We Are Hiring! {Graphic Designer Internship}

Hey guys,

I come bearing good news this evening. As you all know by now, I am proudly associated with Waridi Events Limited so it gives me great pleasure to inform you that we are hiring! +Waridi Events  is an events management company and we are looking for a Graphic Designer intern to join our team. We would like to offer you the opportunity to interview for the position. Read more about: Waridi Events Limited

The Graphic Designer internship role entails creating visual concepts, designing 2D and 3D events concepts. As an intern, you will be required to work hand in hand with the events team, during the event design phase to bring our creative, experiential and fresh event concepts to life.

GSoKites Virtual Classroom {Google Summer Of Code}

The +Google Summer of Code is a global program that offers students stipends to write code for open source projects. GSoKites Virtual Classroom (GVC) is a community which is best suited for University students interested in coding and want to enhance their open source development through +Google Summer of Code. 

If you are interested in participating in the Google Summer of Code 2015, join or invite your developer friends to this community in order to get every update and guideline that will prepare you before you apply.

5 Year Tech Bash

+iHub has come a long way as a tech community in the last 5 years. It is therefore time to celebrate the growth and appreciate all the people who have made this happen. +iHub is facilitating the largest tech gathering in Kenya...ever! All the tech companies and individuals who made this happen are welcome. It's a community event by all of us, for all of us!

It starts on Saturday afternoon at 2:00 pm with a tech job fair, speed dating for techies, and a chance for everyone to demo what they’re doing. There is tons of space available, so there are few limitations on what you can do if you want to show off what you've done as a company, and what your focus for the next year is. Plans for big media to be at the event are underway.

Personas

In user-centered design, a persona is a fictional character created to capture the important aspects of your target users. They represent the different user types that might use a site, brand or product in a similar way. Personas are useful in considering the goals, desire and limitations of the users in order to help guide decisions a service product or interaction space such as features, interactions and visual design of a website – Wikipedia

A user persona is a representation of the goals and behavior of a hypothesized group of users. In most cases, personas are synthesized from data collected from interviews with users. They are captured in 1-2 page descriptions that include behavior patterns, goals, skills, attitudes and environment, with a few fictional personal details that make the persona a realistic character. For each product, more than one persona is usually created, but one persona should always be the primary focus for the design.

Smart Phone, Dumb Battery

I have never been so frustrated with an inanimate object the way I was frustrated with my phone these past couple of weeks. Reason: Battery life! I noticed that it was deteriorating towards the end of last year but it wasn’t until the beginning of January when things took a turn for the worst.

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When I first got this phone back in 2013 I couldn’t be happier. You know, despite the fact that I had to sell a kidney to pay for it...I was still excited! It had everything I wanted in a device. It was smart, it was loyal and I appreciated it.

Just Checking In {Part IV}

It’s been a while since I did one of these checking in posts. And a lot has happened since the last time I did one.  However, I am currently in the KISS {Keep It Short and Sweet} business so I’ll just mention some it. If you missed the previous check in, you can find it here.

Needing: A new phone battery. The fact that is number 1 on this list, should really tell you something. I will rant about this lost love in my next post…stay tuned. #SmartPhonesDumbBatteries