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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.
Tag Archives: Rant
A useful Silent Mode
Some guy’s iPhone alarm clock went off at the New York Philharmonic last week. This despite him having the Ringer switch flicked to the “off” position. In this position the switch shows a little orange line. This weekend, the blogosphere has … 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
Tagged android, apple, google, ios, Rant, samsung, Technology
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Innovation to Imitation
“Hello, Windows 8? This is iPad. You win.” That’s Paul Thurott tweeting from //Build/ (yes, the forward slashes are required) where a developer preview for Windows 8 was released this week. You can almost feel the simultaneous relief and collective … Continue reading
8ta tries cheap bandwidth
Duncan McLeod reports on TechCentral Telkom’s new mobile operator, 8ta, has dropped a bomb on rivals Vodacom, MTN and Cell C, introducing a cut-rate broadband product offering 10GB of data a month for R199 on a 24-month contract. Sure, but … Continue reading
Tagged 8ta, cellc, Industry, mtn, Rant, Technology, telecoms, vodacom
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Learn, Unlearn, Relearn
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. – Alvin Toffler Art Preston’s post concerning “The Grading Conundrum” once again raises the debate of how … Continue reading
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Tagged assessment, Education, Gaming, Geek, mathematics, Rant, staffroom, warcraft, wow
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Matrics to rewrite English Setwork
Matrics across the Western Cape will rewrite Paper 2 of the English Exam on November 23 said a spokesperson for the WCED this morning. This story courtesy of www.iol.co.za [direct link to article] Western Cape matric students are to rewrite … Continue reading
Tagged News, Rant
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Spring Resolutions
I think New Year’s resolutions are stupid. In fact, I dislike New Year’s Eve in it’s entirety. Why? Well. First of all no one ever keeps New Year’s resolutions, be it as a result of too much Orange Juice (read … Continue reading
Tagged Inspiration, Psychology, Randomness, Rant
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UCT SRC Elections: A farce
It’s that time of year… The brightly coloured A3 posters have been pinned to every possible surface, the overly chipper candidates are striding around campus like the politicians they’re hoping to emulate. Yes, its UCT SRC Election time! Now, excuse … Continue reading
London 2012 logo: a disaster
A lot of things in this world have become “cheapened” over the past hundred years, but the Olympics symbol has remained clear, elegant and professional despite changing and modernising theories of design. You can imagine my shock when I found … Continue reading
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