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Leaving Nokia And Going Droid

A few days ago, I succmbed to pressure from Joel and got a new phone,the Motorola Droid (The GSM version is called Milestone but I prefer the name Droid. Sounds hardcore) Although I really like my new phone, I am still sad. For the fist time since I got

An Open Letter To Mark Zuckerberg: “Don’t Do A Mugabe To Facebook”

Dear Zucky, In recent weeks, the tech news has been awash with so much negative PR of your company due to the recent changes made at Facebook, and some stunts you are pulling. I have not seen a consistent public vilification of a single person since Tiger Woods. Your users

Why Your Facebook Ads ‘Don’t Work’.

The reason Facebook ads do not work is because they squander the money of advertisers, simple! Last year, I sent a tweet showing his this screenshot of my Facebook page that had 3 Mafia Wars adverts in one go. That is Facebook wasting 2/3rds of advertising money in one

Welcome To Lagos: My Thoughts And Some Lessons

For those that do not have the patience to watch the video I took a lot of pains to provide above , (believe me it is a good watch. If you are Nigerian, it is a must watch) here is a one line summary. Welcome to Lagos is an excellent documentary

Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida Will be Nigeria’s next president Unless…

Pardon my very cheesy Nigerian newspaper styled headline but I think it is quite appropriate in this case. [For non Nigerians: Babangida is a past Nigerian military dictator who was responsible for many many bad bad things. while he was head of state. He wants to become president again.] Like

Race and Technology: Are There Renowned Internet Startups With Black Founders?

(CC) Brian Solis. www.briansolis.com. This was a very hard post to write. I wrote and deleted it several times. Reason being, issues about race is complicated and can easily be misinterpreted and have an unwanted outcome. I eventually made my decision to publish after reading the post A

Pouring forth Ideas.

Please don’t believe the cartoon 🙂 Not boasting, I am an ideas man! When I auditioned for the now defunct Intern TV Show back in Nigeria, I claimed I had about 20 business ideas written down, I lied, it was about 50 🙂 Enough of the weak attempt at boasting. There

When A Dictionary Enters The Wrong Hands: The Case Of Hon Patrick “Igodomigodo” Obahiagbon.

The video below contains the reaction of Obahiagbon, a member of the Nigerian House of Representatives to the deployment of troops by the Nigerian Army Chief without the knowledge of the Acting President Goodluck Jonathan. To be fair to him, he does not speak this way intentionally. From an interview

O2 Broadband: The Fastest Internet Connection I have Ever Had!

Update: It has been pointed out that my screen shot says it is BT that is ISP. I don’t know the reason it shows that, but it is O2 We pay our money to 🙂 My Internet has arrived and it is bloody fast!! If you live online, you will

General David Mark Can Become President

Very few people realise that if anything happens to Goodluck Jonathan, (be it the Abiola flavoured tea or a Yaradua styled vacation), General David Mark becomes Acting President of Nigeria. Yes, the Senate President is next in line after Jonathan. That will be the return of the Military, agbada or