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Just how buzz-worthy?
In: General
9 Feb 2010Well I’ll say a lot and only time will really tell and if you’re wondering what I’m talking about, it’s the recently launched Google Buzz. Google Buzz is an application that allows you to share web links, photos, videos etc with people who are important to you but that’s only half the story. Google Buzz [...]
Blacklisting Nigeria
In: General
9 Jan 2010I’ve been looking for ways to express my sentiments about the recent “blacklisting” of Nigerian citizens traveling to the US by US authorities. This is my response. Enjoy it.
I read something really thought provoking on Seth Godin’s blog today and I thought it necessary to reblog it. – I’ve noticed that people who read a lot of blogs and a lot of books also tend to be intellectually curious, thirsty for knowledge, quicker to adopt new ideas and more likely to do important [...]
Google Latitude Apps Review (Location History and Alerts)
In: General
20 Nov 2009I was really excited this morning when I read about the new Google Latitude apps (Location History and Alerts) on the Official Google Mobile Blog. In case you’re not so conversant with Google Latitude, it’s a location based service that runs on top of Google Maps allowing you to track your geographical location and that [...]
Web APIs and Mashups Seminar in Jos
16 Nov 2009I spent last week in the city of Jos where I went to spend some time with my family and also attend my class reunion. I had an idea to organize a seminar where I’ll teach and talk about anything I thought would be cool and constitute new knowledge. So I went about contacting some [...]
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- Daniel: Thanks Tim for coming over! Icant $get that day to me that was like a boost to my skills I was thnki [...]
- Iyinoluwa Balogun: i think curiousity comes first. those who have left footprints in the sands of time started by quest [...]
- Kizito S.M.: What I gather is that this G-Buzz is something like a blend between Facebook Updates and Twitter fol [...]
- concept37: They are trying to out-facebook facebook and out-twitter twitter, Folks who want to do these things [...]
- ray: Funny u took it from the LBS angle, which makes better sense. But from the social networking perspec [...]
- How it was done – Nigerian postcode data extraction
- Nigerian postcodes – a case for open data
- Just how buzz-worthy?
- Blacklisting Nigeria
- Thirsty?
- When unique isn’t really unique
- Google Latitude Apps Review (Location History and Alerts)
- Kindle for PC?
- Web APIs and Mashups Seminar in Jos
- Using git hooks to check syntax errors