Reflections: Lessons From My First Website

I can’t help but chuckle a little bit whenever I look at the first website I ever developed or at least what is left of it. To say it was unrefined, rough and crude is sort of an understatement. However, looking at the kind of projects I have made overtime and comparing it to that first website it is evident that I have progressed. Started from the bottom, now we are here kinda thing.

I made that website for a 2^nd year unit and at the time I was indeed very proud of the outcome considering I had no prior knowledge in web development. Computers were solely for music and movies and the occasional word document assignments at that point in my life. However, with a little persistence and a bunch of help from some good friends of mine, I managed to produce something.

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Isn’t it amazing how one little function can change your entire life? Your code life that is. Just the other day I was bombarded with a lot of content on this site that I was working on. I am talking about almost 50 pages worth of information. Having worked as a content developer for over one year means I know what is involved in the process. So I am still in awe at how my client managed to come up with all that…

Anyway, back to my 'story'. So I was left contemplating exactly how I was required to make all those pages for this one website! That site would be so heavy. All those pages would probably take it ages to load on devices. Then again, I couldn’t just squash all that information on one single page because that would lead to one which is about 400 meters long! Trust me guys, I am not exaggerating!

The Girl Code

Hey people. How are ya’ll getting along? I hope you are doing fine. I am just peachy! I have a short story to share, so kids gather around. Hehe, just the other day, I met someone (a male someone) who asked me what I did.  It went a little bit like this, “So what do you do?”

Lately, I have come to the realization that people do not ask such questions with the aim of actually wanting to know what the other person does but instead what they usually want to know is you level of intelligence or something of the sort. They want to gauge you!

So when I told him that I do Computer Science, he was shocked to say the least. Then what followed after his long and intimate relationship with silence and utter dismay was a remark that will leave many females and female activists asking me for this guy’s number.

#RhokAfrica. The Aftermath

Heyyy guys, you good? I really hope so. The last time we ‘talked’ (see here), I mentioned something to do with how strong I was, fighting the sandman and all, well…that did not last too long. This is because; by about 6:00 am that Sunday morning my eyelids could no longer maintain their long distance relationship! I had to catch some zzZZ! Yo, I was so tired and the carpeted floor looked oh so enticing. It was calling out to me. Good thing is our team was positioned in a corner, so I just lied down…on the floor…behind the curtain…and I slept for a good forty minutes. I had officially lost the battle!

Dr. Sanji during the opening ceremony on saturday

We normally take sleep for granted when we have the time to catch it. Take me for example, I may enter my bed at about midnight but because of my lappy, phone and internet, I may end up sleeping at 2:00 am. This is regardless of whether I have an early morning or not. This is such a bad habit. Sleep is so important! And I confirmed that this weekend. Before my forty-minute power shut eye, I could hardly function. I was seeing doubles and I even started replying to the voices in my head. Yes, it was that bad. So I totally understood all the guys who were under the tables snoring. It was just a rebooting mechanism.

Just Scratch It

Howdy guys,

Whenever I come across something inspiring and thoughtful, I like to share it. In this way it can reach as many people as possible and maybe, just maybe it can also inspire someone else. You know how the chain works, smile at a stranger and they smile to another stranger and boom!! The whole place is smiling…

The YouTube video from the talk.

I recently came across a certain TED Talk. I love watching these talks and it’s amazing how much you can take from someone’s 15 or so minute lecture. So this particular talk that I am talking about is by one Mitch Resnick of MIT media. He was talking about how coding isn't just for computer whizzes but it’s for everyone. And so, in a fun filled demo talk, he demonstrated and outlined the benefits of teaching kids to code. This will enable them to do more than just “read” new technologies – but also create them. Below is the YouTube video from the talk.