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Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Does the world need YET ANOTHER SOCIAL MEDIA SPACE?
Let's seeeee...is there a food app yet? Like, at the minimum it should let users send the question: have you eaten, you don chop, etc etc in the applicable dialect, and then it should let users send their answer.
Some notes about possibilities for this app:
Say I'm a school-feeding program or a donor organization, I want to check to see that the population has actually been fed.
Say I'm an NGO providing such services, I want to partly automate my monitoring-and-evaluation using an app.
Say I'm a grandparent, I want to do something nice with my phone/tech like send a message to the family every time I think about them, and to get a message back.
Software is so easily abused, like we have seen with existing social media that becomes toxic in many ways, but hopefully the next generation of electronic chat-chat-chat things will apply the learnings from the existing ones.
For example,
some people don't even really want to chat. But they can reply with photos of their mealtime.
And some people don't really want to be bothered to take photos. But they can send cartoon pictures of the things they've eaten.
Yum. I really like food.
It's hard to find clip-art-quality food pictures online - would you believe?
It's mostly burger, hotdog, dough-nut, foreign food.
That's a job, or many jobs, a mini-industry, creating locally relevant pictures, vids, gifs and cartoon-drawings, of locally relevant foods...
And new social media don't have to be words alone, or pictures alone, or emoji, memes and videos, right? I don't know, maybe use some VR, AI, audio, video, AR, modern thing. Right?
Do you ever wonder why people in Silicon Valley (USA) keep coming up with app ideas for tindr, grindr, and so on, and when you say ok it has to be a food app, they come up with restaurant table pre-booking apps and maybe delivery? And it's like they're never going to think of an app for bread, beans, mango, because that stuff is like not what they're thinking about, at all.
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Well, food alone takes up over 50% of household incomes in some parts of the world ;) ;)
...while others can't spend more than 5% before they run into problems.
Like doctor, doctor, help me - problems.
Then the doctor tells you to cut down the carbs, or the fat, or red meat, or you start to eat natural healthy, vegan, pescatarian and all that stuff. And start to starve yourself or drink cleanses or run marathons.
It really has to be said that food is so important.
And that just because some people and countries have food to eat and all that doesn't mean that people in other places aren't hustling JUST TO EAT. and pay school fees. Lol. Food and school fees. And then you're old.
Are we even on the same planet? #iwonder.
So,
where were we?
A food app, simple and sweet like the yo app, maybe for the phone and I can even envision an audio-based service (especially as in many places we just eat the same two things or five things over and over lol), some standard ways of asking and responding and some more over-the-top and creative ways of using the same app, and maybe all kinds of people want to use it as well, including students and restaurants and celebrities and presidents.
That's another thing about social media,
maybe like the food app should not be about individuals. Because in real life most people's food and eating happens in groups. The school-lunch in your class. The breakfast table before school. The hospital cafeteria. Your work crew that likes to eat together at break-time. You and your boo that love eating out. You feeding your infant (but you can't differentiate between you and baby because love got you feeling crazy and so as long as baby has eaten, you have won.)
So, while individuals "maybe" exist, I think social media can be more social if it recognizes that some things happen in rather fixed groups and sometimes we want to let other people speak for us while we reserve the option of speaking for ourselves and for others.
It's hard to start because one starts to think of all the problems:
Gangs and nefarious activity have really been issues on social media and now you're solidifying the idea of groups.
On the other hand, one-on-one bullying and harassment would be less a problem if it's just your class social captain or class teacher managing the social, and so users are not personalizing things.
Also how does this app not inadvertently become, uh, shall we say, sex education?
Also, how does one even start to create an app - the technical, the social considerations and all that?
Does it have to be a separate social media platform or just a layer on top of more bedrock apps - for example just adding food emojis and food-related questions on WhatsApp?
Good point.
That maybe it's not about creating the next facebook or Meetup or Yo or hi5, but about creating your own social media "application" on top of existing social media and apps.
And the existing apps like facebook would facilitate that by ... well, I checked the news, and they're on it. And facilitate that by...making it easier for people to create things that make their own thing more relevant. Also, making it easier to make apps - like give out a template for some types of apps just like blogger and wordpress give templates for blogs.
This blog post is like a whole book, y'all, drink some water.
Ok, Part Two:
Here's another cool social media layer or social media space or social media idea. It's a little bit about popularity, but not entirely so. It's a little bit about self-expression, but talk is cheap. So, it's also a little bit about civic engagement and social responsibility. Code-named "Why me?" it lets you campaign for things.
Let's say you want to be the class social prefect for the term/semester. Or you want to be the street resident association chairperson with your team or your husband/wife or contest individually. Or you are ready for a job promotion this year. Or you want to start a club to do weekly beach cleanups or raise funds for helping someone else or something. Or you want support and sponsorship to travel for a singing competition. Or you and your friends are pretty and rich and employed and good and want to get married :D Or you want to manage an Itsekiri-in-diaspora cultural event. Or you want votes for your business to get an award...
In this app you can freely and safely express:
- what you want to do or get done and when or why or how...
- why you, why you, why you, show off, list your accomplishments or qualifications, tell your own story, create your own biography, collect testimonials...
- be socially social - include a team and do things as teams, commit to doing something very important for others which is the main point, select all the relevant people and groups to join in your mission, ask them to vote or assign them other tasks or request their help if you need it...
- run a campaign, run an election (election runner app), count votes, get winners,
- share progress, stay in touch...
- have fun.
- get used to elections, so that you can more easily see yourself becoming a senator, a diplomat, a manager, and a CEO.
And here is
Part Three:
Did you like the art-selfie thing?
It's one of those face-match things - you take a picture and it matches your face to one of the existing faces in their museum art database.
The same technology can do more things, and I'm proposing a birdie app looool, it takes in fashion photos and matches them to some spectacularly vivid photographs of birds.
Birds are prettily-coloured, and some pictures are just begging for this treatment anyway.
Really a lot of cool things can develop from letting AI match photos to similar photos.
Photos of things around you into photos of things far away, and imaginary non-realities and movies and experiences created out of that. Videos too. All forms.
One great thing about the birdie app is it's not about your face, your weight, your race, your skin, or anything like that - it's about fun, fashion, colours, poses, and... birds?
(Then I asked an expert and she said I have it wrong in that in fact people are vain and just want to see their own selves not some birds no matter how pretty or: "fashion is about narcissism" )
which is a shame I guess :-)
and which leads me to an even better product, one that matches one way, from fashion to bird, or the other way, from bird to fashion.
While the art-minded try it out for their fascinating bird-match -
hahaha, what bird do I look like if I wear this and pose like this -
the more clothes-minded might model clothes that match with a given pic, like a bird pic, iconic fashion pic, something like that
Actually, not just pics, there could be like gait, walking, acting, involved
...like,
everybody does the penguin challenge one day and submits media in which they mimic the penguin,
or the kissing flamingos challenge with lots of pink,
or the Madonna dress-alike World Championships that is like a whole show with many levels, maybe this is level five:
So it's not actually the birdie app anymore, it's the Dress Like (A Bird) Challenge. A.I. might be nice for matching to one of many bird photos, but it might not be so good for matching the other way. Worth testing, but it could be annoying if it seems not to understand things and then scores people badly for silly reasons. Ok.
I know that Nigerian women are ready to slay in any fashion-related contest. Let's not tell anybody yet though. I pity the fool who tries to compete :D :D :D
In fact, just Naija men alone will finish the competition. Hehehehe.
Some notes about possibilities for this app:
Say I'm a school-feeding program or a donor organization, I want to check to see that the population has actually been fed.
Say I'm an NGO providing such services, I want to partly automate my monitoring-and-evaluation using an app.
Say I'm a grandparent, I want to do something nice with my phone/tech like send a message to the family every time I think about them, and to get a message back.
my abuela is like a damn food detective. it's not just "Have you eaten?" It's, "What time did you eat?" "What did you eat?" "I didn't see you eat?" "There's no dishes in the sink?" "Your story isn't lining up."— madampanhandler (@madampanhandler) December 22, 2017
what part of my constant “have you eaten” do u not get??? i am in love with youuu— I like you that’s why i (@Mayowathefirst) November 26, 2019
Software is so easily abused, like we have seen with existing social media that becomes toxic in many ways, but hopefully the next generation of electronic chat-chat-chat things will apply the learnings from the existing ones.
some people don't even really want to chat. But they can reply with photos of their mealtime.
And some people don't really want to be bothered to take photos. But they can send cartoon pictures of the things they've eaten.
Yum. I really like food.
It's hard to find clip-art-quality food pictures online - would you believe?
It's mostly burger, hotdog, dough-nut, foreign food.
That's a job, or many jobs, a mini-industry, creating locally relevant pictures, vids, gifs and cartoon-drawings, of locally relevant foods...
Do you ever wonder why people in Silicon Valley (USA) keep coming up with app ideas for tindr, grindr, and so on, and when you say ok it has to be a food app, they come up with restaurant table pre-booking apps and maybe delivery? And it's like they're never going to think of an app for bread, beans, mango, because that stuff is like not what they're thinking about, at all.
Well, food alone takes up over 50% of household incomes in some parts of the world ;) ;)
...while others can't spend more than 5% before they run into problems.
Like doctor, doctor, help me - problems.
Then the doctor tells you to cut down the carbs, or the fat, or red meat, or you start to eat natural healthy, vegan, pescatarian and all that stuff. And start to starve yourself or drink cleanses or run marathons.
Today The Food Friends are running the Amsterdam Marathon. Tomorrow our very last funnyfooddrawing! What Food would you like to see? Any requests? #365funnyfoodfestival #food #marathon #dailydrawing #illustration #studiolimon #amsterdam #haarlem #denbosc… https://t.co/YnFW5s0fox pic.twitter.com/ejlxqTBcyJ— Francis Kousemaker (@francisliem) October 21, 2018
It really has to be said that food is so important.
And that just because some people and countries have food to eat and all that doesn't mean that people in other places aren't hustling JUST TO EAT. and pay school fees. Lol. Food and school fees. And then you're old.
Are we even on the same planet? #iwonder.
So,
where were we?
A food app, simple and sweet like the yo app, maybe for the phone and I can even envision an audio-based service (especially as in many places we just eat the same two things or five things over and over lol), some standard ways of asking and responding and some more over-the-top and creative ways of using the same app, and maybe all kinds of people want to use it as well, including students and restaurants and celebrities and presidents.
That's another thing about social media,
maybe like the food app should not be about individuals. Because in real life most people's food and eating happens in groups. The school-lunch in your class. The breakfast table before school. The hospital cafeteria. Your work crew that likes to eat together at break-time. You and your boo that love eating out. You feeding your infant (but you can't differentiate between you and baby because love got you feeling crazy and so as long as baby has eaten, you have won.)
So, while individuals "maybe" exist, I think social media can be more social if it recognizes that some things happen in rather fixed groups and sometimes we want to let other people speak for us while we reserve the option of speaking for ourselves and for others.
It's hard to start because one starts to think of all the problems:
Gangs and nefarious activity have really been issues on social media and now you're solidifying the idea of groups.
On the other hand, one-on-one bullying and harassment would be less a problem if it's just your class social captain or class teacher managing the social, and so users are not personalizing things.
Also how does this app not inadvertently become, uh, shall we say, sex education?
Also, how does one even start to create an app - the technical, the social considerations and all that?
Does it have to be a separate social media platform or just a layer on top of more bedrock apps - for example just adding food emojis and food-related questions on WhatsApp?
Good point.
And the existing apps like facebook would facilitate that by ... well, I checked the news, and they're on it. And facilitate that by...making it easier for people to create things that make their own thing more relevant. Also, making it easier to make apps - like give out a template for some types of apps just like blogger and wordpress give templates for blogs.
---- o ----
This blog post is like a whole book, y'all, drink some water.
Ok, Part Two:
Here's another cool social media layer or social media space or social media idea. It's a little bit about popularity, but not entirely so. It's a little bit about self-expression, but talk is cheap. So, it's also a little bit about civic engagement and social responsibility. Code-named "Why me?" it lets you campaign for things.
In this app you can freely and safely express:
- what you want to do or get done and when or why or how...
- why you, why you, why you, show off, list your accomplishments or qualifications, tell your own story, create your own biography, collect testimonials...
- be socially social - include a team and do things as teams, commit to doing something very important for others which is the main point, select all the relevant people and groups to join in your mission, ask them to vote or assign them other tasks or request their help if you need it...
- run a campaign, run an election (election runner app), count votes, get winners,
- share progress, stay in touch...
- have fun.
- get used to elections, so that you can more easily see yourself becoming a senator, a diplomat, a manager, and a CEO.
And here is
Part Three:
Did you like the art-selfie thing?
The same technology can do more things, and I'm proposing a birdie app looool, it takes in fashion photos and matches them to some spectacularly vivid photographs of birds.
which is a shame I guess :-)
and which leads me to an even better product, one that matches one way, from fashion to bird, or the other way, from bird to fashion.
hahaha, what bird do I look like if I wear this and pose like this -
...like,
everybody does the penguin challenge one day and submits media in which they mimic the penguin,
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In fact, just Naija men alone will finish the competition. Hehehehe.
Monday, December 17, 2018
Readers are leaders, somebody said. OK. #FastFive
1. Your Better Self with Akanna: Overcoming the Scarcity Mentality
2. #Futurists: Inspired by the man who showed the way to modern computing, tech-minded experts shared ideas for how to tackle climate change, nuclear proliferation, and broken political systems
3. The link between migration and technology is not what you think: newer forms of social media activism are increasingly enabling disrupters to set the migration agenda, based on fear and lies, in a quest for power.
4. Medium-scale farms are on the rise in Africa. Why this is good news
5. World's most popular attractions, according to Uber
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Monday, November 02, 2015
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CODEGIRL is a documentary film that follows the story of 5,000 girls from 60 countries (including Nigeria) as they
compete in the "Technovation" global entrepreneurship and coding competition.
Watch (at least watch the second half),
share (with the young girls and techies in your life),
and make sure you leave a comment about the cool ending.
Details: The girls have three months to develop an app that attempts to solve a problem in their local community. In the film, they size up their competition, interact with teachers and local mentors, learn to code, and pitch their ideas all in hopes of winning $10,000 in funding and support. REALLY COOL ENDING.
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Watch (at least watch the second half),
share (with the young girls and techies in your life),
and make sure you leave a comment about the cool ending.
Details: The girls have three months to develop an app that attempts to solve a problem in their local community. In the film, they size up their competition, interact with teachers and local mentors, learn to code, and pitch their ideas all in hopes of winning $10,000 in funding and support. REALLY COOL ENDING.
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Monday, August 31, 2015
Google's new CEO
Larry Page, co-founder (with Sergey Brin), steps down up as CEO of google:
"Sundar has been saying the things I would have said (and sometimes better!) for quite some time now, and I've been tremendously enjoying our work together. He has really stepped up since October of last year, when he took on product and engineering responsibility for our Internet businesses. Sergey and I have been super excited about his progress and dedication to the company. And it is clear to us and our board that it is time for Sundar to be CEO of Google."
Sergey and Larry become President and CEO respectively of a new super-company Alphabet (abc.xyz) that includes G for Google.
Everybody's talking about Sundar Pichai, the young nerd from Tamil Nadu.
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"Sundar has been saying the things I would have said (and sometimes better!) for quite some time now, and I've been tremendously enjoying our work together. He has really stepped up since October of last year, when he took on product and engineering responsibility for our Internet businesses. Sergey and I have been super excited about his progress and dedication to the company. And it is clear to us and our board that it is time for Sundar to be CEO of Google."
Sergey and Larry become President and CEO respectively of a new super-company Alphabet (abc.xyz) that includes G for Google.
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Thursday, November 27, 2014
The Uber taxi app is just an app
In Uber: What could possibly go wrong
, Rick Bookstaber claims that the app is "only mildly innovative" and that if existing limo and taxi companies put out a "meta-app" the new company might be in trouble. Other risks for the $18billion start-up include increased regulation, and new technology that will remove the need for drivers altogether.
The use of 'non-Uber' taxi mobile-apps has already taken off in Nigeria.
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Tuesday, June 03, 2014
What's it like on Mara Mentor?
Over 100,000 facebook likes, and it offically launched just last week.
Mara Mentor is an application you can use to connect with a mentor in business. That is, you can easily volunteer to be a mentor, or sign up to be mentored by other people that you look up to.
It seems like a really cool idea. I just want to know if you've tried it yet. Thanks.
More from the mara-foundation.org website:
Mara Mentor is an online community that connects ambitious entrepreneurs with experienced and inspiring business leaders. The initiative encourages idea and knowledge sharing among Africa’s most promising young entrepreneurs, inspiring a collaborative approach to business start-up and growth. Mara Mentor has been created to empower Africa’s youth in their business endeavours, in recognition that they are the driving force behind the continent’s growth and future prosperity.
Mentees are encouraged to interact with the online community by:
Mara Mentor gives successful and experienced business leaders an opportunity to give back to Africa’s next generation of entrepreneurs and play a part in the development of the African continent. Mentors are encouraged to share general business tips and resources, get involved in discussions and offer one-on-one advice to those that need it. Whether they log in every day or dedicate an afternoon once a month, Mentors will be inspired by the great minds of Africa’s entrepreneurs – they are, after all, the future of Africa.
Mara Mentor can be accessed via the website and an app available on iPhones, Blackberry, Android and many Nokia smart phones. Simply download from iTunes, Blackberry, Google Play, Samsung Apps or Nokia Ovi.
In addition to the online mentorship, Mara Foundation offers One-on-One mentorship in Kampala (Uganda) and Dar es Salaam (Tanzania). For more information regarding these programmes please follow this link.
Also see a history; more from the 2012 preview: Young African Millionaire Launches Mara.com, Africa's First Online Mentorship Network, by Mfonobong Nsehe for forbes.com
Mara Mentor is an online community that connects ambitious entrepreneurs with experienced and inspiring business leaders. The initiative encourages idea and knowledge sharing among Africa’s most promising young entrepreneurs, inspiring a collaborative approach to business start-up and growth. Mara Mentor has been created to empower Africa’s youth in their business endeavours, in recognition that they are the driving force behind the continent’s growth and future prosperity.
Mentees are encouraged to interact with the online community by:
- Raising a question
- Kick-starting a discussion
- Reaching out for personalised advice
Mara Mentor gives successful and experienced business leaders an opportunity to give back to Africa’s next generation of entrepreneurs and play a part in the development of the African continent. Mentors are encouraged to share general business tips and resources, get involved in discussions and offer one-on-one advice to those that need it. Whether they log in every day or dedicate an afternoon once a month, Mentors will be inspired by the great minds of Africa’s entrepreneurs – they are, after all, the future of Africa.
Mara Mentor can be accessed via the website and an app available on iPhones, Blackberry, Android and many Nokia smart phones. Simply download from iTunes, Blackberry, Google Play, Samsung Apps or Nokia Ovi.
In addition to the online mentorship, Mara Foundation offers One-on-One mentorship in Kampala (Uganda) and Dar es Salaam (Tanzania). For more information regarding these programmes please follow this link.
Also see a history; more from the 2012 preview: Young African Millionaire Launches Mara.com, Africa's First Online Mentorship Network, by Mfonobong Nsehe for forbes.com
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Crazy about education
"Many schools that currently lack sufficient
textbooks could soon access the world’s best educational content on
affordable tablets or e‑books; teachers, too, will benefit from more
effective training. The technology-related productivity gains in
education could reach $30 billion to almost $70 billion—enabling
governments to achieve more with their education budgets and providing
millions of students with the foundation for a better future."
in Lions go digital: The Internet’s transformative potential in Africa
This is what teachers should be doing now, online teacher-training experiences. Cheap or free, world-class, and supported by public and private organizations. Not to over-promise, but it's the path to modern classrooms - modernizing our teachers' tools and orientation is an efficient path to delivering education that works.
Details and Modules: The Commonwealth Education Trust invests in primary and secondary education and the professional development of teachers throughout their careers. Through education it seeks to enhance the opportunities for children from all walks of life to contribute to the sustainable development of their communities.
Foundations of Teaching for Learning 1: Introduction
FTL 2: Being a Teacher
FTL 3: Learners and Learning
FTL 4: Curriculum
FTL 5: Planning for Teaching and Learning
FTL 6: Introduction to Student Assessment
FTL 7: Being a Professional
FTL 8: Developing Relationships
in Lions go digital: The Internet’s transformative potential in Africa
This is what teachers should be doing now, online teacher-training experiences. Cheap or free, world-class, and supported by public and private organizations. Not to over-promise, but it's the path to modern classrooms - modernizing our teachers' tools and orientation is an efficient path to delivering education that works.
Details and Modules: The Commonwealth Education Trust invests in primary and secondary education and the professional development of teachers throughout their careers. Through education it seeks to enhance the opportunities for children from all walks of life to contribute to the sustainable development of their communities.
Foundations of Teaching for Learning 1: Introduction
FTL 2: Being a Teacher
FTL 3: Learners and Learning
FTL 4: Curriculum
FTL 5: Planning for Teaching and Learning
FTL 6: Introduction to Student Assessment
FTL 7: Being a Professional
FTL 8: Developing Relationships
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
The Next Level
What do you want to do with your life?
Especially now as a new year, a new chapter, approaches, it's a good time to state some new dreams of yours. I use the app at www.43things.com for this purpose. It's good for voicing and tracking your goals and cheering other people...and you don't have to be public if you don't want to be.
43things, and the counterpart travel site 43places, remind me how small the world is: just a village of 6-7 thousand million people. Just a village of 40 to 50 Nigerias lol. Big village.
Happy New Year, everyone.
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43things, and the counterpart travel site 43places, remind me how small the world is: just a village of 6-7 thousand million people. Just a village of 40 to 50 Nigerias lol. Big village.
Happy New Year, everyone.
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