WE ARE BUILT FOR ACTION
We are built for action. We are built for action. every time I say it it feels silly even saying it, but we are built for action. We are built for action because we are placed between three, the future, the present and the past.
I have showcased different productivity and GTD tools on this site. As said before,for action and reaction to be effected in our lives, simplicity is key, read John Maeda’s The Laws of Simplicity.
Gamification of GTD (Getting Things Done)
I was inspired to write this post on gamification of GTD (Getting Things Done) after reading this Blog post by a certain Ikaruga on the possible design of GTD tools around game theory.
This post was written I believe, quite a while before everyone was talking about enterprise gamification and the writer lays out the principles around which gamification of GTD would be optimal, being:
Social Media Noise
This article is a stub. Please submit comments to add value to the content. It is an expression of a moments frustration with social media. I am publishing it all the same..
There is too much noise out there on the web.
People shouting so much I can hear them as I sleep.
Internet Apathetic groups are growing.
SSO advocates are on the rise.
HOW TO TWEET WITH A DUMB PHONE IN KENYA (and how to twitstalk someone)
Remember my post about smartphones vs dumbphones?
Well. My need for twitter led me to find a way to tweet on my dear 2,000 kenya shilling alcatel OT 305. (Why these phones are called OT i do not know, as no Otieno would be caught dead with one.)
With reference to the smartphones vs dumbphones post, I am getting smartphone cravings.
A.Plus versus Tweetdeck? I dont think so….
The numbers do not lie.
The basic strategy utilised by most social media companies is building up users at any cost.
Because once you have the numbers, you can convince any corporation, investor, angel fund, IPO, whoever..to place their bet with you.
This, apart from superior functionality, I believe, is one of the primary reasons Twitter went with Tweetdeck.
Now,talk about interesting release timing.
THE TRUTH ABOUT SOFTWARE PIRACY
The Truth about Piracy is that no one is getting hurt. That’s it.
Current stats via IDC posit that 70 percent of software in East Africa is pirated.
This is then computed into millions of dollars worth of losses.
I disagree. Piracy has greater advantages than losses.
Why?
1. MINDSHARE.
Particularly in the mass market and user application layer, piracy is to mindshare what marketing and advertising used to be.
GOOGLE APPS FOR EDUCATION VS MICROSOFT IN EDUCATION
Image by michperu via Flickr
In my engagements with prospects and clients, the following are some of the concerns that I have found:
· Local mail server replication:
One of the aspects we have heard them asking for the most is local replication on regional servers so that uptime is maintained regardless of downtime in the international link. This is one of the factors some schools are opting to go on…
Gamification of Education- Seven Lessons From Angry Birds
Angry Birds.
Gotta love those Angry Birds.
Our kids love those Angry birds.
Gamification of education is meant to fill the gap between current education systems and the present world of multimedia in which children lives. It is a method which encompasses both digital and real world methodologies to educate in a game format.
Wise scholars have talked in depth on the gamification of education.
