Polymorph in the news
Polymorph got featured in the EikestadNuus! You can read the full article here: http://www.eikestadnuus.co.za/240388/news-details/is-hierdie-ontwerpwerk-n-wetenskap-of-is-dit-kuns
MobGrazer: Helping local farmers
Angus is a local farmer who is dedicated to organically raising and feeding his cattle. They graze freely, feeding only on natural substances. To increase growth rates in his cattle and remain competitive, Angus uses an innovative technique called ‘mob grazing’. In short, mob grazing refers to the farming method whereby cattle are kept in […]
Provisioning – Using Chef with Vagrant
Introduction This is the third in a series of four posts. In the first post, the devops tool Vagrant was introduced. Vagrant makes it easy to standardise the environment in which software is developed and deployed. By default, Vagrant uses VirtualBox as its standardisation provider. However, as was shown in the second post, it’s easy […]
Tracks4Africa: Guide App Launched!
Tracks4Africa’s Guide App just launched! Read more about it on their blog: http://blog.tracks4africa.co.za/
Fight back if a Mountain Lion attacks and other things I learned during a recent trip to Silicon Valley
Richard Barry and I were fortunate to be able to exhibit Polymorph at the Wearable TechCon with kind support from the dti. I learned the following: 1. The dti Export Marketing & Investment Assistance Scheme (EMIA) The intention of the dti’s EMIA program is to develop export markets for South African products and services and […]
Polymorph goes Hint Hunting! (Hipster Style)
In Woodstock, Cape Town, better known as the Hipster Mecca, resides the famous Old Biscuit Mill. This is where the team of Polymorph went for the monthly team day. This was not any Team-day though, the goal of the day was to strengthen the team spirit between the team members and test the communication skills […]
Testing Games in the Wild
Ins and outs of turn-based games Recently I had coffee with an indie board game developer who was nearing the release of her very own monster featuring board game. The primary idea in my mind was unfortunately not about how cool the game was, which it definitely was, but rather “how in the world she […]
Polymorph through the eyes of an intern
When talking to anyone about an apprenticeship at a company, words like “under-appreciated work”, “long hours” and “coffee runs” are one of the first things to come up. But for any person with a will to learn, an opportunity like this is to persuade even if it means kissing-up to anyone that could provide it. […]
Using Vagrant with Amazon AWS
In part 1 of this series, we introduced the devops tool Vagrant. Vagrant makes it easy to create standardised environments in which software can be developed and deployed. Vagrant creates these environments using “providers”. Examples of such providers are VirtualBox, KVM and VMWare. These three providers provide locally virtualised environments. Another example is Docker. Although […]
Vagrant – An Introduction
Overview Over the last few years, various tools have become available that try to standardise, in some way, the environment in which software is developed and deployed. In the next few blog posts, we’ll touch on one of these tools, Vagrant, and see how it can be used in conjunction with other devops tools to […]
