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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: 2007
The Cavern Today Podcast 23
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Back at University
So I’m back at UCT for my 2nd year in Computer Science and Psychology (with a bit of Maths on the side). It seems I have a pretty awesome schedule this year… especially with only 2 lectures on Mondays meaning … Continue reading
Amazing optical illusion
See block A and block B? They’re actually exactly the same colour Believe it! See why
Tagged Randomness, Technology
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Back to the grindstone!
So its back to UCT tomorrow for 2nd year registration. Hopefully it won’t take too long and I can go finish start Valentine’s Day shopping
Linspire dumps Debian, chooses Ubuntu
In yet another hit for the rock-solid Debian, Linspire have announced that they will be using Ubuntu instead of Debian as the base for their Freespire 2.0 release in April. In exchange, Ubuntu users will get access to Linspire’s successful … Continue reading
Tagged News, Technology
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Interesting Scene Generation Study
A PhD student in the Computer Science department at UCT (through which I’m completing a Computer Science major for my Bachelor of Science degree) is conducting an interesting postgraduate study and needs your help! It could earn you $100 of … Continue reading
Tagged Technology
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New Mac advert
Apple have released a very funny rip-off of Vista’s insane protection! Watch it at www.apple.com/getamac!
Photosynth: The best thing since Google Earth
In late July I spoke about Photosynth being released soon. Well, late last year it was! I’ve been playing with it this evening and all I can say is WOW. It takes a huge collection of JPEGs, runs them through … Continue reading
Tagged News, Technology
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Vista Verdict
I’ve been running Vista ultimate for the past 4 days on my two year old P4 3.0ghz machine with 1024mb DRR400 RAM and I must say I’m mostly very happy. Under load it slows down a bit and there’s definitely … Continue reading
Tagged News, Technology
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Don’t buy a Renault
My parents bought me a Renault Modus in October 2005. All was fine for the first year until my latest service, the 30 000km service. For starters, the service cost me R1400 for labour… which is well about industry standard. … Continue reading
Tagged Rant
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