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yeah yeah

I need your number again.

Seun: I'm jealous of you!. :-)

I will be printing the above out and framing it to hang on my wall.

The retina macbook pro also sports a SSD, so your argument falls flat on its face, except for the price issue.

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?

I need a retina macbook pro. Serious sellers only pls. my number is +2348029401212

I need a Retina Macbook Pro. My number is 0802 940 1212

Mr Inspired. I left you a post on the auto section about preodering an Audi A4. Kindly reply and revert ASAP. ITs urgent

Siena: The U600 OBD Scan Tool for Audi, Seat, Skoda and Volkswagen is a decent bit of kit. It's good for personal and commercial use.

Hello Siena,
How do I get the OBD scan tool for audi? can you help me purchase it? Kindly respond ASAP

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

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)

@adetwin
brand new macbook pro for 138k? I pass

dude, are you scared to post your prices? am interested

brand new

I need a MacBook pro with the following specs:
750gb hard disc
4gb ram
15" screen
Core I5 processor
My number is 08029401212

@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.

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.

So the prize goes to @Techytom!!!. cool, you deserve it bro. @Seun, at least I get an honourable mention or presidential handshake abi?

Even if I dont win, I am really greatful for the experience. Thanks @Seun.

CURTAIN CALL*********THE END*******************

done my last commit before the deadline. what can I say

@Seun
You can check out my solution now. I am still cleaning stuff up. but it works.

@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/

you can try Google app engine, its free

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.

when is @Seun going to bring out a concrete specs list? or are we developers allowed to implement any features we feel like?

Or is this challenge an April Fool's joke?

@Seun,
When does this competition end? I have already submitted my solution

@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/

@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.

Can @Seun respond to the question of the features he wants for the result checker? I need it like yesterday

@Seun
This is the link to my Google code repository http://code.google.com/p/nairaland-jamb-checker/