by Prof Barry Dwolatzky
When I embarked on this blog in April everyone who knows me reacted with a large dose of scepticism. People said “How will someone who is too busy to even answer his emails manage to post regularly on a blog?”
Well – up until 28th October I was proving them all wrong. Between 5th April and 28th October I posted 33 items. (That’s more than one a week). I recorded 8,134 visits from 3,343 visitors. Ten or more visits were recorded from 23 countries. There were 135 comments. The 3 most visited postings were:
- The software engineers at Mahindra Satyam – the unsung heroes of the World Cup
- Are you a good programmer? I’m not!
- Does South Africa need professional software engineers?
I was doing so well as a blogger … and then life caught up with me – this is my first posting in 5 weeks.
As the year draws to a close, I’m determined to do as well – and even better – as a serious blogger in the year ahead. At the end of this week I’m setting off to the seaside for a much needed break. I will use some of the time in the Cape sunshine to put fingers to keyboard and contemplate Software Engineering in South Africa.
I hope that everyone who has shared “The Software Engineer” with me over the past 7 months has a fantastic end to 2010 and will join me again in 2011. Have a peaceful and happy New Year!!