I will be attending my first startup weekend in Kampala, on April 27, 2012 to April 29, 2012 and well I thought that why not share my pitch and get advice on how to refine it. No idea is great unless shared right? In the absence of #opendata in Uganda, there is a whole lot […]
Application Solution – Outsource, Incubate Potential Providers, Fund Startup or App Challenge
This is a question where I have no knowledge but would appeal to organizations of all sizes, and in all sectors. You have identified a need for software based solution for a project, however at the stage that you are, the details of the solution implementation are not known at the time, and you do […]
The Poor Man’s Job Queue
Not all software development projects are treated the same, some have access to modern tech Virtual Private Servers (VPS), Zend Server (http://www.zend.com/products/server/), Memcached, Gearman and all the other goodies I can only dream of. You have a box with LAMP, and you cannot install anything else. This is an example of how we got around […]
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HTML Web Toolkits – Twitter Bootstrap
Well it seems like I have been doing a rip and replace of most of the “homegrown” components that we are using in our environments as we gear up for the new year. The latest to fall to the axe is our HTML + CSS + widget collection that has been growing over the years […]
New Year – Outlook Ahead
April 4, is finally here, well my birthday of course, and its a day I look forward to, reflect upon and reinforce my commitments for the year. Well it started very well, 5:50am with a birthday song from my wife and daughters, the screaming wokeup my son so he too joined in the festivities. I am […]
Doctrine2 Day 3 – Proxies, Associations, Relationships
Well if you are following this series, then by know you are aware that we have the validators setup, and we are almost ready to go. Well not quite so. I ran into an issue with proxies and class loaders which took a while to resolve, but what I did was: a) Changed the Zend […]
Who is a “True African” Woman
This is from a Facebook note from September 2011, but being Women’s day today March 8, I figured well its worth commemorating. This is what I know a “true African” woman is: a) Tough As Nails – she tackles all the hardships, burdens that are placed in her path. They till the land, sell produce […]
Launch of Sim Card Registration by Uganda Communications Commission – March 5, 2012
It is a Monday morning, and 7:00am as requested I am at the Sheraton Kampala for the launch of Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) official launch of the sim card registration which requires all mobile phone users to register their sim cards with the Telcos. The telecoms are setting up registration tents outside so I think […]
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Doctrine 2 – Day 2 – Model Validation using Symfony Validator Service in Zend Framework
It is just Day 2 of my experiences in the trenches, regular work, had kept me from this but I managed to get some time to keep digging. As a followup to my Doctrine 2 – Day 1 – Commentary from the Trenches. The models are up and configured, and the unit testing is setup […]
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State of PHP Feb 2012 – Symfony 2, Zend Framework 2, IDE Support, MySQL
There is just too much going on so I thought I should put these thoughts down so that I do not lose my mind from the excitement and anticipation that comes from things moving very fast and innovation being spured at a pace which is mind boggling. PHP In my opinion the stabilization of PHP […]