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Technology Market / Re: I Need A Retina Macbook Pro by pystar: 3:30am On Aug 26, 2012 |
yeah yeah |
Autos / Re: Inspired, Lets Do It Again. Audi A4, 2001-2004 Model by pystar: 10:09pm On Aug 25, 2012 |
I need your number again. |
Technology Market / Re: I Need A Retina Macbook Pro by pystar: 10:02pm On Aug 25, 2012 |
Seun: I'm jealous of you!. :-)I will be printing the above out and framing it to hang on my wall. |
Technology Market / Re: I Need A Retina Macbook Pro by pystar: 9:58pm On Aug 25, 2012 |
The retina macbook pro also sports a SSD, so your argument falls flat on its face, except for the price issue. |
Technology Market / Re: I Need A Retina Macbook Pro by pystar: 9:41pm On Aug 25, 2012 |
Seun: Rich boi. Not even a new Macbook Air, which is cheaper and comes with a SSD. Mr Seun, Whats the issue? Or do you now sell MB Air's? |
Technology Market / Re: I Need A Retina Macbook Pro by pystar: 9:39pm On Aug 25, 2012 |
I need a retina macbook pro. Serious sellers only pls. my number is +2348029401212 |
Technology Market / I Need A Retina Macbook Pro by pystar: 7:30pm On Aug 25, 2012 |
I need a Retina Macbook Pro. My number is 0802 940 1212 |
Technology Market / Re: The New Technology Market : Let's Have Your Complaints & Suggestions Here by pystar: 10:20pm On Aug 24, 2012 |
Mr Inspired. I left you a post on the auto section about preodering an Audi A4. Kindly reply and revert ASAP. ITs urgent |
Car Talk / Re: The Audi And Volkswagen Issues Resolution Thread by pystar: 9:04pm On Aug 18, 2012 |
Siena: Hello Siena, How do I get the OBD scan tool for audi? can you help me purchase it? Kindly respond ASAP |
Autos / Inspired, Lets Do It Again. Audi A4, 2001-2004 Model by pystar: 11:55pm On Aug 14, 2012 |
Mr Inspired, I am interested in getting the Audi A4 with the model ranging from 2001 - 2004. We did the Audi A6, lets do this once again. You have my details. Thanks |
Programming / Why The "Noise Makers" Among Us Cant Code by pystar: 7:33am On Jul 26, 2012 |
Let me tell you a true story: I would rather spend time coding than going to a tech meetup https://twitter.com/pystar/status/227405814921568256, [1] I hate the very thought of marketing (I probably just hate the fact that my sales pitch might get turned down). I guess that’s why my start-up hasn’t ”blown” and that of “noise makers” [2] among us, is a tale in the opposite. But the thing is this, I could probably code rings around these “noise makers”, who probably cant write a line of code at gunpoint, but their start ups actually make me feel inadequate in a perverse way. Unless you are building a deep Comp.Sci based start up like Google, you probably don’t need to focus so much on your code but invest heavily on marketing. Most problems here in a 3rd world country like Nigeria that can become viable start ups actually don’t require deep science but heavy marketing and legwork to enlighten people and also give them a reason to actually use your product. [3] Most good programmers I happen to know are introverted to a certain degree and prefer coding than actually going out and meeting people, so how do you then market your product if you don’t go out? Social media doesn’t count. Doing a quick and dirty survey of the most “up in your face” start ups here in Nigeria will actually tell you that they are started by non coding techies (if I can safely call them that). These guys are “noise makers” and thats why their start ups do well. These guys can’t code and probably are not interested in learning how to code because coding is a long tedious and lonely task (unless you are pair programming) and the emotional make up of these “noise makers” wont just allow them to do this successfully. I have discovered that even if you write the best code with the most bleeding edge frameworks and languages and do absolutely no marketing or “noise making”, no one will beat a path to your doorstop begging for the rare privilege to use your app. After thinking alot about this “phenomenon”, I can actually say that I agree absolutely with MrBankole when he penned http://techloy.com/2012/07/10/im-ceo-bitch/ . How does some techie who probably has a name for his laptop [4] succeed in marketing his start up? The most successful route I can figure out is getting a “noise maker” as a co founder. That way you get the best of both worlds.[5] Notes [1] Probably the reason why I have never been to any tech meetup (apart the 1st ever barcamp held in lagos “09″) and most probably wont in the nearest future is because of my hectic factory day job schedule and organizers of such meetups refusing to fix events on weekends. [2] The phrase “Noise maker” as is used in this blog post is actually used in a positive context. A noise maker is someone who is a natural extrovert, a born marketer, with little or no technical chops, i.e. someone in the mould of Steve Jobs. [3] Imagine a start up with a Seun Osewa and Jason Njoku combo? yeah I can, in my dreams. [4] I am guilty as charged. [5] Don’t do this alone, collaborate, collaborate. Get someone who can pick your slack and is strong where you are weak. Steve Wozniak (awesome technical chops) + Steve Jobs (most prolific tech marketer ever) == Apple(World domination) |
Technology Market / Re: Macbook Pro Wanted by pystar: 7:47pm On Apr 18, 2012 |
@adetwin brand new macbook pro for 138k? I pass |
Technology Market / Re: Brand New IPAD2, Macbook & Samsung Galaxy2 by pystar: 6:44am On Apr 17, 2012 |
dude, are you scared to post your prices? am interested |
Technology Market / Re: Macbook Pro Wanted by pystar: 8:18pm On Apr 16, 2012 |
brand new |
Technology Market / Macbook Pro Wanted by pystar: 7:47am On Apr 16, 2012 |
I need a MacBook pro with the following specs: 750gb hard disc 4gb ram 15" screen Core I5 processor My number is 08029401212 1 Like |
Programming / Re: Build A JAMB Result Checking Website To Win 150,000 Naira by pystar: 6:49am On Apr 11, 2012 |
@Xterra To run the code, you should have python and mysql installed on your system. once you have that installed, just download and unzip the source code from google code. read the instructions in the read me file and run it. its very simple. |
Programming / Re: Build A JAMB Result Checking Website To Win 150,000 Naira by pystar: 6:51am On Apr 10, 2012 |
I support the sharing, since we all worked hard. But the experience of learning a new framework in less than 5 days was awesome, I would like to also get to work with @techytom and @kaderna in the future if the need arises. Thanks @seun for the experience. If you wish to run my code, kindly do a HG pull on the repository. [UPDATE] I have zipped the files and made them available for download for those who cant/wont do a HG pull on the repo. 1 Like |
Programming / Re: Build A JAMB Result Checking Website To Win 150,000 Naira by pystar: 12:58pm On Apr 09, 2012 |
So the prize goes to @Techytom!!!. cool, you deserve it bro. @Seun, at least I get an honourable mention or presidential handshake abi? |
Programming / Re: Build A JAMB Result Checking Website To Win 150,000 Naira by pystar: 10:31am On Apr 09, 2012 |
Even if I dont win, I am really greatful for the experience. Thanks @Seun. 2 Likes |
Programming / Re: Build A JAMB Result Checking Website To Win 150,000 Naira by pystar: 12:03am On Apr 09, 2012 |
CURTAIN CALL*********THE END******************* |
Programming / Re: Build A JAMB Result Checking Website To Win 150,000 Naira by pystar: 10:59pm On Apr 08, 2012 |
done my last commit before the deadline. what can I say |
Programming / Re: Build A JAMB Result Checking Website To Win 150,000 Naira by pystar: 9:44pm On Apr 08, 2012 |
@Seun You can check out my solution now. I am still cleaning stuff up. but it works. 1 Like |
Programming / Re: Build A JAMB Result Checking Website To Win 150,000 Naira by pystar: 10:01pm On Apr 06, 2012 |
@Seun, I have cleaned up my repo. Its works to a certain level now. Do check it out http://code.google.com/p/nairaland-jamb-checker/ |
Programming / Re: Build A JAMB Result Checking Website To Win 150,000 Naira by pystar: 1:48am On Apr 03, 2012 |
you can try Google app engine, its free 1 Like |
Programming / Re: Build A JAMB Result Checking Website To Win 150,000 Naira by pystar: 10:06pm On Apr 02, 2012 |
if you are having issues as pointed out by seun with running python 3.2.3 with cherrypy 3.2.2, do this to resolve the tracebacks on a Unix box 1. sudo apt-get install libssl0.9.8 2. sudo apt-get install libssl-dev 3. Go to your downloaded unzipped Python directory and do this: ./configure make make altinstall (Please note: Do not do "make install" as this would mess up your default python installation especially on Ubuntu machines) After that, you can import cherrypy within Python3.2.3 without getting tracebacks. |
Programming / Re: Build A JAMB Result Checking Website To Win 150,000 Naira by pystar: 6:25pm On Apr 01, 2012 |
when is @Seun going to bring out a concrete specs list? or are we developers allowed to implement any features we feel like? |
Programming / Re: Mini Web Application Coding Challenge For Programmers by pystar: 6:14pm On Apr 01, 2012 |
Or is this challenge an April Fool's joke? |
Programming / Re: Mini Web Application Coding Challenge For Programmers by pystar: 6:57am On Apr 01, 2012 |
@Seun, When does this competition end? I have already submitted my solution |
Programming / Re: Build A JAMB Result Checking Website To Win 150,000 Naira by pystar: 11:47pm On Mar 31, 2012 |
@Seun I just submitted my solution to the Nairaland mini web application challenge. You can check it out @ http://code.google.com/p/nairaland-coding-challenge/ 2 Likes |
Programming / Re: Mini Web Application Coding Challenge For Programmers by pystar: 11:44pm On Mar 31, 2012 |
@Seun, Here is my solution on Google code http://code.google.com/p/nairaland-coding-challenge/. I created it using Python/web2py, if you have any issues running it contact me @ twitter.com/pystar.or leave a comment here. 1 Like |
Programming / Re: Build A JAMB Result Checking Website To Win 150,000 Naira by pystar: 9:36pm On Mar 31, 2012 |
Can @Seun respond to the question of the features he wants for the result checker? I need it like yesterday |
Programming / Re: Build A JAMB Result Checking Website To Win 150,000 Naira by pystar: 8:16pm On Mar 31, 2012 |
@Seun This is the link to my Google code repository http://code.google.com/p/nairaland-jamb-checker/ 2 Likes |
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