be what Steve Jobs envisioned to be. I wish Jobs the best!, Steve live long a prosper.

While Away

Some of my shots published on 500px.

Java vs Scala community

What is the different between the Java and Scala community today?

In Java, you find all type of people and backgrounds from Music and History majors to Computer Science. In Scala, as today, you primarily find hardcore Computer Science/Computer Engineering people with advance degrees and solid experience on solving complex problems with elegant solutions.

Scala needs more people. The language and ecosystem around it offers so many possibilities and opportunities for people and enterprises to develop cost effective, scalable solutions in response to the fast changes in requirements and complexity of today’s systems.

Java and Scala by far are not competitors but close collaborator to solve real problems on today’s world. Making smart use of both will require “as always” skillful people. - If you are doing Java, keep doing it AND learn Scala. If you are new to both, learn both!