No rain coming on the Buienradar (www.meteox.be so let's go for 1H Mountain Bike...

What will I do in 2010 during my sabbatical year ? bit.ly

Spijtig of niet ? RT @veldrijdeninfo: VELDRIJDEN Parcours van Druivencross in Overijse ondergaat grondige facelift. bit.ly

Hey thats me with the black IBM shirt... RT @joonaslehtinen: 2000? Java developers listening to keynote twitpic.com

The good news is that yesterday IBM approved my sabbatical year in 2010.

@roulive no it s professional. nice try by the way.

Great news for 2010 today !

Attende the Business Agility Event at IBM Belgium on Jan 27th 2010 : bit.ly

Installing the Devoxx - Conference Guide for Android « Conference Guide Blog bit.ly

Photos et Vidéos du Weekend familie Declercq bit.ly

Today most technological companies are faced wihth the same problem : the explosion of technologies.

In the past there were maybe only 2 or 3 possible technologies for solving a specific problem. Today you have 10.

For example, in the 80s most of programmers in large companies would work on the IBM Mainframe. Today, there are several populations : J2EE, Oracle, Microsoft, open source, Web... You only have to look at the agenda of next week's devoxx conference to get an idea of some recent technologies which didn't exist 10 years from now.

As a result of this explosion, IT skills have to evolve. IT people have to deal with going out of their comfort zone. Here is what I identify as key skills for the future IT professionals:

• Capable of Abstraction : You should be able to design a solution even if you don't know about all the details. For example, If you don't exactly how does the Spring Framework works you still know what it does and where it fits because it's a "Model View Controller" System.

• Fast Learner - If you don't know at all what it is, than Google and Wikipedia are your friends. You can find out, learn, use new things very fast.

• Critic : a technology might be the best on the short term but never become a market standard on the mid to long term. Learn to find out what will stay and what will disappear. It's not about technology... IT Profiles must now be aware of the pro and cons of the new technology that is constantly proposed.

• Strong Communicator : Solutions become complex and being paid for implementing them requires to give trust to your customer that it will indeed work as designed. To receive and give trust, communication skills are essential.

• Customer Orientation : Don't use technology because it is cool (or just do it for yourself like me ;-)), use technology because it solves your customer's pain.
  

• Can Do Attitude : Finally, to get competitive advantage, you'll need to dare to innovate, to make new assemblies, to make new combination of the technology. The specialization of businesses makes that the designing a new solution or the winning of a new customer is a matter of pushing the limits further. Too often I see IT Professionals going back to their comfort zone and saying 'This is not a problem for me'. I believe they are wrong because IT comfort zones will tend to disappear : they can be automated (ex: DB Administration) or outsourced at a lower cost (ex: Off Shore Software Factories).

Boire ou prendre le métro, il faut choisir.... : bit.ly

IT Professionals and Can Do attitude : What skills will IT Professionals need in the future ? bit.ly

RT @StoryLabEdition: L ebook de la semaine :Un ebook double écran sur androidtinyurl.com

@spf13 because they want to know who are those weird people interested in this kind of marketing material ;-)

View which web pages I came across today on faves.com - http://bit.ly/1x4DyK

RT @numerikbook: Une image prise sur le vif, en fin de journée, dans le métro, vaut mille mots numériques ! bit.ly

Smarter Work on a Smarter Planet (IBM Movie) bit.ly

My anti-virus doesn't let me work...grr

LOL ! Lawyer: "Have you lived in this town all your life?" Witness: "Not yet." bit.ly

Pas mal... mais un peu trop soft à mon goût. RT @mulkers: super morceau bit.ly

Les cons, ça ose tout. C'est même à ça qu'on les reconnaît. bit.ly

twitdraw.com Le ciel (par Thomas) #twitdraw

@roulive processus endothermique ? bon rétablissement à tous.

"Le Digital Native déborde d'idées, il est ambitieux, imaginatif et multitâches. Il aime travailler en équipe, tout en ressentant un fort besoin d'autonomie et d'indépendance. Il a tendance à rejeter l'autorité, mais accepte la compétition."

Ouille, ca me fait penser a quelqu'un...

Source : Brainsfeed : (réflexion) > Les Digital natives: une nouvelle génération d'employés