Thank you so much for those who applied to the 2011 GeekRetreat! We're full up and excited about the amazing projects and conversations we're going to be having starting Thursday.
GeekRetreat 2011: What really happened (or did it?)
The GeekRetreat. A long weekend for geeks who are passionate about technology or anything technical, really, to get together, have fun, geek out and build stuff.
The GeekRetreat. A long weekend for geeks who are passionate about technology or anything technical, really, to get together, have fun, geek out and build stuff.
Geek Retreat Becomes Geek Factor
Geek Retreat 2011 became a contest for the Uber Geek crown. Or did it?
Geek Retreat 2011 became a contest for the Uber Geek crown. Or did it?
What you said about the GeekRetreat
...after six months of contemplation.
...after six months of contemplation.
Avusa Media LIVE sponsors students for upcoming retreat
We're very pleased to announce that Avusa Media LIVE will be sponsoring the next GeekRetreat - specifically enabling five student/non-profit folks to attend the retreat for a heavily-discounted price of R200. Head of Digital for AVUSA Media group and GeekRetreat Fellow, Elan Lohmann is excited to be involved.
We're very pleased to announce that Avusa Media LIVE will be sponsoring the next GeekRetreat - specifically enabling five student/non-profit folks to attend the retreat for a heavily-discounted price of R200. Head of Digital for AVUSA Media group and GeekRetreat Fellow, Elan Lohmann is excited to be involved.
Upcoming: Stanford Valley 6-9 January 2011
The next annual retreat will be held from the evening of Thursday the 6th to Sunday the 9th of January, 2011 at Stanford Valley Lodge in the Western Cape. Friends and family are welcome to join us on Sunday the 9th of January at 1pm to watch the project showcase (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=189458734405005).
Date & Time:
Fri, 2011-01-07 02:00 - Mon, 2011-01-10 01:00
The next annual retreat will be held from the evening of Thursday the 6th to Sunday the 9th of January, 2011 at Stanford Valley Lodge in the Western Cape. Friends and family are welcome to join us on Sunday the 9th of January at 1pm to watch the project showcase (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=189458734405005).
Date & Time:
Fri, 2011-01-07 02:00 - Mon, 2011-01-10 01:00
GeekRetreat sentiment is higher than most SA brands
We're still spinning from the great feedback that this year's GeekRetreat received, so it was wonderful that Tim Shier from Quirk set up a BrandsEye account to monitor the conversation. Check out his great presentation here.
We're still spinning from the great feedback that this year's GeekRetreat received, so it was wonderful that Tim Shier from Quirk set up a BrandsEye account to monitor the conversation. Check out his great presentation here.
2nd ‘GeekRetreat’ centres on improving education with innovation
For the second year in a row, 50 of South Africa’s geekiest entrepreneurs, developers, marketers and journalists came together for a weekend filled with brainstorming, planning and general discussion centred on solving some of the most pressing issues facing the South African Internet.
For the second year in a row, 50 of South Africa’s geekiest entrepreneurs, developers, marketers and journalists came together for a weekend filled with brainstorming, planning and general discussion centred on solving some of the most pressing issues facing the South African Internet.
GeekRetreat Stanford Valley is a wild success
Pic by Paul Furber, CC BY 3.0
Pic by Paul Furber, CC BY 3.0
A broader band when it's local
Jason Adriaan is the founder of Local List - the first and only South African Internet directory that indexes locally hosted content. An ISLabs-supported project, Local List provides South African Internet users with list of websites and services they can access with local-only Internet accounts.
Jason Adriaan is the founder of Local List - the first and only South African Internet directory that indexes locally hosted content. An ISLabs-supported project, Local List provides South African Internet users with list of websites and services they can access with local-only Internet accounts.
