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So where have I been?

For the better part of the past 2 years I've mostly been involved in a custom dev solution for one of the major banks... I started out during the initial analysis phase as a dev on the project, then our Team Lead left and I had to fill that gap. The team changed quite a bit, and while we were busy...

Posted to Thea Burger's Blog (Weblog) by Thea Burger on 05-31-2008
Worthwhile visit to my old home

I arrived in JHB yesterday morning at 7:45. I was strangely not surprised at the roadblock outside the airport and the traffic running from the Airport to the ITI offices, but did however realise I don't miss a moment of it. Effectively I walk to work, as my office is 2 blocks down from my house...

Posted to To Dev or not to Dev (Weblog) by Willie Roberts on 05-16-2008
Powerful tool day after day

Since I received my MacBook in December I have been taking the time to use it as often as I can. As with all new things the novelty of owning one wore off after about a 2 weeks, however the usefulness of the MacBook never stopped. My progression to the Mac has been slow however for the last 2 weeks I...

Posted to To Dev or not to Dev (Weblog) by Willie Roberts on 04-18-2008
IRB Rugby World Cup Calendar

Found this useful iCal export with all the IRB Rugby World Cup Fixtures. The calendar is updated with results as the fixtures are played out. Now you can safely schedule meetings without worrying about RWC clashes. [ iCal Link ] Powered by Qumana

Posted to Impersonation Failure (Weblog) by Armand du Plessis on 09-08-2007
Skills: Technology vs Business

According to me one of the biggest pitfalls when getting stuck on a project is the fact that you loose out on widening your development skills by inadvertently trading it for business knowledge. As a free roaming consultant this is something that you should guard against because it’s more likely that...

Posted to Hannes's Mind Maze (Weblog) by hannes on 08-06-2007
Community Involvement

I've been a software developer now for almost 8 years. Before then use to play around with code, but my core focus used to be sales and software/hardware support. I have always learnt as I go, never really considering the real impact of what I do. I am not sure if it has to do with me growing older...

Posted to To Dev or not to Dev (Weblog) by Willie Roberts on 07-11-2007
I just got engaged :)

Thats right! I just got engaged to the most amazing woman I've ever met. I mean DUH! Thats why I'm planning on marrying her. :)

Posted to Developers Anonymous (Weblog) by Trivium DawnWalker on 07-04-2007
Computicket

On sunday evening I finally went to see Lion King at Monticasino... What a great show! Monticasino pulled out all the stops with this show and did south africa proud. The only problem I had with the whole show is computickets booking system!!! I booked my tickets online. I selected where I wanted to...

Posted to Rudi Grobler (Weblog) by rudi on 07-03-2007
My MVP Award is renewed!

I am once again confirmed as an MVP in Visual C# for the next year! (woohoo!) This affords me the opportunity to work very closely with the Product Teams at Microsoft Corp., so that I can help where I can in getting knowledge across to software communities. MVPs are also the "voice" of the...

Posted to Ernst Kuschke (Weblog) by Ernst Kuschke on 07-02-2007
Dungeons: Red Bull Big Wave Africa

The Red Bull Big Wave Africa contest goes down every year close to Cape Town at the epic Dungeons. The Billabong XXL Award for the biggest wave surfed on the planet in 2006 was awarded to this monster, surfed by Greg Long at Dungeons: We've been expecting big swell during June for weeks now, but...

Posted to Ernst Kuschke (Weblog) by Ernst Kuschke on 06-22-2007

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