STRATHMORE ANNUAL BOOT CAMP

This year's annual Boot Camp has already been scheduled for the 8th July to 10th of the same month. Three days of some serious Mobile Action. All Mobile Technology Techies and Enthusiasts are advised to attend. Tickets are already being sold and as usual lots of fun expected there at Strathmore. Basically, Boot Camp involves a couple of talks from key industry players and later some quality training which is always closed by a quiz like competition.

This years theme will be 'Harnessing the potential of mobile applications for Africa' .On the 8th of July, there will be speakers from the industry touching on a variety of relevant issues including converting your ideas into business and Grants for local application developers. 9th and 10th of July will see hands-on development sessions in Beginner and Intermediate Java ME, SMS/USSD and Python.

Tickets are already being sold, either through the web or mobile. Mail or SMS confirmations will be sent respectively. Non Strathmore students pay 1500/= while Strathmore students pay 700/= for tickets.
Limited Space. Hurry
For more information and Registration CLICK HERE.
See you there.

How long before you graduate?

Just from reading a post by a graduating Strathmore student and it challenged me big time. Whaaat! What have I been doing in Uni? What do I expect from Uni? Will I be in Uni forever? Those are some of the questions that got me thinking. Thinking real hard. Jay Sean in the background doesn't help matters at all.

So now, we only have a couple of years in Uni! How well do we spend it. Does it help us being here or does it ruin us further after some 'time wasting' in High School? (atleast for me).

Four/ Five years in University sounds like a long time but ahem, it isn't. Not at all. For example, I was only a freshman the other day (a year ago), now, I only got a year to go. Sad thing is, I'm not sure what i come out with or worse still, what exactly I am doing here! I read that article with some passion and it didn't hesitate in reminding me that I really have a lot that I ignore day by day. It touched me. When I think of parting with long time buddy's, the pain gets worse, thinking of lack of jobs, makes reading the piece even regrettable. We take life so casually down here.It's never a waste of time when we drink ourselves unconscious (and not to attend classes), chase skirts day and night, update on face book how a lecturer should have left class hours ago, and many other absurdities that we are well aware of. It's true that some of this, we can only do while still in college, I totally agree with that, but not at the expense of our future, not at the expense of our country and definitely not at the expense of yourself! If we had nothing to live for, we would have long been eliminated out of this world, after all, it's getting full too quickly.

Truth is, we don't have all the time on this world. Life is all about stages, we are all in one stage or another. Soon, things will always change, either for better or for worse. It's up to ourselves to take time and prepare well for the unpredictable future. That, we can only do now. Remember one of the 48 Laws of power? "Power of now!" We need to keep focus, remain objective and truthful to our earlier goals.

Just needed to remind uni students that, before you count the remaining time you have in Uni, it will already be over. Sit yourself down and think of what you are doing and what you expect to have done. Will you add value to the society?

To all those graduating soon or will graduate soon, best wishes in all your career endeavors. Be good to the society. Remember, we hold the future of this country. If we are rotten, then the country is rotten as much. Good luck.

WELCOME TO TEKNOLOJIA KENYA

Finally, I'm all set up and ready for action, from my labs here in JKUAT. Basically, this is a technology info-center and a place to learn and share. I want to officially invite all of 'everyone' to my blog. I've been on the sidelines for quite a while and i now have to contribute too.

I will be posting on the latest happenings on technology here in Kenya. Expect a couple of product listings and reviews too. Hope it will be fun. Comments and suggestions are welcomed.

Lets share.