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.
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GeekRetreat 2011: What really happened (or did it?)
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.
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.
Getting SA teens reading and writing on the mobile web
Steve Vosloo is a Shuttleworth Foundation fellow who is excited about the potential of mobile phones for literacy in South Africa. His project, m4Lit (Mobiles for literacy) is about 'exploiting mobile phones to improve literacy amongst teens -- to get them reading and writing longer texts on their phones.'
Steve Vosloo is a Shuttleworth Foundation fellow who is excited about the potential of mobile phones for literacy in South Africa. His project, m4Lit (Mobiles for literacy) is about 'exploiting mobile phones to improve literacy amongst teens -- to get them reading and writing longer texts on their phones.'
Community-driven m-learning
Marlon Parker is a Cape Town PhD student and lecturer who started a drug counseling service using Mxit. He says that it's the world's first mobile counseling system and that it is being managed and driven by community members. After chatting online, Marlon and his team invite addicts to the centre for one-on-one counselling sessions.
Marlon Parker is a Cape Town PhD student and lecturer who started a drug counseling service using Mxit. He says that it's the world's first mobile counseling system and that it is being managed and driven by community members. After chatting online, Marlon and his team invite addicts to the centre for one-on-one counselling sessions.
