Relocating to Uganda
Here we are, almost 1 whole year after I had initially expected to be moving away from London, Today I finally landed in Entebbe International Airport in Uganda, where I’ll be spending the next 12...
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Relocating to Uganda: Day Zero
This is us, all our suitcases packed and ready, just minutes before the cab arrived to take us to the airport for our flight to Uganda (via Cairo). I was perhaps a little cautious and booked the cab...
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First day in the new TW Uganda Office
Wednesday saw our first day in the office. I’ve already tweeted a few pictures, but here it is again – our new office: the office It’s a decent space with a lot of potential, but as of yet it is still...
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My first RapidFTR Code Jam in Kampala
This week I attended my first RapidFTR code jam in Kampala. Kampala first started having code jams for rapidFTR back in August. It started on Aug 24th with an introduction to RapidFTR by Rebecca...
View ArticleKampala, a few months in
The Project It’s been a few months now since I landed in Kampala, and a while since I last blogged, so I’ll try and write up a few posts on the project I’m working on, another on the new office we’ve...
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RapidFTR code jams in Kampala – the story so far
Continuing with the theme of looking back over the past few months here’s a quick writeup of my experiences so far running the RapidFTR codejams here in Kampala. I arrived here early October 2012, at...
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RapidFTR Field Trip @Nyakabande Transit Centre – Day One
This is a write up for the first of five days I spent at Nyakabande. here’s a link to the other days: Day One (this post) Day Two Day Three Day Four Last week sure was an eventful one. I’ve just...
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RapidFTR Field Trip – Day Two
This is a write up for day two out of five. here’s a link to the other days: Day One Day Two (this post) Day Three Day Four (Disclaimer – this post reflects my own personal thoughts and opinions and...
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RapidFTR Field Trip – Day Three
This is a write up for day three out of five. here’s a link to the other days: Day One Day Two Day Three (this post) Day Four (Disclaimer – this post reflects my own personal thoughts and opinions and...
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RapidFTR Field Trip – Day Four
This is a write up for day four out of five. here’s a link to the other days: Day One Day Two Day Three Day Four (this post) I had learnt my lesson from the past few days and asked the staff at the...
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RapidFTR Field Trip – Day 5
This is a write up for day four out of five. here’s a link to the other days: Day One Day Two Day Three Day Four Day 5 (this post) note: I’ve learned never to promise someone the next post in a series...
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Little Inferno – an interpretation
I’ve just finished playing Little Inferno, a silly, repetitive, but ultimately charming little game from the makers of the excellent World of Goo. As I played it through, about an hour into it, I...
View ArticleRuby Fridays – how a 1-off event evolved into a regular training night
Just over 6 months ago I was a part of a larger team that introduced the first ever Rails Girls event to Kampala (a 2 day event ran by ThoughtWorks). The event was hosted at the Outbox Hub, a floor...
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Is Duplication Always a Bad Thing?
CC image by leg0fenris (original – https://flic.kr/p/8D9EJH) tl;dr No. Well, perhaps, but it can be the lesser of two evils. It depends. Full version As a software engineer, it’s always been drilled...
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Retrospective format: The Zombie Apocalypse!
I’ve written extensively in the past that I believe that retrospectives should be a creative process and I like to engage the brain using interesting visuals and ideas. I’ve attempted to employ this...
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