On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 8:16 AM, James Kagwe <kagwejg@gmail.com> wrote:

Wash,

Good idea of a smaller and simpler name. However Bw. Timbo aka Timbo Dege/ Timbo Ongogo needs a name that reminds him of how we as Kenyans think.

As you know we think of our Tumbos first. He needs to keep remembering that to survive here. I still insist he adopts the name and now officially welcome Bw. Tumbo to Kenya though belatedly.

I downloaded OkHi yesterday and I am trying it out. I will give feedback soon.

James
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On May 31, 2014 12:36 AM, "Odhiambo Washington" <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
James, you do not recall "Tumbo, the young Maasai who went to Makerere College"? Prof. Tumbo?

Timbo is aka Grasshopper/Locust. I suggested to him this evening that he makes it 'african' and we call him Dede (in Luo).

Since I suggested first, I guess I win. Timbo Dede! If he's a BIG grasshopper, then he becomes "Timbo Ongogo", and his 2nd name betrays him<LOL> though color favors him...
On 30 May 2014 20:01, James Kagwe <kagwejg@gmail.com> wrote:
Bw Timbo,

Welcome to Kenya. The name that's closest to yours in Kenya is Tumbo. The name has not been taken up so you can suit yourself. You may ask what it means as you chat with Kenyans in the evenings. Soo... Welcome Bw. Tumbo.

regards,
James
On 3/23/2014 22:50, Timbo Drayson wrote:
Asante sana!

@Bernard - we tried desperately to make DLNA work, the last thing we wanted to have to do was develop a new standard. However we had to do it for the following reasons

- DLNA certification is not rigid enough that it's truly a standard, every OEM supported the specification in different ways. This made building a truly ubiquitous experience impossible.

- DLNA mostly requires the server (in the YouTube use case the mobile device) to transcode the video which has a big detrimental impact on battery life

- It is extremely hard to build YouTube's fast, dynamic and trackable advertising service into a single DLNA video stream

- The DIAL protocol does actually build on top of part of DLNA, SSDP - the search and discovery protocol.

As for the manual pairing process, that was really a stop gap, a way for us to prove both the user experience and the business case to senior management. One of the reasons we created the DIAL protocol was to hide this manual pairing process from the user and do it in the background. If you buy any 2013+ Smart TV the phone and TV automatically pair in the background.

@Mwendwa - if I was to make the decision purely for business reasons I would have moved to Nigeria, for sure. However, I'm not here just for business, I'm here to experience and enjoy living in a new country and meet new people. Kenya was the country I was most happy in throughout my travels, I met amazing people here and was made to feel very welcome. And I have no regrets!

re Adam's comment, it's difficult to respond without knowing the context. For sure there's competition here, but how much depends a lot on the market (global vs Kenya), the industry, the type of company etc. By the simple fact that there are less startups working on more bigger problems here, I would say competition is less than in other mature tech ecosystems. And for the record, I don't think that's a good thing. Competition is good for the market.

On 23 March 2014 20:56, Collins Areba <arebacollins@gmail.com> wrote:

Welcome Timbo! Looking forward to solving that addressing nightmare...

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On Mar 23, 2014, at 8:23 PM, Alex Ngatia <alex.ngatia@gmail.com> wrote:

Karibu Timbo

Regards,

Alex

On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 3:33 PM, Timbo Drayson <timwiththebo@gmail.com> wrote:

[ long time lurker, first time real poster! ]

I just stumbled across this thread and suppose this is as good a time as any to intro myself to the group.

I'm British, born and raised not far from London and used to work at Google for 7 years in London and San Francisco as a product manager. Specifically I built YouTube's Send to TV feature and developed the DIAL protocol, both of which power some of the Chromecast software stack

If anyone's interested in finding more about the Chromecast technology or the inside story about how Chromecast was developed, I'm more than happy to share insights over some beers.

So what am I doing here in Kenya? Well inspired by a 3 month sabbatical when I toured tech startups in Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria & Ghana, I quit my job at Google and have moved here to Nairobi to build a tech business. We're called OkHi and our we're solving the lack of physical address system here in Kenya. Our vision is to give every Kenyan citizen an address by building a bottoms-up system that empowers and incentivizes everyone to contribute their location data via their mobile phone.

Again, if anyone's thought about this problem or interested in finding out more about what we're up to, ping me an email.

Cheers Skunkers, it's great to be here!

On 20 February 2014 15:12, Alex Nyalita <nyalita@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Sam,

Call me on 0721470212 if you need a piece or two.

./Alex.

On Feb 20, 2014 2:45 PM, "Sammy Lusiola" <sammy.lusiola@reelforge.com> wrote:

Hi Alex,

Would you happen to know if I can get one of those gadgets locally?

Sammy Lusiola

On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 9:41 PM, Alex Nyalita <nyalita@gmail.com> wrote:

This gadget would be more ideal and the price is more less the same.

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On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 9:34 PM, Mickey Mickey <michaelakunga@gmail.com> wrote:

@Martin a brilliant question. I wanna know too. anyone?

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On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 7:17 PM, Martin Gicheru <martin@techweez.com> wrote:

So what actual benefits do the users in Kenya get from Chromecast?

Regards,

Martin Gicheru | Editor, Techweez

On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 4:16 PM, Moses <mosenetk@gmail.com> wrote:

I would like one now, anyone selling?

moses.

On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 10:26 AM, Kipchumba <me@kipchumba.com> wrote:

Thank you Skunks.
I got one from a member here.

KR,

Kipchumba.

From: lusiola@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 18:24:27 +0300
To: skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke

Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Chromecast

@Okech out of curiosity, what is it going to be doing in the next three weeks?

I also assumed that Okech would have a smart TV, but do I say?

I got one in January, just read the SDK was open up a couple of days ago so I'm waiting for developers to stream content from my PC and not through chrome browser.

There was a java based app that worked then stopped working.

So far I'm using it youtube, not yet subscribed to netflix et al

On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 6:01 PM, Okechukwu <okechukwu@gmail.com> wrote:

Been looking for a chromecast locally, but does seem like anyone has one in stock. I also need, in the next three weeks

./Ok3ch

Sent from my iPad

On Feb 10, 2014, at 22:45, Kipchumba <me@kipchumba.com> wrote:

@Alex Nyalita,
Thanks for letting me know but I'm specifically interested on chromecast.

@Martin Gicheru,
Oh fiddlesticks! I wish I'd asked soon enough. Anyway, I'll let you know if I'll need an extra but it seems I'll be getting one sooner from another skunk. Much appreciated.

KR,
Kipchumba.

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From: "Martin Gicheru" <martin@techweez.com>
Sent: 10 February 2014 21:56
To: "Skunkworks Mailing List" <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke>
Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Chromecast

Should have sent this out 2 days ago. I was in Amsterdam on Saturday and saw it. If you still haven't got one by third week I could assist you get one in Barcelona.

Regards,
Martin Gicheru,
Editor Techweez

On 10 Feb 2014 16:43, "Kipchumba" <me@kipchumba.com> wrote:

Good people,
I'm looking for the above item. Whether brand new or used, get in touch off-list.

Regards,

Kipchumba.

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