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Category Archives: User Experience
One year later, a look at our first Kio Kit customers
November 11th, 2016 by Barbara Muriungi
The first Kio Kit customers Last year when we launched our ruggedised Kio Kit, what followed was a ton of interested buyers. It gave us both huge hope and nerves that our product was going to schools. Prior to launch, we had piloted the Kio Kit in some schools and that gave us a lot […]
Read moreVisiting our Solomon Islands Schools
May 17th, 2016 by Peter
BRCK has been known for developing products for the edge of the network and very remote regions of the world. Lately our products have been pushing even what we as BRCKers consider the edge. One of our biggest themes is the “if it works in Africa, it can work anywhere.” And that was never more […]
Read moreUX and QA adventures
August 11th, 2015 by Peter
At BRCK we are fanatical about User Experience (UX) and Quality Analysis (QA). That is why last week, we took the fantastic 5 to Kajiado to spend a day with one of our BRCKs in the wild. Kajiado is a town located 80 kilometres south of Nairobi, along the Nairobi – Arusha highway (A104 road). […]
Read moreBRCKs in Education: Studi Academy, Tanzania
July 21st, 2015 by Angela Muigai
We’re receiving increased interest from Education focused organizations to use the BRCK to enable access to their content both online and offline. One of the partners we’re working with is Studi Academy in Tanzania. Studi is passionate about changing how students in secondary schools in developing countries learn. They provide an online platform for students […]
Read moreInternet for Ranches and Wildlife Research
January 12th, 2015 by Erik Hersman
Farms and Ranch WiFi I took off this weekend to test some BRCKs out in some of the more rural parts of Kenya. In this case, I was invited by Michael Nicholson who runs the cattle part of the El Karama Ranch situated near Nanyuki at the foot of Mount Kenya. The ranch is approximately […]
Read moreExpedition Technology – Part II
December 3rd, 2014 by Reg Orton
Thanks goodness for BRCK. Unfortunately this will be my last expedition post this trip. I’ve had to leave the guys early to make a dash north to sort out some business. If it weren’t for BRCK I’d still be in Livingstone. When the news came that I had to come back to Nairobi, we knew […]
Read moreA BRCK Expedition Run to South Africa (and back)
November 22nd, 2014 by Erik Hersman
(Republished from Erik’s blog) Two days from now we begin a BRCK overland expedition to South Africa. Like any of our trips, it is meant to be fun and adventurous, while at the same time giving us the opportunity to stress test our product beyond the norm. In the vein of our past expeditions to […]
Read moreA BRCK Technical Update: Oct 2014
October 19th, 2014 by Erik Hersman
I’ve been a bit remiss in my updates to everyone about what’s going on within the BRCK house. In short, we’ve been sleeping few hours as we try to do a whole load of updates, fix bugs, add new features, and create an overall better experience. I asked Jeff, Wesley, Reg and Emmanuel to put […]
Read moreAfter the User Experience
September 5th, 2014 by Jeff Maina
Designing for BRCK Designing for the BRCK involves more than most tech design processes coming from the African startup space, since we have to deal with hardware as well as software. Many designers get the opportunity to work on software (UI) and print at some point in their lives but very few get to touch […]
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