Ray Besiga

This is my attempt at establishing a writing habit so that I can share ideas and learnings more consistently.

Dispatches

I left Opareta

On leaving Opareta and what comes next.

The Palm Wine Drinkard

A thoroughly fascinating exploration of Amos Tutuola's eerie world, based on 20th century Yoruba folklore.

My longform reading list for 2021

My aim was to get back to reading more books in 2021. This is what I read.

Relaunching Akabbo

Relauched the Akabbo crowdfunding platform to make it easier for anyone in Uganda to fundraise for people and projects they care about.

The Power of Micro Money Transfers

Thoughts from reading Arunjay Kartakam's The Power of Micro Money Transfers and the role they can play in creating a more inclusive financial services ecosystem.

The Fire Next Time

Thoughts from reading James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time in the wake of George Floyd's murder and the ensuing global reckoning on racial inequality.

Is it ever good enough?

The pendulum swings between delight and despair get ever wider closer to product launch.

What Don Norman Taught Me About Design In 3 Minutes

Don Norman is a great educator.

2017: My Year In Books

Only read 8 books in 2017..

Securely deploy your progressive web app with Firebase and CircleCI

Continuous deployment of my PWA with CircleCI and Firebase

Urban is the new global. How do we sustain it?

Community participation is the strongest fighting chance for success in urban sustainability

BEM is a game changer in the CSS naming convention

Using BEM for CSS naming convention

Join the Kampala tech scene conversation

Time to connect and engage. Join the Kampala tech scene conversation.

Why we are building Urb

This is why we are building Urb

2016: My Year In Books

My 2016 Bookshelf

Why has Facebook forsaken Friends?

Why is Facebook not innovating in the "Friends" section?

Fun quotes about design that stuck

Fun quotes about design and making that stuck

Introspection on my product design experience in Timor-Leste

Takeaways from my product design experiece thus far.

A basic Django app with the Github API

A basic Django app with the Github API

The fun side to Transform Africa 2015

Art, Craft and Fashion at the Transform Africa conference

Connected East Africa Summit 2015

NTFIII project at the Connected East Africa conference

Designing for least astonishment

The law or rule of freaking out your users the least.

Technology and The Sharing Economy

My TEDx Kampala talk about The Sharing Economy

Starkey Hearing Foundation Gala Weekend

Celebrating success and a beautiful partnership at the Starkey Gala

In Amsterdam, Art Is Therapy

Art can be a guide to life - Alain De Botton

Pitti Immagine Uomo Florence 2014

Fashion festival folly in Firenze

10000 and Hennepin

A second sojourn in Minneapolis

Key Takeaways from 2013

Key takeaways and lessons learned in 2013

A belated World AIDS Day message

A belated World AIDS Day message and why you should care.

An inspiration to write

I need to start writing again.

How I tracked my stolen phone to a charging station in Eastern Uganda

Key protagonists: iCloud and the Uganda Police.

Sublime Text 2 is.. sublime!

One day I will write an ode to Sublime Text 2.

Blogging with Jekyll

Using Jekyll and Github Pages to power my website