It’s been months since I blogged. Apart from being bogged down by an exciting but seemingly endless project, I just didn’t want to blog about opinions or controversial topics.
I had to choose between being one of the many people who relish causing destruction or taking the less-travelled road of living for the good of others [...]
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Is Joomla Suitable For High Traffic Websites? You Betcha!
Posted in Projects on Jun 30th, 2009
I think this qualifies as a Frequently Asked Question when to comes to Joomla implementation:
Can it up-scale reliably?
The answer has always been “yes” since the days of Joomla 1.0, but achieving that goal was a tricky affair.
You had to set-up a cluster using HAProxy/Keepalived in front of your (two or more) Joomla webservers, and have [...]
Why Some Web Developers Are So Cheap
Posted in Interaction Design (IxD), Projects, web design on May 29th, 2009
This is something that’s been at the back of my mind for some time.
There seems to be a complete disconnect in the way one web developer ( for the sake of simplicity, this includes, Web Designers, Web Graphic Artists, and Code Slingers) prices his/her services from the next . You’d be forgiven for thinking that [...]
Agile Development Can Burn
Posted in Projects on Feb 27th, 2009
A look at the benefits and potential pitfalls of agile web development.
Web Development Budget Is Not A Trick Question
Posted in Projects on Feb 21st, 2009
First of all, let me state that I have also been on the receiving end of requesting a proposal, and being asked for a budget figure on the request for quotation/proposal form. You know, the line that goes:
What is your budget for this project? : $____________________
The first time I encountered it, my first reaction was
…shouldn’t [...]
A couple of years back I came accross a blog article that listed acouple of Sout African web-startups to watch.
As you can imagine, the article generated a lot of comments. Some good, some nasty, and some just plain spaced out. One particular comment caught my attention and has been troubling me ever since.
The fellow wrote something [...]
Chantal Nienaber Photography
Posted in Interaction Design (IxD), Projects on Feb 16th, 2009
I recently spent most of my time working on a client’s website, pictured here.
THE BRIEF
The client came to me and my company, Tandolin (which is terribly outdated by the way) ,for help with an existing site she was not happy with (see the old site here). She simply asked us to “Spuce it up”.
THE SOLUTION
Content [...]
