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All about Tshimologong
It’s not my headline, but this is the third or fourth time I’ve written about the Tshimologong Precint in Joburg, and definitely the best: The grand vision for a homegrown Silicon Valley in one of Joburg’s most notorious neighbourhoods | ZDNet.
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Take a Girl Child to Work Day
Read the wrong way, Take a Girl Child to Work Day could sound rather sinister – imagine it said in a ‘bring your Earthling followers to the meat grinder’ voice, for example. But it’s actually a pretty cool annual event designed to expose school kids to the world of work and hopefully encourage them to…
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Road deaths in South Africa
I’ve lived in South Africa for five months now, and think of myself as pretty well settled in. The one thing I won’t ever get used to, however, is the shocking standards of driving on the roads. Especially by people in big, expensive, fast cars who really should know better. I’ve been researching a story…
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On the positive power of programming
I don’t usually reblog my own work, but this was one of the best things I’ve covered since I’ve been in South Africa. GirlGuides: The positive power of programming. Annoyingly, it was written in a hurry on the busiest week since arriving, so there’s a few things about the words I don’t like. But the…
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The surrealist’s day
So far, my experiences with South African bureaucracy haven’t been too bad as bad as I was led to believe they might be. There’s been long queues and waiting around for things to get done, but my biggest issues have been with the UK company that’s handling our household goods. And the banks – but…
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Google Maps and the school that George built
View Larger Map So here’s something pretty amazing. I was browsing around on Google Maps the other day (as you do), and I noticed that the satellite imagery for the area of southern Zambia around Kalomo has been updated with some more recent pictures. Why is this important? Because it includes aerial photos of the…
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3D-printed exoskeleton gives a little girl use of her arms video | VentureBeat
An astonishing video of a little girl being fitted out with a 3D printed exoskeleton to help her use her arms. The implications of this for treating polio in Africa are enormous. I challenge you to watch the video with a dry eye. 3D-printed exoskeleton gives a little girl use of her arms video | VentureBeat.
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African tech hubs and me
I realise this feature is a few weeks old – From Kenya to Madagascar: The African tech-hub boom – but since it’s written by someone who’s a bit of a hero of mine, I thought I’d link to it anyway. This has been an interesting weekend in terms of Oxford family’s future plans. It looks very…
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Link: How Linux is changing lives in Zambia | News | TechRadar
I don’t often link to stuff I’ve had published from here. I should, but there’s a masterplan for redesigning that means… well, I just haven’t got round to it. Quite depressed to see this go live over the weekend though: How Linux is changing lives in Zambia. It’s a piece I wrote for Linux Format…
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Sonia on International Women’s Day
Very happy to see a picture of mine has been chosen by the Guardian for International Women’s Day. I’ve written about Sonia many times in the past – she’s one of the most inspirational people I know. Bright, intelligent and with enough family problems that she could and probably should be doing anything she wanted…
