Category Archives: Web Development

ScaleConf – Report Back

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Just over two weeks ago I was fortunate to attend ScaleConf, held Thursday & Friday, 26/79 January at the Kirstenbosch gardens in Cape Town.
It was well attended by approximately 280 people, of who were predominantly software developers and architects.

The idea … Continue reading »

          News & Random | Online Trends | Project Management | Web Development

New Trade Fair web portal that Rocks!

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Last year GSDH did a complete revamp of munichshow.com – the online presence for the international fair trade „Munich Show – Mineralientage München“. This was a big monolithic system with legacy technology and a fair chunk of work. But … Continue reading »

                      Design / Animation | GSDH | Project Management | Web Development

ScaleConf – Cape Town Tech Conference 2012

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Techie alert in Cape Town! The ScaleConf is taking place at the Kirstenbosch Botnical Garden on the 26th and 27th of January. The conference brings together local and international experts to discuss about the challenges and the future of building … Continue reading »

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HTML5 libraries

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If you want to get your hands dirty with HTML5 and you are not sure where to start or if you are not sure which libraries to use, I suggest to have a look at the JavaScript libraries of Grant … Continue reading »

       News & Random | Online Trends | Web Development

Online Art Gallery

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„I draw inspiration from street culture and source portrait images from mass media and social networks. “
Large-scale portraits, influenced by modern media are the subject matter in Kilmany-Jo Liversage’s work. We at GSDH have picked up exactly this theme to … Continue reading »

          Design / Animation | GSDH | Web Development

Adobe’s Future Strategy for Flash

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A few weeks ago I blogged about the future of Flash with the emergence of HTML5.
Last week Adobe announced their business strategy of moving forward with Flash and embracing HTML5. Part of this strategy is to stop future development on … Continue reading »

                      Flash / Actionscript | Mobile Trends | Web Development

WhatFont bookmarklet – quickly see the names of the fonts used on a webpage

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If you often find yourself searching through Firebug or Webkit Inspector to find out which fonts are used on web pages, consider installing the Whatfont bookmarklet. With this handy script by Chengyin Liu, you can simply roll over the text … Continue reading »

                   Design / Animation | Web Development

Where is it all going, HTML5 vs Flash?

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In April 2010 Steve Jobs issued a public letter titled “Thoughts on Flash”, in which he discredited Flash as a future viable web technology. This started a large debate between the Apple and Flash communities, which has still not yet … Continue reading »

                   Flash / Actionscript | Online Trends | Web Development

TestFlight – iOS testing on the fly

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TestFlight is a free useful testing service for mobile developers, managers and testers. TestFlight allows you to distribute beta versions of your mobile apps over the air.

       Mobile Trends | Project Management | Web Development

Adobe Muse Beta

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In the wake of Adobe Edge, I’ve checked out another beta offering from Adobe, this time Muse (code name).
The aim of this product is to “create websites as easily as you create layouts for print. You can design and publish … Continue reading »

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