White Wall Web has created the perfect way to fast-track the release of pent-up patriotism by introducing The Flag Tag. With very little effort, you too can proudly sport the online equivalent of the mirror-socks!

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To summarize – GeekRetreat Stanford completely exceeded my expectations and the organizers ( Heather Ford, Justin Spratt and Eve Dmochowska) deserve special recognition for their vision and approach which achieved such a superb result from such a motley crew of delegates. To expand, read the the rest of this post…

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Google maps can now recognize “joburg”, find “steak restaurants near Table Mountain”, plot routes “from cape town to durban” and show me geo-tagged photos… but what else is new?

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A recent study shows how a disturbing number of development projects still fail due to poor upfront analysis. I think that this oversimplifies – the devil is in the detail. From experience it is about far more than just “the wrong scope” (I’m referring to the project requirements as the “scope”) – it is also [...]

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Fact: small technical implementations can sometimes have big perceived or real business benefits for clients… White Wall Web recently worked with RE/MAX of Southern Africa to deliver a new digital initiative which “allows sales associates with profiles or accounts on major social networking sites (such as Facebook or MySpace) to add, manage and organise property [...]

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This week saw the release of Google Chrome, Google’s new feature-rich browser based on WebKit and Firefox components. It has been met with a mixed response and has also raised some interesting thoughts/issues/discussions… See for example the outcry about the extreme licensing “liberties” that Google is taking in their terms and conditions for Chrome (incidentally [...]

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Off we go! Another year of discovery, excitement, change and quite possibly some daunting challenges awaits our brave developer hearts once more. As we walk bleary-eyed to our desks again, fresh smells of coffee filling the office, it’s an excellent time to refocus – amongst other things – on our technical goals; how we’d like [...]

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Have a read: Google is massively invading Privacy - IOL (today) Strong language, and we have heard it before, but we have seen that where there is smoke there is a fire… (yes that link is ironic). I think in years to come, Google’s (and Wikipedia’s) dominance will certainly become a major issue for various reasons. [...]

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