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- #KenyaDecides, So Let’s Play Pretend
Let’s play pretend, that the Jubilee and CORD coalitions were created by parties coming together because of their similar policies …
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In 2013, Think Beyond YourselfNow before you go judgmental on me thinking I’m pro the North Korea kind of governance where internet is illegal, take a …
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Of Product Development“Come! Baby Come!”, said the egomaniac as he faded into the annals of obscure history. Miguna Miguna was a big …
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Brain Rules by John Medina: Weekend ReadOver the past two weeks I’ve been lost in code working all day sometimes up to 6AM in the morning. …
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the book vs the movieSo this weekend I diverged a bit from physics and sci-fi to indulge in something different; biology. And by any …
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Weekend Read: Physics of The ImpossibleThe Book My new most favorite author is Douglas Adams – already got the other four books in this series* …
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When does free will kick in?Wine, music, book action! This weekend has been one of my best as I got lost into Michiu Kaku’s bestseller ‘Physics …
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Wild And Uncontrolled is What The Ecosystem Needs SteveI’ve always been vocal against the theory that humans have free will. I want to believe otherwise because it’s only …
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Reality is enough, when you get to know itIn an interview earlier today with Richard Hoffman, Steve Ballmer pitched Windows mobile as better than Android and Apple’s iOS …
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Kenyan Politicians’ Walk of ShameThe other week I was wondering why reality seems cooler in movies, novels and imagination? The Matrix movies for example …
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Safaricom partners with Vodafone in developer challengeKenyan politics is fun; when you pretend you are on the sidelines and it’s just a show that has no …
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The Age of TweetsDubbed Appstar the competition allows submission of apps on four different platforms: Android, Blackberry, Symbian and J2ME. It makes sense …
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Dear Future MeThe current book I’m reading is called The Most Human Human by BrianChristian, where the author talks about what it …
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The Pesa RevolutionIt’s a shame that even though you are wiser, brighter and more experienced with life, the path your life has …
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Dreaming cylons and vampiresKenya seems to be on an aggressive trend towards a paperless economy, setting the pace for the developing world and …
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Is Samsung Galaxy SIII the iPhone Killer?I was a Cylon vampire among Bill and Eric of True Blood, Boomer, Kara and Ellen of BattleStar Galactia among …
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Mobile Wallet: How Far From Home?Samsung made the headlines last month when they launched the Samsung Galaxy SIII, a phone that appears to be iPhone’s …
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Beyond the comfort zoneThe other day I got stuck at Nairobi and had to crash at a hotel for the night because it …
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Making a Killer AppWhen we wake up in the morning we worry about getting to work on time, making money, what to have …
After losing terribly at the #ignitehackathon am now loaded with insight ready to take on guys at the upcoming Kipokozi …
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It’s a New DayIt starts as a spark, like the bulb suddenly goes on and the room lights up. Behold an idea that …
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Who Am IIt’s another day. Same places, same people but a different time. In reality no matter how similar it looks to …
Am billions of cells arranged together by chance, A multicellular organism like any other, A product of evolution and nothing …
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Free Will: The grand illusionBeba beba, come on in, hurry hurry, There’s a seat for you, for all of you, it’s a direct bus, …
A guy walks into a bar. He heads over to the counter to order a drink. The waiter asks him …
One of the biggest disagreements I had with my ex was on how to treat sovereignty of countries. My ex …
1. Resident Evil:Retribution This is going to be the 5th episode of the Resident Evil series. Resident Evil 1 was …
Hopefully this will be helpful to someone: Over the past one week my greatest headache has been moving data that …
Despite my bias for science over everything that can’t be observed and tested I’m generally a very spiritual person. My …
I recently had a conversation with a friend about science and religion. At some point of the conversation we were …
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Screen ZombieLight travels at roughly 3*10^8 metres per second. Whatever we see, is what already happened. While in the normal scenario …
On a good day I work 8 hours. I report to the office at 9am and leave at 5. As …
The birds chirp and I can see the sounds, each sound, traveling by interacting with air molecules. I can feel …
Earlier today KCPE (Kenya Certificate of Primary Education) results were announced. My little sister sat the test so I had …
It’s been about over a month since I visited Cern in Switzerland. Cern is every particle physicists dream workplace given …
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Of death and beyondCanada confirmed Monday at the beginning of the climate talks in Durban, South Africa the speculation about its intended withdrawal …
In under a week two of my greatest heroes succumbed to cancer, a dreadful disease whose toll ironically increases with …
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Re: Kenyans ‘Do Not Like’ Firms in Social SitesI recently wanted to get rid of some electronic I wasn’t using anymore and thought that Google Trader would be …
This is in response to the article recently published on The Daily Nation that quotes a study by TNS on …
About half a century ago, the internet was invented and has been developed through time to be a complex network …