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From we should do, we will do, we are doing, to we have done

Apr 12, 2012 10 Comments by

Tongue twister. I know. Unfathomable by many. I know. Incomprehensible by most. I know. Attainable by only a select few. Obviously. Most folks never go beyond the first step. It always is about what needs to be done. Whereas nothing ACTUALLY gets done. [That is why I sabotaged the ConnectedKE conference. But that is a story [...]

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My experience at the Ignite Hackathon #igniteHackathon

Mar 27, 2012 24 Comments by

And so it happened. Salim finally decided to participate in local developers’ contest. A Hackathon. As I warm up for Pivot East. He decided to attend the Ignite Hackathon. Over the last two years, he has seen awards being taken by pretenders and wannabes, as well as deserving and seasoned masters of the code-game. So, [...]

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The 5 self-made Kenyan millionaire Coders of 2012

Mar 22, 2012 9 Comments by

Heh! Ni kunasty. Feelings nazo. Emotions nazo. Last week I tweeted that I had finally managed to get time off my busy schedule and get me a driving license, and MY GOD!! It proved to be a thorn in a lot of people’s flesh. “People have been driving for ages! Don’t boast to us”, one [...]

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So you think you can tweet – Kenyan edition

Mar 20, 2012 20 Comments

This is one of those ‘perspective’ blog posts. And when I write such, I always advice the average ‘fragile ego’ I-am-a-celeb-in-a-certain-village-somewhere-so-dont-play-with-me Kenyans to ward off. Go to TechnoVillage and read about an outsider’s view of iHub. Or go to xvideos.com. They are hiring people to classify their porn collection. Oh, you are still reading this. So [...]

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