About

Hello. My name is Schalk Burger. That’s me on the right! I was born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa. I develop websites, blog about things that interest me, and do some freelance work on the side.

Professional

I went to school at Tygerberg High and graduated from Stellenbosch University in 2008, majoring in Socio-Informatics. Socio-Informatics describes how can we represent and structure data better, what are the ethical issues around technological advancement and how technology effects us.

I am a web development professional with almost a decade of experience. I specialize in standards-based XHTML, CSS and JavaScript web development. Each site I develop is built to be search engine friendly, using the latest development principles and techniques.

In 2007 I started doing freelance work for a company called Clikdesign, doing work for people like Marcec Properties, Mostly Media, Bosmansdam High, Tanix, MHI and Joburg Auto Tech. I continue to do work through the creative design aspect that is Clikdesign.

In 2008, my final year of studies, I started contract work for ARTribe Advertising, managing websites of clients while also doing design and development work for old and new clients.

I left in the beginning of 2009 to form a new startup SWS with 2 university buddies, Schalk-Willem and Stefan. SWS first stood for our initials, but the abbreviation has since stood for Sustainable Web Solutions, our goal with this startup.

See some of my work, and then hire me

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