#NYTechMeetup – Nov 2 – 2011
Written by: Vukosi Marivate on November 3, 2011 @ 1:57 pm
November starts off with a bang. Sort of. It’s also Movember, so donate. This post will be short but full of gems you can click on. I got an opportunity to attend my first New York Tech Meetup (NYTM). I work on a side project (One of my 1001 side projects – http://www.vima.co.za/pages/projects.html) called UPOD (User Programming [...]
Tags: civic engagement, consolation, emerging companies, iphone, meetup, new york city, nov 2, november 2, nytechmeetup, nytm, pothole, side projects, vima
Catogories: technical, WorkRead more
My chosen Tablet – TouchPad
Written by: Vukosi Marivate on September 25, 2011 @ 5:02 am
It has been an interesting couple of weeks in the technology world. One of the interesting things that happened if you didn’t, by living on and island, catch it was the HP Fire-sale after killing of their phone and tablet hardware business. I was one of the lucky people to stumble onto the SlickDeals HP Touchpad thread. I [...]
Tags: audio speakers, dual core processor, excellent sound, fire sale, hardware business, interesting things, ipad, phone software, technology world, zippy
Catogories: technicalRead more
MakerFaire NYC 2011
Written by: Vukosi Marivate on September 18, 2011 @ 7:50 pm
This will be a shortish post on MakerFaire NYC 2011. I attended MakerFaire 2010 in NYC so going again 1 year later, this time with my better half was going to be another experience. We also decided to drive to NYC from New Jersey after a couple of mishaps, but all was good. More on [...]
Tags: awesome science, bells and whistles, board game, hobbyists, makerfaire, mishaps, mousetrap, picket fence bed, twists, young person
Catogories: technical, TravelRead more
On iPad Newspapers
Written by: Vukosi Marivate on August 15, 2011 @ 5:43 pm
This was supposed to be a long post on a couple of things but decided to make it easier for me and whoever will be reading. Now having gained access to the mythical iPad I got to going and checking out some ways to consume media and the internet (mostly) on it. What has been [...]
Tags: aol, apple, brilliant idea, checkout, conversations, editions, front page, information share, ipad, news sites, newspapers, paper li, review, timelines, Twitter, zite
Catogories: general, technicalRead more








