2022
- Started consulting as Aandblom Digital and working alongside a super talented team at 4me (The Complete Service Management Platform)
- Ran the Amsterdam Marathon
- Travelled to France (boat trip), Berlin with Ouma, Saxon Switzerland and home (South Africa)
2021
- Moved to the Zaanstad area and, for the first time in a long time, into our own place
- Completed my dissertation (Utilising modern, browser-based machine learning technologies for data-driven cognitive accessibility research) and graduated my BSc (Hons) Computing degree with a First Class Honours
- Proudly became newborn parents as we welcomed Ario, a beautiful little boy, into the world
- Travelled home (🇿🇦) for, like many other expats, the first time in over two years
2020
- Somehow managed to move from Ireland to the Netherlands amidst a global pandemic
- Joined the incredibly talented team at CLEVERºFRANKE and pivoted back to purely frontend development
- Not a great year for traveling or running, but we went on several glamping trips throughout the Netherlands and ran a couple of PBs pre-pandemic
2019
- Ran my first marathon (Dublin 2019, 4:18:04), 50th Parkrun (March 2019) and fastest 21km, 10km and 5km
- Travelled throughout Ireland and hiked in the Wicklow mountains with Kevin (and Wilco)
- Travelled to Ontario (Toronto, Niagara Falls), New York State (Finger Lakes Distric, NYC), Northern Ireland, Wales, Copenhagen and Sweden (Malmo and Stockholm) and, naturally, South Africa
- Started studying at the University of Derby Online (BSc (Hons) Computing and Information Technologies)
2018
- Moved to Limerick, Ireland with Kevin (the husband) and Wilco (the dog)
- Made some new friends at Leaf and started working remotely full-time
- Travelled to The Netherlands (Amsterdam, Zeeland), Brussels, Paris, Germany (Munich, Rothenburg, Heidelberg), Prague, Budapest and Canterbury - it was a good year for adventure.
- Learnt and applied Elixir, Phoenix and React-Native
- Completed 28 parkruns in 4 different countries
2017
- Joined the tech team at Babylonstoren
- Primarily focused on Javascript (React) and frontend architecture
- Travelled to Greece & Turkey (sailing trip)
- Adopted Wilco (the dog) 🐺
2016
- Started at Cybercellar as Ruby on Rails Frontend Developer
- Moved into our first home 🏡
- Travelled to Mozambique
2015
- Married a trooper 🍠
- Left Primedia Broadcasting to focus purely on my development skills
- Contract-based work (Frontend / Ruby on Rails)
2014
- Travelled to the UK (and attended the Next Radio conference)
- Agile Fundamentals Workshop, Thoughtworks
- Still freelancing part-time as a web developer, picked up some international clients
2013
- Started working at Primedia Broadcasting as a Digital Product Owner
- Project Management & UX Course, presented by @RianVDM
- The Bookmarks 2013 Shortlist, Best Student
2012
2011
- Mostly a combination of studying and freelancing
- Completed the Certificate Wine Course at the Cape Wine Academy
- Met Kevin, my husband 🕺
- Worked as a Digital Intern at Saatchi & Saatchi
2010
- Started studying Design & Art Direction at Red & Yellow
- Started freelancing as a web developer
- Completed the South African Wine Course at the Cape Wine Academy
2009
- Took a gap year
- Completed a Comprehensive Web Design course at City Varsity
- Worked, travelled (and bought my first MacBook Pro 👩🏼💻) in the USA
- Started working as a Junior Web Designer at a small agency in Cape Town