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I Unfollowed Everyone On Twitter. Here’s why.

If you followed me ‘cos I followed you, it’s time to do the needful. I’ll wait 😉] I noticed recently, that by 10am almost on a daily basis, I’d already be angry about something. And the anger would be enough to last me through the day. It took

Re: Fixing Twitter

Nothing great is Built On Twitter, even though it should be the most powerful real-time communications platform on Earth. There are simply no developer integration features for building stuff on top of Twitter as a platform, and that is absurd and disappointing. Source: Fixing Twitter “Nothing great is Built On

My 14 Predictions for the Nigerian Technology Space in 2014

I think it is a fun and useful exercise doing predictions. It is a way of documenting wishful thinking and testing your perception abilities. Looking back, it would show how far along you have come. Here is my attempt 3 years ago https://oonwoye.com/2011/01/04/10-predictions-for-the-nigerian-tech-scene-in-2011/ For

Twitter is breaking coherent thought into a million pieces.

Don’t let the title mislead you, I have great respect for what twitter has become, and of course the people that have built it. I even have a few buddies there (this is where I do the obligatorily ‘famzing’ and link to my picture on the Twitter rooftop). However,

Why I follow those I follow on Twitter

There is a simple reason I decide to follow those I follow on Twitter they share what interest me. Simples. Currently, those are people that are involved in Technology and Music in one form or the other. I DO NOT follow people as a form of compensation for following me.

As Posterous Flies To Twitter, I Remember This Post

Just over a year ago, I wrote the following about Posterous. The problem with Posterous that they are not the best at anything. via The Problem With Posterous Sadly, nothing changed. They just did not double down on any aspect of their product. I would have paid if they allowed

Don’t Hate Twitter. We Just Need an Alternative. (Part 2)

In part one of this Post, I argued that Twitter should not be blamed for turning on the developers and clients like Ubertwitter/social and co. I’ll repeat the quote/statement that best summarizes what twitter is doing. The saying goes, do not bite the fingers that feeds you,

Don’t Hate Twitter. We Just Need an Alternative. (Part 1)

Twitter’s quest to monetize has pitched it against it developers. The ‘last straw’ being this post effectively banning new Twitter clients and putting the existing ones on a tight leach. Not long ago, Twitter kicked off the most popular Blackberry client UberTwitter of Twitter.The vocal opponents of Twitters

Why I Think Gladwell is Right.

Techcrunch published a post highlighting yet another bunch slamming Malcolm Gladwell for pointing out again how inconsequential social media is when it comesto fuelling and sustaining social activism. Let’s examine recent events in North Africa. Tunisia’s revolution was over before CNN (and other western media outlets) got the