Hujambo!
Living and working in Nairobi, Kenya
  • Home
  • About
    • Me
    • The site
  • Contact Me
Browse: Home / technology

technology

Work is good

By Alan on August 31, 2009

I’ve been at my new job for almost a month. I’ve been pretty busy and the work is challenging. I’m a consultant, so the pressure is on to deliver results consistent with my terms of reference. I was lonely at first, but I’m slowly making friends now. For instance: I am investigating joining the running [...]

  • Share this:

Posted in Kenya | Tagged Cluster, coffee, ILRI, Kenya, Linux, Nairobi, technology, Uthiru, Westlands, work | 3 Responses

I got a new job…

By Alan on July 24, 2009

My two years as a VSO volunteer are coming to an end: I’ve accepted a position as a Linux system administrator with a Kenyan-based non-governmental organization, ILRI. I’ll be working with ILRI from August – December, and then we’ll see after that. I’m done with VSO. That means I’m done with teaching. I’m done with [...]

  • Share this:

Posted in Kenya, Teaching | Tagged College, Holy Rosary College, ILRI, Kenya, Nairobi, Swahili, Tala, technology, VSO | 7 Responses

Giving Back

By Alan on July 22, 2009

For the past year and a half I’ve been working as a teacher at Holy Rosary College in Tala, Kenya. It has been a great experience but it was a bit nerve racking at first because I wasn’t prepared to be teaching classes. Over my time as a volunteer at the college I’ve taught five [...]

  • Share this:

Posted in Kenya, Teaching | Tagged Copyleft, Creative Commons, Holy Rosary, Kenya, Notes, Tala, Teaching, technology | 4 Responses

Other VSO bloggers

By Alan on July 16, 2009

I just noticed a new VSO blog aggregator, VSO Journals. It’s not an official VSO venture, though word has it they’re working on their own version as well. I think I read somewhere that the dude who started it was a VSO volunteer once, but I can’t remember where I saw it. Anyways, the site [...]

  • Share this:

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Blogging, Friends, Kenya, technology, VSO | 6 Responses

« PreviousNext »

Alan Orth

Lover of Linux, death metal and Indian food, blogs about living and working in Nairobi, Kenya.

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. No spam, I promise!

Tag cloud

Animals California Cassandra Ethiopia Food funny ILRI Kenya Kiswahili Language Linux matatu Music Mzungu Nairobi Pictures rain Rant Rants safari sheng Swahili Tala Tanzania Teaching technology Travel Uthiru Westlands work

Friends

  • Cassandra's blog
  • Underemployed Randi

Kenya

  • Black Supremacy Sounds
  • Get Mziki
  • Lone ranger sez…
  • Mjanja Tech
  • Moshe Njema

Archives

  • January 2012 (3)
  • December 2011 (2)
  • November 2011 (2)
  • October 2011 (2)
  • September 2011 (2)
  • August 2011 (4)
  • July 2011 (4)
  • June 2011 (2)
  • May 2011 (3)
  • April 2011 (3)

RSS Recently listened to…

  • Kyle Gabler – Burning Man
  • Kyle Gabler – Screamer
  • Kyle Gabler – Tumbler
  • Kyle Gabler – Jelly
  • Kyle Gabler – Rain Rain Windy Windy
  • Kyle Gabler – Threadcutter
  • Kyle Gabler – Regurgitation Pumping Station
  • Kyle Gabler – Another Mysterious Pipe Appeared
  • Kyle Gabler – Brave Adventurers
  • Kyle Gabler – World of Goo Beginning

Some rights reserved.

Powered by WordPress, Hybrid, and Hybrid Kangaroo.