To write, to read, to run, to code, to trade, to pray, to sleep, to eat. To do more, or to do less. There’s no best day to start something new. Don’t wait until the first of the month or beginning of the year. Start. Never mind it’s the 13th or the 31st of May or … Read more
Kenichi Ebina is a Japanese performer who spices his dance with acting, storytelling, and digital art to deliver the unique act he calls ‘dance-ish’. See his America’s Got Talent performances (he won it in 2013): there’s this very enthralling video game dance, almost like virtual reality but I have to say I really love this one which was his … Read more
Banners announcing new betting shops or franchises are the fastest appearing in Lagos, second only to those of new churches and the latest church programmes. Young men (and some women) hold on to their printed bet receipts awaiting a turn of fortune. I have tried to understand this revived, reinvented phenomenon and here articulate my first … Read more
Today, I begin the Web Gems series where I highlight content I find interesting. Nigeria’s military might: An interesting analysis based on other insightful indices such as available manpower, resources, finance, and geography. You can also read about other countries or even compare countries. Encouragement for bloggers: Here are five reasons you should keep blogging … Read more
Some people appear and fill the room. No noise, just quiet, tangible presence. They become the centre, the definition of the collective mood, the room listens when they speak. The gravitas-person is mature, possesses a soul with depths of resources and control; is confident, authentic, exhibits wholeness of personality. At work, gravitas is a core competence, … Read more
To write is human, to edit is divine. – Stephen King
And there are some more divine than others.
I finally get it. Uber. I had a great experience yesterday when I used the service for the very first time. Simple app user interface; a very professional, courteous driver. Uber invites, verifies, and signs up private car owners as drivers on its software platform. You install the app on your device, register, and tell … Read more
is the new economic index. Now, you can exchange three like this for a bus ride from Ikeja to Yaba. Or for two bags of pure water. Or for two bottles of thinned colas. Or for four robo-robo chicken eggs. Or for two one-hundred-naira recharge cards. Or for one litre of petrol — with some … Read more
“Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt Stretch. Move into the unknown or the less known. Have some faith. Take courage. Step forward. Raise your hand. Raise a point. Make your … Read more
If you never played the videogame, look for it and play it. If you were a teen in the ’90s, see how you react when the images light up your screen again as you get ready to fight! Today, I travelled back to ’93 when I first held the gamepad staring at the Streetfighter II … Read more