Category Archives: Musings
Rebel with a cause?
A little background… In 2010 I participated in a workshop organized by Hivos and the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore dubbed “My Bubble. My Space, My Voice”. This was part of a series of workshops in three different regions … Continue reading
Goal Setting: A Manual for East African Techies
Last week I had the opportunity to interview Vint Cerf, the “father of the Internet”, at the iHub Synergistic Communities event. Naturally, my questions we’re targeted at Google’s “devotion” to the Internets’ roots as built into the TCP/IP protocol (I … Continue reading
Filed under Innovation, Inspiration, Musings, Technology
The (Unfortunate) Role of “Sufuria Economics” in Kenyan Tech Innovation
I’ll illustrate this using a recent experience. A couple of weeks back I met a developer who was working on an app for the Sub Saharan Android Developer Challenge. It was the last day for submission and this guy was … Continue reading
Filed under Innovation, Musings, Technology
The problem with Academia…
I’m finally done with school…for real. I have absolutely no plans of pursuing any academic achievement beyond my pending Bachelors Degree. And while its very easy to write me off and stop reading this post at this point, I beg … Continue reading
Its time to democratize programming!
Last week I was playing around with Google App Inventor, a web based tool that allows you to make simple as well as sophisticated apps for Android. It uses ‘blocks’ with cut outs like puzzle pieces and then uses a … Continue reading
Filed under Idea, Musings, Technology
