colorful moments...





the missing cat – a typical local community scenario


13
Jan
 11



Posted by: arild
just random, local community
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Date: 13 Jan 2012
11 Comments
the leaflet inserted with my morning paper caught my eyes: an announcement of a missing cat, a reward of 5000 taka, a picture and description of the sweet little black cat so sorely missed by a child.  my mind went back to 2004 when me, jana and espen had started playing with the idea of a social media for local communities: the case of a missing cat was something we used to explain our vision for how social...


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an agile evening with stephen forte


11
Jan
 0



Posted by: arild
agile, programming, training
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Date: 11 Jan 2012
0 Comment
we just finished a great evening with agile talk by  stephen forte, chief strategy officer at telerik and on the board of the scrum alliance here at the somewhere in... office.  hasan (our head of technology) and mehfuz (steve´s colleague at telerik) had invited a small audience of bobs from somewhere in... and several other companies to learn more about agile practices, and everyone got much more...


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tanjina´s colourful moment


08
Jan
 1



Posted by: arild
somewhere in... celebration
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Date: 08 Jan 2012
1 Comment
what is life without the small colourful moments, like a birthday celebration?  happy birthday tanjina.    


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How to set up Zf2 (Zend Framework) in mamp server

Posted by: bijon
php, programming
Date: 21 Dec 2011
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Zend framework released their beta 2 version. I just planned to start work with that. Because I have seen lots of interesting features in zend framework . If you want to see more details about features then you may visit (http://framework.zend.com/wiki/display/ZFDEV2/Home) So I start to create a project with ZF2.0 . But I faced few problem to see the welcome screen . So here I describe how quickly...


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kathmandu statement on the internet and freedom of expression


06
Dec
 0



Posted by: jana
freedom of expression, social media
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Date: 06 Dec 2011
0 Comment
here is the full text of the kathmandu statement that i and somewhere in... is a signatory to, a commitment to work for giving everyone a free voice, also online:   We, participants in the South Asian Meeting on the Internet and Freedom of Expression, having met in Kathmandu, Nepal, on 2-4 November 2011 to deliberate on the state of freedom of expression in our region in the digital age,...


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south asian internet debate in kathmandu


05
Dec
 3



Posted by: jana
freedom of expression, social media
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Date: 05 Dec 2011
3 Comments
we here at somewhere in... have done a lot of work for ensuring freedom of expression on the internet since 2005, not the least by facilitating more than 100 000 blogs to be setup.  still this work is just at its early stage, as 95% of the bangladesh population are still to get on the internet.  freedom of expression should never be taken for granted.  today we have it, tomorrow we may not.   if we want...


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low risk, high upside outsourcing


18
Nov
 5



Posted by: arild
outsourcing
Date: 18 Nov 2011
5 Comments
this post is NOT a film review..., it presents a new model for successful outsourcing of IT services.   it is targeting you who own, run or lead a company or team that needs to explore the cost-benefit of outsourcing.   i am just using the wonderful film "outsourced" as the story line, if you haven´t yet seen it, get it, roll yourself up in the sofa with plenty of cushions, a good cup of masala...


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my 3d journey


17
Nov
 0



Posted by: tanjina
bob
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Date: 17 Nov 2011
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“somewhere in..” the company name came as a shock the first time i heard it. i wasn’t even aware of a professional group called data miners. the sole reason i joined somewhere in is because i loved the people and the work place, having no clue about my job description. The 3d (deep data divers) team has been working for rystad energy since 2005; when i joined swi in 2008, 3d started a new project...


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we come in all colours


16
Nov
 1



Posted by: arild
bob
Date: 16 Nov 2011
1 Comment
at somewhere in... our passion has always been people, people that makes an impression on us and everyone around them. somewhere in... is a small company with an intimate environment where people can collaborate, debate, think and work. our people come in all colours: each with unique skills and capabilities. for us, it is the combination of these bright colours that makes the magic.


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colourful moments blog – relaunched


16
Nov
 2



Posted by: arild
just random
Date: 16 Nov 2011
2 Comments
we are back with our colourful moments blog after three long years, our place of sharing life somewhere in... as i am writing this post, the sun just appeared from behind the clouds. the ship is again ready to sail, may everyone in our bob crew start writing here...


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