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		<title>How using an Agile process combats the common project pitfalls</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Software projects are  packed chock-full of Risk. It's important to acknowledge the risks and to mitigate them. How you address the risks depends on which type of "project process" you are following. The two types of project processes that I have experienced are Agile-type and Waterfall-type projects. In this post I list some of the common ways to mitigate well-known risks for both these project types.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newmedialabs.co.za/agile_development/how-using-an-agile-process-combats-the-common-project-pitfalls</link>
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		<title>New Media Labs End of Year Function</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to all our clients, friends and partners, you&#8217;ve made 2011 a fantastic year.

Enjoy the holidays and we&#8217;ll see you all in 2012.
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		<link>http://www.newmedialabs.co.za/uncategorized/new-media-labs-end-of-year-function</link>
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		<title>Building a Relational City Suburb Database for South Africa (and why I wouldn’t trust Yahoo WOEIDs)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m coding something at the moment and I can honestly say it is the most fun I’ve had at work the whole year (and I generally love what I do). Doing this has reminded how I ended up in computer science and how much I used to love being paid to essentially solve puzzles all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newmedialabs.co.za/mapping/building-a-relational-city-suburb-database-for-south-africa-and-why-i-wouldn%e2%80%99t-trust-yahoo-woeids</link>
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		<title>Do you trust your software development partner?  You do consider them to be a partner don&#8217;t you?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had a shocking start to my Monday. I received a phone call from Tracy saying that our fingerprint recognition system was down and the team couldn’t get into the NML office.
When we relocated from the Upper East Side’s ground floor to the 6th floor our finger print recognition system had journeyed sans the override [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newmedialabs.co.za/software_development/do-you-trust-your-software-developer</link>
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		<title>Why We Do Unit Testing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At New Media Labs we strive to be awesome. We want to deliver great solutions to our clients and have fun doing so. 
In the dynamic software development industry you need to experiment, adapt and find out how to be super-efficient without sacrificing quality. It&#8217;s a challenge.
In this series of blog posts I will describe [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newmedialabs.co.za/agile_development/why-we-do-unit-testing</link>
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		<title>Work Life at New Media Labs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s 6.45am and I’m standing on NML’s main balcony at Upper East Side watching as the sun rises from behind the mountains.  As a homecomer who spent 12 years in London, I never take for granted just how truly blessed I am to live in such a beautiful part of the world.  This morning the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newmedialabs.co.za/new-media-labs/work-life-at-new-media-labs</link>
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		<title>Last night a twitpic changed my life… well, sort of</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s no secret (judging by the barrage of pictures myself and the team keep posting) NML have just moved offices.
I’m doing my utmost to create the best possible environment for a small, skilled development team to work from. This part of the recipe is simple, create a beautiful, stimulating and relaxing environment to work from. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newmedialabs.co.za/uncategorized/last-night-a-twitpic-changed-my-life</link>
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		<title>Why I’m Not Looking for VC &amp; Coming to Terms with Being a Services Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I sat on a panel with Patrick Kayton (Cognician), Vincent Maher (Motribe), Daniel Guasco (Groupon SA) and Daniel Schwartzkopff (FSMS) at the Social Media World Forum. One of the topics that came up was that of venture capital (VC). I mentioned that I didn’t particularly like VC, and given that I only had [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newmedialabs.co.za/new-media-labs/why-i%e2%80%99m-not-looking-for-vc-coming-to-terms-with-being-a-services-business</link>
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		<title>Showcase – Esri Sample Silverlight Viewer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For those of you who have read my showcase on the Transport Operations Centre Information Hub, mention was made on how we used the Sample Flex Viewer to deliver an interactive mapping interface or Common Operational Picture (COP in short). A fundamental element to note here is the word &#8216;Flex&#8217; commonly known as &#8216;Adobe Flex&#8217; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newmedialabs.co.za/mapping/showcase-%e2%80%93-esri-sample-silverlight-viewer</link>
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		<title>Showcase – Transport Operations Centre Information Hub</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With South Africa being the host for the FIFA World Cup, 2010 proved  to be an epic year. Not only did the tournament provide opportunities in  abundance for South African individuals to shine, but South African  businesses as well.
New Media Labs were privileged enough to be offered the opportunity  to make [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newmedialabs.co.za/mapping/showcase-%e2%80%93-transport-operations-centre-information-hub</link>
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