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Agile in a Nutshell Agile is a way of developing software that reminds us that although computers run the code, it’s people who create and maintain it. It’s a framework, attitude, and approach to software delivery that is lean, fast, and pragmatic. It’s no silver bullet, but it dramatically...

Hi, I am an owner of an IT start-up in Tanzania. I cannot afford to keep people on the payroll so I want to make use of a freelancing model. In this model, I get people to work on some project from where they are and I pay them on an hourly or project basis. Services like this can easily and...

Hi, I am an owner of an IT start-up in Tanzania. I cannot afford to keep people on the payroll so I want to make use of a freelancing model. In this model, I get people to work on some project from where they are and I pay them on an hourly or project basis. Services like this can easily and...

Wakuu, Tri Labs New Website I have been working on our new website and today we finally went live. I am looking for constructive feedback so that we can make it even better. Please indicate which page you are basing your feedback on so that we can easily make a follow-up on your...

Ever asked yourself, what is the role of the IT department in your organization? In our books, the IT department has one role; to enable the organization to deliver products and services, by making available to them all the information necessary to do so. But as easy as it may sound this is one...

At the Tri Labs Blog, we have been having an Introduction to C Blog Series. We are here by asking you to join in. We will love to see you sharing you skills in helping others that are starting up. If you know any student, at any level, that may be interested in this please tell them to visit...

I am working on localizing some open source software and I need some help with the following terms:- checkout - last step when purchasing staff online or at a supermarket order (verb) - giving a list of items you want to buy from a store/restaurant/etc order (noun) - a commercial document...

Sorry for posting this so late. Tri Labs will be conduction a two weeks web development workshop from 25th Oct - 5th Nov. During the workshop will we cover (XHTML/CSS, JavaScript using jQuery, PHP and MySQL. For those running Linux we will show how to get our hands dirty with the Apache Server...

If you are like me, then you want to have all your info on a click, then you will also want to be able to look at your company finances in the same fashion. For a while we have been using Spreadsheet (what as shame for an IT company). This morning I was doing my usually random Linux reading...

Debian GNU/kFreeBSD is an operating system from Debian, but which uses the kernel of FreeBSD instead of the Linux kernel (thus the name). Some day, most applications would exist both in Debian GNU/kFreeBSD and in Debian GNU/Linux. Read More

Leo nimekiwa nikiswahilisha baadhi ya programu na nikakumbana na maneno ambayo sikuweza kupata tafsiri kwa ajili ya matumizi ya kwenye kompyuta:- animate - give lifelike qualities to; "animated cartoons" animation - the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model...

Ndugu zangu Watanzania na wale wote mnaozungumza Kiswahili, Kwa mwaka wa pili sasa nimekuwa nikijushughulisha na kuswahilisha programu za kompyuta. Mwaka huu tunapenda kufanya programu zifuatazo:- TuxPaint - interactive paint program designed for children three years and up. Virtaal - is...

Tri Labs has been working on an SMS based Linux Ordering System (LOS). Please try using of it and give us your feedback. How To To interact with the LOS send an SMS with keyword e.g LINUXLIST (see below) to +255655422537 LINUXLIST :to get a list of all Linux distribution available LINUXHELP...

This week ended with me looking at something that I think is worth sharing: Couch DB I have just started learning. I am thinking of doing something interesting with CouchDB. But for now I will try and write Free Tutorials for Beginners. Please if you can visit the tutorials and lets learn...

Hi, A friend of mine at UDSM is doing a course that requires shell scripting so I agree to take time out an cover the basic of shell scripting, and you are welcome to join us. It really for beginners in shell. Day 1: Laying the Foundation What Is a Shell? A shell is a program that...

synergy: [noun] a mutually advantageous conjunction of distinct elements Synergy lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers with different operating systems, each with its own display, without special hardware. Redirecting the mouse and keyboard is as simple...

Hi, I have been working on a small tool called kiGM for the ANLoc initiative and as I wanted to know how it will behave in different scenarios. There is no better way to do that than to use Test Driven Development. So after a few how of programming I thought someone might be wondering how to...

Dear Friend, I have decided to spend my spare time preparing lectures and materials for programming students or those with interest. For now there is only one course. Introduction to jQuery, but if you think there is a language that you want me to start with please let me know. URL...

I had write a small script to allow someone to do a dump of the MySQL database that was later sent to them by email. It worked very well until we tried it on the productions server that was running on Windows and it broke. I have rewritten it so that it works on Windows:- <?php /* variable...

Have you ever wanted to watermark your video with your name or company or whatever? I mean like how YouTube stamps its logo an all videos, it is easy that I thought. I have been working on it for a good one hour and guess what it works and its not rocket science, even I can do it. Platform...