Standing on a windswept beach in the Eastern Cape, pocket full of shells and your phone in hand — that’s the moment My beachy shines. Open it up, snap a photo of your find, log the type, colour, size, and which beach you found it on. Tag it, add notes, and it’s saved instantly.
You’ve spent six hours editing a video, writing a newsletter, or recording a podcast that exactly three people will accuse you of getting wrong. Someone slides into your DMs: “Love your work, how do I support you?”
To the parents and pedagogues: The tools are here. The path is clear. The only question remaining is whether you are willing to step aside and let the next generation run. The future cannot wait for us to feel comfortable.
Enigma Chambers is a free browser-based detective mystery game developed by Beachy Studio. Players solve logic puzzles presented as police case dossiers. No download required. No account needed. Works on desktop and mobile.
Enigma Chambers is a free browser-based mystery game. Each case is a logic puzzle – you read the evidence, study the clues, make your deductions, and name your suspect
I’ve been quiet lately. Not because I’ve stopped working, but because I’ve been listening. A few weeks ago, I met a teacher who took the path I once wanted to follow: three years of College to get his Diploma in Education, then two years at university for his B.Ed. He’s a headmaster now, and he […]
Part 1 of a study of The Practice’s Case Studies. Geology vs. Empathy: Why My Socks Are Currently Floating in a Void I recently posed a simple, pointed geographical query to a consultant at The Practice. I wanted to know if the tide was coming in, or if the land was simply retreating out of […]
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There’s a teacher somewhere near you who hasn’t sat down before 9pm in three weeks. Not because they’re disorganised. Not because they don’t care. Because the job has expanded to fill every hour available – and then some. Admin. Planning. Marking. Chasing resources that either don’t exist or cost money the school simply doesn’t have. […]
There are passions you choose, and then there are passions that choose you. Education chose me a long time ago — somewhere between a school desk in 1977 and a college lecture hall in 1980 — and it has never quite let go. I finished school in 1977. Like most young men of my generation […]
The tests are written. The results are coming. And June exams are exactly 10 weeks away. Here’s what the window between now and then actually looks like — and why it matters more than most parents realise. The gap nobody talks about Term 1 ends with a test week, not full examinations. That distinction matters. […]
There’s a quiet shift happening in software creation. Not the loud, dramatic “AI will replace developers” narrative. Something more practical. More grounded. More real. Developers — especially solo builders — are starting to use AI as a production tool, not a novelty. I’m one of them. I build desktop tools for everyday people. Not startups […]