Archive | May, 2009

How do I make more money as a Web Developer?

29 May 2009 ~ 6,713 views

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How do I make more money as a Web Developer?

I am a Web developer with skills in PHP and MySql with a 4yrs experience. I am based in London. I just don’t want to keep working with little to show for it. I really want to take the advantage of the internet. Please sir, tell me what to do. – Olamide, London, UK. The [...]

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Re-branding Nigeria, a charade

23 May 2009 ~ 10,748 views

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Re-branding Nigeria, a charade

I have stayed away from commenting on this charade called Re-Branding Nigeria but now forced to share my candid thoughts as a result of what I just noticed on the web as being the official website of the Re-branding Nigeria campaign. Someone posting under the alias olush0la supposedly in Lagos Nigeria shared the link to [...]

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Business Cards 2.0 = Efficient, Cheap, Eco-friendly

14 May 2009 ~ 4,984 views

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Business Cards 2.0 = Efficient, Cheap, Eco-friendly

I have attended two BarCamps in the last 5 months and lots of business cards were exchanged among participants. A common trend was to see some cards littered. Perhaps, the card owners shared too many and gave some out to people who didn’t really need them. Another common thing I noticed was people asking for [...]

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5 Things I love about GatorPeeps. A Review of Gatorpeeps.com

13 May 2009 ~ 4,048 views

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5 Things I love about GatorPeeps. A Review of Gatorpeeps.com

I had the privilege of witnessing Justin Hartman announce Gatorpeeps.com to the world during BarCamp Nigeria 2009 in Lagos Nigeria. After a few weeks of use, I am still excited about it. Gatorpeeps – essentially a subset of Afrigator – is a micro-blogging platform that enables users to share their thoughts in just 140 characters [...]

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Securing your PC, the right way (Part 2)

11 May 2009 ~ 1,920 views

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Securing your PC, the right way (Part 2)

This blog post is the 2nd & final part in a sequence of blog posts about how to secure your PC the right way. Operating System By using the acronym “PC” in the title, I am restricting my suggestions to computers running Windows operating systems as they are the most vulnerable to malicious attacks. You [...]

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BarCamp Nigeria 2009: Overview, Photos & Videos

4 May 2009 ~ 4,742 views

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BarCamp Nigeria 2009: Overview, Photos & Videos

25th April 2009 was the day and Tom Associates Training Centre in Lagos Nigeria was the venue. Geeks, web entrepreneurs, and other like-minded people in the IT industry gathered to deliberate on Web 2.0, dot-com startups, web marketing strategies, mobile commerce etc, at the first BarCamp event in Nigeria. Justin Hartman of AfriGator.com delivered the 1st [...]

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