Acquisition of “Chui” – & You Thought I Was Started…

She’s hot..she’s sexy..she has a gr8 rack…beautiful rear..awesome body..one look @ her and she screams to be ridden..she’s that darn attractive.. She’s CHUI!! My first motorcycle..

Yamaha XT250T (yasuzou21.blog.so-net.ne.jp)

Last Friday I became the proud owner of “Chui”…a Yamaha XT250T and I can’t be able to explain the excitement in my mind…totally shattering..but my friends are more excited than I am which makes me fear of Chui’s “safety”.. Got it from an American friend about to leave the country and since I am the 1 who named it for him, he gave me 1st priority in purchasing it..and aint she a beau… She’s a dual purpose 4 stroke motorcycle that is perfect off-road and good on streets with ridiculous consumption i.e. 80mpg or 32kml.. NO MORE PUBLIC TRANSPORT!

 

Makmende Craze….

This is an example of perfect use of social media 2 create a buzz about your product…… Just a Band created a character called Makmende who is the main character of their video “Ha-He“. It has become viral with it already being declared the top 100 trending topics on twitter. Totally hilarious. You have to give respect to this upcoming original Kenyan Band.

 

New Media + Journalism = National Development?

The best way to begin this article is by sharing the story of the teenager from Malawi who dropped out of school but taught himself through the public library and at the age of 14 transformed his rural village by building electric windmills out of a junk bicycle and tractor fan. During a television interview in the USA he said during his first experience with the internet was after his fame and 5 years later after his invention. He “Googled” the word Windmills and he could not comprehend the amount of information presented before him through a small screen within seconds. It was at that moment he wondered

“Where has it (Internet) been all this time?”

The most obvious thought that comes into one’s mind is “What if he was aware and used the Internet before coming up with his creation?”

According to Wikipedia, New Media is a term meant to encompass the emergence of digital,

A school in a Masai village using a MacBook. Apple.com

computerized, or networked information and communication technologies in the later part of the 20th century. Most technologies described as “New Media” are digital, often having characteristics of being manipulated, networkable, dense, compressible, interactive and impartial. Some examples may be the Internet (databases, websites such as blogs, social networking websites etc), Mobile telephony (SMS, MMS, etc). New Media is not television programs, feature films, magazines, books, or paper-based publications.

New Media with Technology Convergence shifts the model of mass communication, and this has radically shaped the ways we interact and communicate with one another in the modern society. How can it be used to reach out and be utilised in the conservative and underprivileged groups? According to Erik Hersman in his article, “THE DARK CONTINENT: ITS STILL DARK”, he states that

“Those who create, develop and invest in new technologies are the ones who write the rules of tomorrow”

Kenya and Africa as a whole is on the verge of a technical revolution, why shouldn’t the Mass Media be the one to guide this process?

 

Evolution or Adaptation? Cohesion or Competition between Social Media and News Media

Social Interactive Media

Social media took the internet culture in such an unpredictable manner that the internet public had to either join in or be left out. It has provided a platform for any party either an individual, company or organisation to express themselves directly with the internet publics(s). It is considered as a more direct ways to express oneself rather than allow someone else the privilege to interpret one’s input, expressions or thoughts. Social media has also provided for real-time participation by users with little or no editing or moderation. This in all has created a novel open internet society that has abruptly unintentionally forced for its recognition as a force not to ignore. This is due to large in part to its Media/press capabilities i.e. collection and dissemination of data and information via text, images and video.