Last week Erik Hersman announced iHub; an innovation hub for techies in Nairobi.
The iHub is an open space for the technologists, investors, tech companies and hackers in the area. This space is a tech community facility with a focus on young entrepreneurs, web and mobile phone programmers and designers.
Later on this evening, Skunkworks, a local group of techies, will be meeting to share ideas about the iHub. I’d absolutely love to attend, but unfortunately I’m not in Nairobi. (I need to finish school in a rush!!!)
I however would like to contribute and that’s why I have chosen to begin this thread. My focus is on the coding/development experience of the user. If the iHub is going to be a success, I believe it should offer its members a satisfactory coding/development experience. Its not an easy thing to do. We all code and develop applications in very different environments e.g. as a student I code better in our programming lab in school than in my room. This isn’t necessarily true for every other student.
Perhaps if we share ideas on how we individually achieve coding/developer experience, we can create an optimal environment for innovation at the iHub.
So, what’s your optimal coding/developer experience?
In a weird twist, I like coding in a somewhat noisy enviroment i.e. either listening to music, outdoors or when the telly is on!! But thats just me
That makes two of us! Coding on the balcony of the iHub overlooking the busy Ngong Road sounds like a pretty neat idea!
i love coding when am listening to music using earphones so that no one interrupts me or locked up in my room till late night.
in school there are so many interruptions of people wanting your help.
so how do you think this will work in the iHub? Remember, its a co-working space…
ihub is a different working environment. am working right now in an office and am able to cope well with my team mates so i hub wont be a problem either.
would love to help so that am also helped.