In case you did not see her Tweet, I would like to inform you that Sarah Lacy; acclaimed author and Journalist is is coming to Nigeria in May. During her stay she would like to cover Entrepreneurship, Technology etc in Nigeria.
NigIntEnt and Co Creation Hub are organizing an event that aims to showcase Nigeria startups to her and other selected guests. Be quick and register as tickets are very limited.
I just realised that the major technology blogs are just press release publishers for technology companies. Almost all they do is publish press releases! Since I started using Feedly (the worlds Best RSS reader) to subscribe to my favourite blogs, I have noticed that TechCrunch (press release + drama) and Mashable (press release + top 10 this and that) always deliver the same stories at the same time!
Back in the day when these blogs started publishing, they brought a unique angle to technology news and began building a followership based on that. The PR companies noticed them and began sending them press releases and invites to the same event. So all they now cover is the same news in the same way which sometime have identical titles. There also seems to be a race to put out the most stuff in a day. Sometimes they publish 30 articles in a single day! They have forgotten their roots!
It is now getting boring, really boring, and really noisy.
One company that seemed to stay true to reporting tech news in a way that adds value is Giga Om. Unfortunately, it seems that has not paid off.
I really wish these guys will sometimes to to their roots and give us quality reporting. If possible, create a spinoff of the big blog which will strictly cover new and original stories of young startups. I promise to click the ads 
.
Until then, I will use Feedly, to filter the noise.
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As much as writing this makes I feel like a ‘hater’, I think this post is necessary. I am really getting tired of seeing posts about how Twitter is going to save Iraq, Africa, and the world. I wonder why this start up is being shoved down our throats. I think it is hi time we looked through all the hype.
How does Oprah joining twitter become news? Did Oprah getting a Facebook page become news? Why is it that every movie or music star joining or not joining Twitter makes the news?
Twitter does not count as a revolutionary tech/web product. To be, it has to drastically change our lives and create real industries. I will mention a few.