Akili ni Mali : Just remember that.......imho
Sharing some amateur thots here. For the technologists on our forum/list and those that put in a hard day's work to make a living on skills but are commonly referred to as "techies" but who can never be "faking-it for money so called developers", please always remember the subject punch line and be proud of it. Am writing this because my research has gone quite deep into the so called innovation and developer sector, I now know extremely well what is going on from finance polices to building of a national image but will not put in a public domain except for my random rants. Kenyan Skunks are not stupid nor foolish enough not to be able to judge. While the so called developer community ( not all, some are excellent people ) talk about Non-Disclosure Agreements even before they step into any place but expect "techies" to openly give solutions/ideas for free? There is no field that is too unique nor too difficult beyond many of us on this forum/list. As far as my tech contribution goes on the list, I've self signed an NDA and will not respond to any tech queries or calls for so called help but will encourage enterprise between skunks and those looking for any help. Those looking for free help but for commercial gain in any manner whatsoever should think twice before posting such threads as they could mean an insult to some of us. Simply put, when did the govt ever use World bank funds and assist any technologists on this forum e.g. develop asterisk based solutions when the govt was moving to voip ( cisco? ) or even provide any funding to those who follow Linux Association or even fund the e-automation of the KE domain registration system while they went to the extent of borrowing almost USD 500,000 to put into a white elephant mobile dev sector. My views are simple, realistic and not meant to offend anyone.... :-) Here's a TV series in the UK Channel4 called "Faking It", worth a watch. http://www.channel4.com/programmes/faking-it/4od -- The EL_Diablo is a metaphor...
Hoping that we'll be able to hear more of your thoughts at the next Barcamp in August :) -- Josiah Mugambi On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 12:43 PM, aki <aki275@gmail.com> wrote:
Sharing some amateur thots here. For the technologists on our forum/list and those that put in a hard day's work to make a living on skills but are commonly referred to as "techies" but who can never be "faking-it for money so called developers", please always remember the subject punch line and be proud of it. Am writing this because my research has gone quite deep into the so called innovation and developer sector, I now know extremely well what is going on from finance polices to building of a national image but will not put in a public domain except for my random rants. Kenyan Skunks are not stupid nor foolish enough not to be able to judge. While the so called developer community ( not all, some are excellent people ) talk about Non-Disclosure Agreements even before they step into any place but expect "techies" to openly give solutions/ideas for free? There is no field that is too unique nor too difficult beyond many of us on this forum/list.
As far as my tech contribution goes on the list, I've self signed an NDA and will not respond to any tech queries or calls for so called help but will encourage enterprise between skunks and those looking for any help. Those looking for free help but for commercial gain in any manner whatsoever should think twice before posting such threads as they could mean an insult to some of us. Simply put, when did the govt ever use World bank funds and assist any technologists on this forum e.g. develop asterisk based solutions when the govt was moving to voip ( cisco? ) or even provide any funding to those who follow Linux Association or even fund the e-automation of the KE domain registration system while they went to the extent of borrowing almost USD 500,000 to put into a white elephant mobile dev sector.
My views are simple, realistic and not meant to offend anyone.... :-)
Here's a TV series in the UK Channel4 called "Faking It", worth a watch. http://www.channel4.com/programmes/faking-it/4od
-- The EL_Diablo is a metaphor...
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On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 8:07 PM, Josiah Mugambi <jmugambi@gmail.com> wrote:
Hoping that we'll be able to hear more of your thoughts at the next Barcamp in August :) -- Josiah Mugambi
@Josiah, thanks and hopefully someday soon I'll give a talk on a successful tech project I've done if anyone is interested, but let me first sort out the poison that has clouded my mind on various issues so rather than spend the time on developing am forced to spend on research. At least now I fully understand what is happening in depth in developing countries including kenya. Just knowing that smart and intelligent people celebrate World Bank loans and foreign investments as a measure of economic success and while also that economic policy cartels within developing countries and their external partners are fully exploiting poverty and mis-management to further debt is beyond explanation.In a nutshell, during the Anglo-Leasing saga, I remember reading something and those words came back to me during this research of economic issues in developing countries. Some Mp who was to resign/or resigned said that they found the system in place from the previous govt and were basically continuing under the new govt. This Mp was so right. If you carefully look at what is going on with World Bank this and that, it is the same thing but differently worded. Remember the Police projects and all that technology, I'm sure many kenyans even on skunks can put together such systems but it cannot happen. One thing I can assure you is that my research now shows the only way for any development to happen in Africa in core areas will be under loans or ideas that can be converted to loans, that import balance cannot change nor be upset by an export push. The rest I leave you to put together as the discussion is too sensitive to put on public forums. Rgds. :-) -- The EL_Diablo is a metaphor...
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