Pilgrim on this Terrestrial Ball
Pilgrim on this Terrestrial Ball
Stories created to deliberately misinform or deceive readers are common. The traditional name for such stories was ‘lies’. However, in a post truth world, the correct name for them is now fake news. Fake news has been around for ages, but I bet it is…
By jacob
If you have lived long enough, you know that customer care sucks! I am a client of the three biggest banks in Kenya, and I have come to hate their customer care service. However, I need the banks, so I have nowhere to run. In…
By jacob
On the first of June 2019, eighteen Kenyan government websites were hacked and defaced by a group of Indonesian cyber attackers. It took over 24 hours for the ICT Authority to restore them back, with people questioning the government’s capacity to deal with cyber-attack and…
By jacob
They say that you shouldn’t get high on your own supply. Nowhere has this statement been truer than when it comes to electronic devices. Bill Gates did not allow his children to use cellphones until they were teenagers. Steve Jobs would not let his young…
By jacob
Building a good product is hard. Getting people to use the good product you have built is even harder. I have seen the careers of many developers come to an end because they thought that having the perfect product would mean mass adoption, only to…
By jacob
African governments are known to shut down the internet when faced by protests, elections, or even national examinations. In the last few years, internet shutdown has been experienced in Zimbabwe, Cameroon, DRC, Somalia, Ethiopia and several other countries. Here in Kenya, the question of whether…
By jacob