MIH SWAT

FISL stands for Forum Internacional do Software Livre, that is, the International Free Software Forum. (more…)

We are happy to anounce that SWATLabs, the showcase for the proof of concept applications that SWAT develops, has now gone live! (more…)

Rafiq Phillips and I attended an event where the winner of the Mxit PC Client competition was announced. The event was held in Stellenbosch, a beautiful university town in the Cape Winelands, and home to Mxit. But this post is not about the event itself – it is about the reporting of the event. (more…)

This review has been pending for a while, but recently I finished reading Derick Rethans’ book: Date and Time Programming. At first glance the topic of the book might lead you to think “why do I need a book to teach me about such a simple topic” ? But further investigation and hard experience will show you that handling date and time in software development is not always as straightforward as “Its twelve o’clock”. (more…)