oladayo042:

I believed playing games had helped me as martinosis opined, especially games that had to do with finding clues (what the ordinary eye will not see).

milehigh06:

Simple as ABC,Nigerians are still busy looking for hand outs when the can easily enrich themselves to beter their community,their are free books online which can be printed and learnt from.
ordinary streaming we cant do and we are talking of tech savy,my 4 yr old son streams cnn and fox soccer chanel easily from his room

tobaina:




I think that we should just create a new generation of X-BOX and other game players cos this really go along way in building interest in technology.
Can't believe the organization i'm working for is paying millions for this sophisticated software and not even the project supervisor can really say what the software is really working, except for this play-station and other mini gadgets freak who is managing to see to it's working.

Mobinga:

We need Constant Electricity. Imagine if we had that, imagine, I would have been so so so so good in IT, although I aint bad, but I would have been better. I always tell my family that any American that isn't successful must be very very lazy

FBS:

IMO. . .I think with constant electricity, everything will fall into its rightful place.
We will get there.

oyb:

going by the computer section, i guess the issue is that most nigerians are just too lazy and will always prefer to pay an expert to resolve their issues rather than try to solve them by themselves


theres also teh mindse issue. practically any challenge i'm unable to resolve - i hit up google, and theres the answer.

but teh fellas in my it ept don't seem to have a clue about googling issues.

i guess there's also the issue of being content - as in hey office 2003 works - why bother with 2007 - xp works why bother with vista

it is migration that really forces us to become techies, and sepeartes those who actually understand from those who are simply learning by rote - (watch oga click that icon on the pc - do the same)

most of my techie ability came from having to resolve issues on my own - and i guess the same applies to ther techies -

tensor777:

I was very surprised that you did not immediately get the point of his post.  Clearly such games have educational and instructional value and stimulate creativity.
Effective learning is not  about cramming textbooks but stimulating the mind to think innovatively. This is easier when it is seen as fun as well as challenging.

oyb:

going by the computer section, i guess the issue is that most nigerians are just too lazy and will always prefer to pay an expert to resolve their issues rather than try to solve them by themselves


theres also teh mindse issue. practically any challenge i'm unable to resolve - i hit up google, and theres the answer.

but teh fellas in my it ept don't seem to have a clue about googling issues.

i guess there's also the issue of being content - as in hey office 2003 works - why bother with 2007 - xp works why bother with vista

it is migration that really forces us to become techies, and sepeartes those who actually understand from those who are simply learning by rote - (watch oga click that icon on the pc - do the same)

most of my techie ability came from having to resolve issues on my own - and i guess the same applies to ther techies -

AjanleKoko:

Agree fully. In latter years I have bought less and less electronic equipment, especially since I got married, and the electricity consumption multiplied with the number of people in my house (wife, kid, siblings/wife's siblings, etc) . Sometimes you get home to find that the TV, DSTV box, and entire sound system is all blown out by the small Chinese generator, when the home crowd were too busy watching Africa Magic to remember to turn on the surge protector system. That can be depressing.

As a student, and later as a bachelor, I lived and breathed electronics, computing, and programming. At one point I had maybe three or four pimped desktops, and two laptops. One desktop I used almost entirely as a game console. Now sometimes I feel I have no space to operate. Just to install VMWare Desktop on my home laptop is now a chore, as I always run into someone surfing facebook on the machine.

milehigh06:

Simple as ABC,Nigerians are still busy looking for hand outs when the can easily enrich themselves to beter their community,their are free books online which can be printed and learnt from.
if you think the malams,ngati-ngati and kedu you vote into power every four yrs know what tech is all about you are all mistaken,GJ said he has a facebook page,ask him how many gadgets on facebook has he ever tried using?
Education with the advent of the internet can esily be acquired by the click of your mouse,instead of them searching on how to enrich themselves knowledge wise,its yaho yahoo that came up.
I tried speaking to someone regarding streaming Nigerian tv from Nigeia to US via P2P and after almost killin myslf explaining wht P2P is and what it takes,the next thing I get is a request for money to chop.
ordinary streaming we cant do and we are talking of tech savy,my 4 yr old son streams cnn and fox soccer chanel easily from his room

Mobinga:

YeahI know Kasparov that Chess guy who played a match with Deep Blue(The chess playing computer). . . . . . . . . . . . I guess If Nigeria should be a High Tech Nation, our Infrastructure should be developed, Im even scared of doin a BIOS flashing sef