Journal

Hi there,

My name is Likhwa and I'm a an African tech startup founder. I am working on building my own startup and I figured it would be a great idea to document my journey. I'm doing this mainly because when I started, I really didn't know where to find inside information on the startup journey i.e. the challenges, processes and so on. So I hope this will help someone.

This is my personal journal where I share my thoughts, opinions and progress as well as my hopes and aspirations as I build my startup. It's not meant to be a guide, just some insights into the mindset of an entrepreneur. I'm not speaking as an expert, but more as just a man pursuing his dream. As you will soon realize, I'm still finding my way and I know I still have a lot to learn. However I hope my bumps, bruises and victories will become the lessons that will keep someone going. Enjoy

Chapters

1. The Backstory

2. My biggest risk

3. My motivation

4. Bringing my A game

5. Why I had to change my startup's name

6. It's a lot harder than it seems

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Hip hop and RnB songs to apologize to your partner

Love is a beautiful thing, but it often goes wrong. This often leads to pain, suffering and sorrow. Being imperfect beings, hearts tend to get broken all the time regardless how hard we may try to avoid it. The heartbreak is often inadvertent but at times we find ourselves in the wrong. An oversight, a word unsaid or even a lapse in our judgement can cause our loved ones harm. This doesn't always have to be the end though. Oftentimes, relationships can be mended by simply uttering three simple words: "I AM SORRY". This article is a collection of some of my favourite 'I'm sorry' songs. I hope you'll enjoy these apology songs, but more importantly, I hope you will get a few quotables and some wisdom nuggets from them. The best apology however, is to change behaviour (got that from a Jay Z interview) so as you apologize, please remember that it was your actions that hurt them. The best apology is one which involves you not repeating those same mistakes aga

How to easily create background notifications in Sketchware(original)

One of the keys to building a successful app is to find mechanisms that will keep your users engaged. You can do this by using background notifications. This tutorial will show you how to do that in Sketchware. We will cover: 1. How to create notifications in Sketchware 2. How to show these notifications even when the app is closed. We will start by creating a new project. If you do not know how to create a new project please check out this article here. Once we have created our project, let us create a more block to place our code. Navigate to the events menu and then to the moreblock section as shown in the image above. Create a moreBlock. I have created a moreblock with the name "BackgroundActivity" with a boolean variable named "run." See the image below for how to add the boolean variable. Place the following block in the moreBlock Background activity code: moveTaskToBack(_run); That will move our task to the background. Please note, that at this point we have

Building game apps in Sketchware

Last week I gave a tutorial on how to create a quiz app using Sketchware. Maybe you want to create a more complex game and that is possible using Sketchware. Today we will be looking at creating more complex games such as an endless runner, car racing or any animated game. You could even create a 3D game but that is of you can create the graphics. The first step is deciding what kind of game you want to create. This starts with the objective of the game, how the user will earn points, the various levels as well as customizations and upgrades. Once you have the concept you can then start building your app. This tutorial will show you how to create a game app like the one in the video below. Still needs work but I hope you get the idea. What you will need For a simple game app, you will need the following: 1. A sprite sheet These are images of your various characters e.g. it can be a happy face, sad face, angry face and so on. If it's a runner, you can have them at rest and th

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