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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.
Author Archives: Tim Keller
Sinking deeper
Professor Jonathan Jansen, Vice Chancellor of UFS writes: With the society that sets the bar for performance so low, I have serious problems. Slowly, slowly we are digging our collective graves as we fall into a sinkhole of mediocrity from which … Continue reading
Department of Basic Education distributes open-licensed textbooks
Arthur Attwell writes: The Department of Basic Education has printed open-licensed science and maths textbooks for every grade 10 learner in the country, and will follow up with grades 11 and 12 soon. I’ve heard estimates that this is around two … Continue reading
Can Higher Learning be made habit forming?
Anthony Koser for Forbes: Just making the coursework available for free, of course, doesn’t make people use it, no matter how good it is. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve started the Stanford iOS course.
Matric 2011 in review
South African students will breathe a sigh of relief tomorrow morning as the 2011 Matric results are released. This evening we got the summary data, and in general the numbers are good. 70,2% of state-school candidates passed (up 2% from … Continue reading
The Commodore 64 is 30 years old
This month marks exactly 30 years since the announcement of the Commodore 64 – the 8-bit home computer which outsold IBM PC-clones, Apple Computers and Atari’s for much of the 1980′s. It dominated with 35% market share from 1983 to … Continue reading
Taking Note
Let’s talk about how we go about remembering stuff with a few simple (and free) tools for the Mac, PC, Web, and iPhone/iPad. How many times a week do you forget your online banking credentials? How often do you find … Continue reading
You’ll never be the same again
Steve Jobs in 1995: When you grow up you tend to get told the world is the way it is and you’re life is just to live your life inside the world. Try not to bash into the walls too much. … Continue reading
The next three
Three years seems to be a familiar cadence in my life: three years of junior high, three years of high school, three years of university, and so on. This last year was the best and most difficult year I’ve had. … Continue reading
The trouble with Android
Ice Cream Sandwich, the 4th major version of Android, was announced at Google IO in May 2011. A month ago, on November 14th, Google completed development and released the source code. Sony Ericsson explains why customers shouldn’t expect them to … Continue reading
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Playlist – Hudson’s Burger Kloof – Dec 9th, 2011
Hudsons make the best burgers in town. Their restaurant on Kloof Street is also well-known for playing excellent music at high volume. Here is last night’s playlist, thanks to Shazam: Praise You – Fatboy Slim Electric Avenue – Eddy Grant Hotel California – Eagles … Continue reading
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