Thus Spaketh Idd Salim

Yeah. He said it.

I remember the day I had a talk with Michael Joseph at iHub and expressed my views as to how Safaricom was shooting itself on the foot by locking out the Kenyan developers from USSD access and giving it to only some politically collect correct PRSPs.

I pointed out to the utter cringe of those around that these companies DON’T have developers who have the knowledge, skills, experience or drive to develop the apps that Safcom would get value from.

This Redtape prevents SafCom from exploiting some hidden revenue streams.

After the meeting with MJ, I met Kamal of SquadDigital and we discussed the fine line between speaking ones mind and being politically correct. Alot of people would not have the balls to blog what I talk about. And yet it affects ALL OF US.

And this is exactly why I feel alone most times. I seem to be the only one who can say Safaricom SUCKS balls when they do, and Safaricom is the best, when the act good. Everyone else seems to have this stupid and retarded belief that one day, Safaricom / Google / NSE / GoK / Samsung etc will give them a project. A job. A deal. And they don’t what to have it said that they once blogged negatively.

And, so, they best remain on the good side. The pussy side.

Such are the pussy bloggers. Ball-less people.

And thence cometh my challenge to all of you/us.

I think it is time Kenyan bloggers grew some balls. Talk about the issues that REALLY affect us. If we want news, we will go to Nation. If we want to know what new service safaricom has launched, we will go to Safaricom.com. Blog about REAL issues. You are techies.

Tell the world about how Vulnerable to Hacking the Online Banking Systems developed by Craft-Silicon are and how they are exposing Kenyan Banks to CyberCrime. And maybe some good software will finally be written. [I have proof for this, in-case you think I am just hating.]. Tell the world about how hackers can’t wait for the new NSE system to launch. And maybe we can have locally sourced software. At last.

Blogging on one side is what makes your blogs lack content and traction. Always copy-pasting things that we ALL already know from other websites etc. Be real. For real.

Back to Code…

Wazi