New photo sharing site for Nairobi party people

The new photo sharing service, Rumbaa, launched last Friday at the GP-Karting grounds sandwiched between the Carnivore restaurant and the Wilson Airport in Nairobi. The service borrows a leaf from the South African service Thunda.
A bunch of guys called RumbaaDudes drive around in a pimped-ip Hummer taking professional photos at parties and clubs. The photographs [...]

Apple’s iPad…ok, not great!

Why can’t the first version of this iThingy be great? After waiting for so long, the market has to wait for version 3 or 4 to experience all the really cool stuff??
Has Steve Jobs lost his touch? Are those Apple guys now just geezers, past their prime? The iPad is disappointing! This is what I [...]

Are you a jobless Kenyan graduate? Try this.

Fewer college grads have jobs than at any other time in recent memory—a report by the National Association of Colleges and Employers annual student survey said that 20 percent of 2009 college graduates who applied for a job actually have one. So, what should the unfortunate 80% do?
How about a post-graduate year doing some [...]

Kilimanjaro at 19,000 feet

 
 
On the cool morning of May 13, my colleague, GIlbert Ouko and I took off from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi for Kilimanjaro, Tanzania aboard a Precision Air plane. Everything was routine and smooth. No glamour. No frills. Everything was basic. Like a matatu ride to Nyeri. The only excitement was having to [...]

New logos all the rage!

So Telkom Kenya has a new logo. Ok. It looks like CRAP! For starters it looks like a rotated AIDS ribbon! Is this is it for such an important (I’m not using ‘iconic’) company? I think it requires a lot more thought. Somebody messed up big time!
Somebody pour water over my head, but isnt the [...]

Popote Wireless launches services in US & UK with Tangaza eNewsletter

Kenyan CDMA network operator and broadband provider needed a quick low cost way to reach over 50,000 targetted customers in the UK and US.
A traditional media campaign was out of the question.
So we customised the elegant, easy-to use-Tangaza eNewsletter and they were up and mailing in no time.
eNewsletter are a low cost way to get [...]

Microsoft looks sharp with the Midori project

According to a report, Microsoft isn’t just looking at the next version of Windows (no, not Mojave) for future OS possibilities, but is looking beyond the Windows architecture altogether with a project known as Midori. The new OS is still in the “incubation” phase (which puts it slightly closer to market than R&D projects), but [...]

Bill Gates logs out of Microsoft!

It’s old news, but my hat’s off to Mr William Gates who introduced computing to the masses! I hardly use Microsoft products nowadays, but I still have my hotmail account which I got back in ‘95!
Enjoy your new gig…saving the world!