This blog post is part of a series of blog posts focused on how to blog more effectively. I recently got a message from Regina, a reader of this blog in Kenya. She asked: Tell me, how does one start a blog? I can see you have a very nice blog and I was wondering [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

I have just noticed a new service from Google. It is called Google Sites and it enables an average individual to build a website through a simple web interface. This is their pitch: “Google Sites makes creating and sharing a group website easy. Google Sites is powerful enough for a company Intranet, yet simple enough [...]

I came across the Nigeria Customs Service website a few weeks ago and I think it is worth mentioning as I consider it the most professional website of a Nigerian government agency. It is commonplace to see websites of Nigerian government agencies shabbily done. The official portal of the Federal Government of Nigeria www.nigeria.gov.ng is [...]

I intend to look closely at paying to hosting one’s blog as compared to using free blogs.

I came to know about blogging when I was researching about Content Management System (CMS), for a client who wanted it. I’m a web developer, by the way. At the time (early 2004) I needed the best CMS solution that was easy to implement and run. Blogging did not appear to fit my client’s requirement so I simply noted it in my memory bank, to return to it much later. Read on…