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> From: Richard Zulu <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:00:19 +0300 > To: Wire James<[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [i-network] UNICEF RapidFTR project info session and talk by > Rebecca Parsons (CTO Thoughtworks) > > James, > > The LUG mailing list is bouncing my emails on all my accounts, can you please > help me forward this email there. > > Richard Zulu > > Twitter > www.twitter.com/richardzulu > http://www.linkedin.com/in/richardzulu > > Skype: zulu.richard > > > > On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 1:27 PM, James Wire <[email protected]> wrote: > Highly Recommended !!! > > > On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 1:17 PM, Richard Zulu <[email protected]> wrote: > Hallo Members, > > I hope this finds you well. > > You are cordially invited to Outbox’s next event on Friday 24th August 2012 > at 5pm featuring the UNICEF Team speaking on the RAPIDFTR project and > Rebeccca Parsons, CTO Thoughtworks presenting on Continuous delivery - > techniques for building and deploying ever changing and improving software. > RapidFTR is a versatile open-source mobile phone application and data storage > system that helps humanitarian workers collect, sort and share information > about unaccompanied and separated children so they can be registered for care > services and reunited with their families. RapidFTR is specifically designed > to streamline and speed up Family Tracing and Reunification (FTR) efforts > both in the immediate aftermath of a crisis and during ongoing recovery > efforts. > RapidFTR is an open source volunteer project under active development by the > Child Protection in Emergencies Team at UNICEF. UNICEF Uganda is extending > RapidFTR for use in Uganda to aid refugees from the DRC. Come hear more about > his initiative and how you can be a part of this open source project > > Continuous delivery > > Creating a tight feedback loop between your users and the project > team—including the customer or product owner—relies in turn on being able to > continuously deliver new versions of your software to test changes and new > ideas, and being able to measure the effect of these changes on your revenue. > For many companies that are used to releasing new versions of software at > most every few months, the idea of releasing changes several times a day > seems impossible. ThoughtWorks, has used the principles and practices of > Continuous Delivery to help organizations that released a few times a year > move to releasing several times a month, or even more frequently. That > represents a huge competitive advantage, and it means a large reduction in > the amount of wasted time and effort in your IT organization. > Rebecca Parsons, Chief Technology Officer at Thoughtworks will be speaking on > the techniques for building and deploying ever changing Software. She has > more than 20 years' application development experience, in industries ranging > from telecommunications to emergent internet services. Rebecca has published > in both language and artificial intelligence publications, served on numerous > program committees, and reviews for several journals. She has extensive > experience leading in the creation of large-scale distributed object > applications and the integration of disparate systems. > In 2010, Rebecca lived in Kampala and worked with UNICEF Uganda as a > technical fellow with UNICEF's T4D group > > Hope to see you there > > To register, Visit http://outbox-thoughtworks.eventbrite.com/ > > -- > --------------- > Richard Zulu > Program Director, Outbox > www.outbox.co.ug > > Twitter > www.twitter.com/richardzulu > http://www.linkedin.com/in/richardzulu > > Skype: zulu.richard > -- Acta Virum Probant --
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