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Tim is an entrepreneur, software developer, and speaker who’s based in Cape Town, South Africa.
Tim created staffroom - the unified school management system, and is the Lead Developer at Umoya Software.
A UCT graduate, Tim specialised in Computer Science and Psychology, and has a particular interest in building systems which are intuitive and easy to use. He is passionate about the intersection of technology and education and has spoken about this at various conferences and schools across the country.
He is the founder of EdTechConf - a grassroots conference to bring passionate ICT educators together.
Yearly Archives: 2010
Windows Home Server and Windows 7
I like Windows Home Server a lot. It offers most of the features we need at home: central file hosting, backup to the cloud (using an addon), media streaming, and backup. However, this morning I experienced an issue while trying … Continue reading
Tagged microsoft, Technology, whs, windows, windows home server
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-08
Reading an article in 'Leadership' which looks at "what this *blogging* thing is"? Oh my. Are you guys only just reaching 2003 now? #woah # RT @joestump Check out @andrew729's Hilbert curve of IPv4 allocated space. Awesome. http://bit.ly/de8hd9 # Public … Continue reading
A new site for The Cavern Today
It was August 2005 and I bunch of us had gathered on someone’s Relto in Until Uru. The topic of the night was how we should go about starting a podcast for the Myst/Uru Community. Back then, the idea of … Continue reading
I’m speaking at DevDays 2010
Don’t sit on the bench, get to DevDays 2010 and score with us! Laduuuuuuma!!!! It’s here! Microsoft DevDays is the premier developer event of the year and is all about learning, sharing and interacting with one another and having fun! DevDays … Continue reading
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Tagged conference, devdays, event, Geek, iis, java, microsoft, Opensource, php, silverlight, Speaking, Technology, windows
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-21
"Success only comes to those who are so busy that they do not have time to look for it." ~ Just emailed to me by one of my clients # Windows Mobile 7 leaked (sort of) Looks interesting at least. … Continue reading
Buzz off, Facebook
In contrast to a week allegations of “internecine warfare among Microsoft’s established divisions and a dysfunctional corporate culture that squashes innovation” comes yet-another-innovative-Google-product, Google Buzz. Google Buzz is Mountain View’s first convincing entry into Social Networking, that isn’t limited to … Continue reading
Monitor your World of Warcraft server, on Twitter
Its no secret that I spend a fair amount of my time in World of Warcraft. My main character, a Human Paladin, is on the US-based realm of Stormscale. In order to support the 12 million players, Blizzard operates a … Continue reading
An interview with me
The Website Team at Umoya tend to interview one of the staff every couple of weeks, this week was my turn. It is time we took up the mic again and interrogated some of the team here. Today, we decided … Continue reading
Tagged interview, me, personal, Professional, work
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Comparing two MySQL tables
From time to time, I need to compare MySQL database tables and see what data has been added to the one in the time since I mysqldump’d the first one. For example: Let’s say I have table_a as my snapshot’d … Continue reading
Tagged Geek, mysql, Opensource, sql, Technology
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School kids – want to learn computer programming?
Calling budding programmers, developers and geeks! Are you interested in learning computer programming? Want to find out what it is all about, without devoting too much time? Do you have a child or learner that might be interested? The University … Continue reading
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Tagged computers, Education, Geek, Programming, python, Technology, uct
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