May 2010

New Media Education, Jesse Soleil – Part One

May 31, 2010
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There has been something which I hope to initiate as a side project on learning with a social media twist. I have this belief that Social Media and especially blogging can have such an impact on education and how students approach learning. I wrote a loose blog on how this would work, conceptually. I am [...]

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Safaricom Still Sucks in Social Media

May 27, 2010
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I heard Michael Joseph dissing the other players in the industry after their record breaking KES 20.9 profits pushed them to command 84% of the market share. He even came off as arrogant and he stopped himself after his cheeky “I don’t know what it is they do” remark. Following this, I don’t think the [...]

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Kenyan Adverts Going Viral?

May 26, 2010
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At the 2nd Tandaa Symposium a fortnight ago, Jim Chuchu from Just A Band rose to speak on “Viral Campaigns” and because of the Makmende phenomenon, he had the ear of everybody present. His presentation was interesting and one of the things that stood out for me was that immediately after their Makmende Video going [...]

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Dilemma for Kenyan Social Networks

May 24, 2010
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What will it take for you to diss global social networks for local ones or at least use both global and local networks with equal zeal.  Following this interesting post by @Whiteafrican and the ensuing incredible discussion on how Safaricom “ditched” Sembuse (Kenyan) for MXit, a South African company as their partner of choice, I was [...]

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Foursquare for Kenyan Businesses

May 22, 2010
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While I was researching on this topic, I Googled ‘Foursquare in Kenya” and the top ranking result was “Foursquare Church of Kenya”, I swear. I immediately posted it on Twitter and it got a couple of LMAOs and WTFs. But whether you find this funny or strange or both, it’s a telling finding because other [...]

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Bridging the Divide: A call to Kenyan Techpreneurs

May 19, 2010
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Something has been irking me lately. I follow social media news every waking day and if you have subscribed to Mashable, Techcrunch and to the leading social media bloggers in the world, then you have an idea what my inbox looks like every morning. I take the trouble of reading almost every post, most of [...]

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It’s not my Fault that I don’t know you!

May 17, 2010
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The Myth that most businesses are coming to terms with when it comes to their websites is that the “build it and they will come” philosophy has never worked. These businesses are realizing that building it is just but a small part of the bigger picture. And today, that bigger picture comes with the creation [...]

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Kenyans on Twitter

May 14, 2010
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Ok, over the past few weeks, I have met people from all walks of life and each is telling me that they do not use twitter because there are no Kenyans on Twitter. I will try not to judge because I was there too many months ago. But truth is, there are not only many [...]

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Social Media Phobia

May 11, 2010
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Are you familiar with those kids shoes that honk when they walk. Most Kids love them precisely because of the noise they produce when walking. Just the other day, I walked past this tiny kid who was walking as if her sole intention was to make as much noise as possible from her shoes. She [...]

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