November 2006 - Posts

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Casino Royale by hannes

Watched the new 007 movie, Casino Royale, last night and I were not very impressed. It lacked that something that makes a James Bond movie special. I my opinion Daniel Craig does not have the image that it takes to be a James Bond. The attitude of superiority and charisma that Pierce Brosnan and Sean Connery had is just not there. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
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Double Standards by hannes

This morning I heard on the radio (RSG) that the Eastern Cape minister for local government is in hot water for not taking over the responsibilities of a local council where a total broke down in service delivery occurred. The ministers responds was that taking action will set a president because there are many other councils in the same situation. Interestingly the Western Cape government controlled by the ANC took action a while back against the DA lead Cape Town city council. The irony is that...
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Where not to work by hannes

When you are a developer working in an organization where you constantly spend more time maintaining existing systems than producing new functionalities you need to seriously reconsider your position. It tells a story of an organization that is incompetent to produce IT systems that are stable and developers that lack pride of their work. Not the type of place you want to work for. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
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JAD just got better! by hannes

JAD sessions lately got a whole lot better thanks to cell phone technology. After finishing on the white board you simply use your camera phone to take a picture of the white board. Later you downloaded the picture from the phone to your PC. Viola, you got a picture of reference which you can use and transform into a formal artifacts or deliverable. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
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Update by hannes

Well today it’s six months since I left Shoprite as a developer and joined Fidentia Software Futures as a system analyst. It’s unbelievable how time flies bye. In the last couple of months I really had a great opportunity to learn more and be part of developing and implementing new development processes in my team here at Sanlam. It’s a different ball game and a real challenge when you work in a team that is 50 big with lots of analysis and development deliverables that must be...
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