LakTEK A Sri Lankan, A Rubyist and A Web Dude

Let’s bid farewell for Prof.V.K.Samaranayake

Today would be a day of mourning for Sri Lankan IT industry, with the demise of Sri Lanka’s “Father of IT”, Prof.V.K.Samaranayake. Many will unanimously agree today Sri Lanka’s IT industries successes are mainly due to visionaries of Prof.Samaranayake.
Beginning with CINTEC and later through ICTA, the work he has done for the development of IT […]


City under attack ?

Update on the current situation in Colombo (exactly here in Wattala). Still nothing is yet to confirm and moments passed by were filled with fear and uncertainity.
We got electricity back in few minutes ago (around 3.50 am) and now the whole city seems calm and quiet. Still there is no any official update on what […]


Will Google come to Sri Lanka ?

Today I came across through Google Job Openings page that there are four job openings in South Asia, which included a position for Sri Lanka Country Consultant. For these positions Google doesn’t mention an exact location, only mentions This position is located in South Asia. This sounds like Google is going to open up a […]


eSriLanka PC - how it will affect ?

Remember all flames we had with Intel CEO Craig Barrett labeling that OLPC’s $100 laptop project as just a gadget ? Even though $100 laptop is still in prototype, intel had made a step ahead by sponsoring the eSriLankaPC.
eSriLankaPC is a project under ICTA which has the object of increasing the PC adoption in country. […]