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Travel › Do More With What You Have With Omo & Eulanda | Naijapodcast by Pythonian99(op): 10:38am On Apr 05, 2017

On Episode 7 of NaijaPodcast, Award-winning blogger couple, 2006 International Champion, Eulanda and Information Security professional, Omo, share how they built their travel blog, HDYTI ,and how you can do more with what you have!

You can listen to the full episode here -> http://www.naijapodcast.com/podcasts/episode-7-do-more-what-you-have-omo-eulanda/

Read the show note below:

Omo is an Information Assurance and IT/Information Security professional with many years of experience in delivering security governance, risk management, compliance, assurance, data privacy and business technology consulting services to a diverse range of clients across a range of industries including: financial services, energy and utilities, telecommunications and UK Government.
He enjoys working with businesses to demystify security and develop pragmatic risk-based solutions to IT, security/privacy and compliance challenges.

Eulanda is (2006) an International Salsa Champion Eulanda Shead, a classically trained dancer who studied dance at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Cleo Parker Robinson, Broadway Dance Center, and throughout the U.K. She has performed with Jimmy Bosch, Son de Cali, Chupacabra, Ozo Matli and other international musicians. She has made numerous television, film, and print ad appearances
Eulanda has taught over 9,000 students during her 10 years of instruction, teaching and performing throughout the U.S. and U.K. She was once a guest instructor for the Latin Ballroom Society at Leicester University, University of Wyoming, and Colorado State University.

Together this amazing couple runs HDYTI, an award winning Travel, food, culture and lifestyle blog.

Here are the questions I asked:

• Welcome back home So how are you finding Nigeria?
• You guys got married sometime in 2014 —you grew up here in Surulere and she grew up in Denver, Colorado. So what attracted you guys to each other?
• Your wedding dance attracted over 173,000 views on YouTube alone and was on so many blogs including Bella Naija and the thing that fascinates me about it was that it was the bringing together of two worlds-- an intercontinental story, if you will. You said the theme was based on Harlem Renaissance and Nigerian influences… tell me about that Eulanda.
• How was your transition to the UK like, Omo?
• You run a travel, culture and food blog— HDYTI – are you guys foodies and in this to fulfill some wanderlust? So what inspired HDYTI
• How do you run it and who does what?
• Is your blog profitable and how do you fund your travels?
• How many places have you visited around the world and what’s your favorite destination?
• What’s the most challenging experience you’ve experienced traveling around?
• Sometime this year, your blog, HDYTI won the Best Food & Drink blog in the UK Blog Awards UKBA. What do you think contributed to your success?
• Do you think the blog can turn to a fulltime work for you and what’s the next
• Omo, what’s the most challenging thing about being a Nigerian in the UK and how can one turn that around and achieve success?
• If you have the ability to change something about Nigeria—let’s say you were the President and you could do that, what would that be?
• How do you guys balance between (holding a job) doing some other things and travelling and running your blog?
• What’s the greatest cuisine you guys have discovered and why?
• If you were to recommend a book, which one would you recommend?
• If you were to leave a mark on the sands of time, what would that be?

In this Episode you will learn:
• Why you should find those who can complement your skill set
• How to manage your time better
• How you can manage your blog and develop great content
• Why you should never “eat” alone
• To do more with what you have

Books recommended:
Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi (https://www.amazon.com/Never-Eat-Alone-Expanded-Updated/dp/0385346654) and The Fire Starter Sessions by Danielle Laporte (https://www.amazon.com/Fire-Starter-Sessions-Practical-Creating/dp/0307952118)

Visit the award winning HDYTI (http://heydipyourtoesin.com/) and thank me later!

Celebrities › Write Your Success Story - Zik Zulu Okafor | Naijapodcast by Pythonian99(op): 10:28am On Apr 05, 2017

In this Episode, veteran Filmmaker and Journalist shares on how he overcame the scare of failure and attained the top of his career and how you too can write your own success story.

You can listen to the full episode here -> http://www.naijapodcast.com/podcasts/episode-8-write-your-own-success/

The show note is below:

Zik Zulu Okafor, is an award winning journalist and filmmaker whose films have been featured in international film festivals. His films Blood of the Orphan, Haunted, Face of a Liar, Fugitive and Danger were household movies in the late 90s.

His soap-opera, Heavensgate, was the winner of the Best Soap opera on Television at the Africa Television Audio-Visual Awards while the sequel Oasis was widely acclaimed.

He was the pioneer national president of the Guild of Movie Producers and later President, Association of Movie Producers.

Zik Zulu in the last decade has focused media and political consultancy, organizing workshops and seminars on diversified sectors of the economy.

Here are the questions I asked:

[b]You share the same with the great ZIK, what’s the story behind that?

Is there anything in your growing up days that prepared you for the path you later toed in your adult life?

You are a veteran filmmaker and I remember growing up watching your films, (Haunted, Blood of the Orphan,) what inspired your films and how did you delve into the film industry?

What’s the favorite movie or TV soap (series) out of the ones you’ve made?

As there ever been a moment in your life when you felt you were not sure you were going to become successful?

What are things you don’t do well?

What are your greatest strengths?

How do you come up with your stories and write them? Take us into your creative routine.

What role do you think Nollywood has played in putting Nigeria on the map?

One of the major problems of Nollywood is funding and recouping investment through effective film distribution—has that problem been solved?

You were the president of Association of Movie Practitioners for about five years, what’s the future for Nollywood.

If you were to change one thing in the country what would that be?

What’s the one thing you love about being a Nigerian?

If you were to start your career as a young filmmaker and journalist and you have all the knowledge that you have today, what will you do differently?

What mark would you want to leave on the sands of time?[/b]

In this episode you will learn:

-Why perseverance is key to success

-Why you must stay true to your “calling.”

-How to leverage on your background to enrich your writings

-The opportunities in the Nigerian film industry

Keep getting better like old wine and keep representing Naija!

Politics › Re: "Buhari, Forget Pride And Go To Anambra For Knowledge" - Ben Bruce by Pythonian99: 10:28am On Aug 08, 2016

ILIDEFI:
This is why they were in Lagos

It has little or nothing to do with the management of the economy.

Again, it shouldn't be Lagos cos Lagos is very rich, utilising a budget of nearly 10% of Nigeria's entire budget.
Anambra is a better example cos the state government has learnt to manage the meagre resources and yet steer the state to enviable heights. For this reason, Buhari has little excuse saying the country is broke.

It has a lot to do with the economy because there can be no developmental progress in a state which would boost the economy when the entire state is in filth. That is the difference between you online bigots and a forward thinking performer like Obiano. He realised he had to work on clearing off dirts from the main city, saw the way Lagos did it and approached them to learn from them.

With a clean Anambra, more investors would want to come in and do biz with the government.

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Politics › Re: "Buhari, Forget Pride And Go To Anambra For Knowledge" - Ben Bruce by Pythonian99: 10:24am On Aug 08, 2016

Bitterleafsoup:
A state developed by white people, can't be compared to a state that was bombed and demolished, built back by the people without government allocation until recently.

The recent development of investor's to the State and the rise in IGR is what he is talking about.

Please mention the white people that developed Lagos state.

Maybe Tinubu and BRF are whites undecided

And because Anambra passed through war didnt mean the whole town was razed till no structure was left. Why do you like to lie to yourself to boost your ego?

Politics › Re: "Buhari, Forget Pride And Go To Anambra For Knowledge" - Ben Bruce by Pythonian99: 10:07am On Aug 08, 2016

berrystunn:
Udene.. Bu gay

Skibo! You mean "Udene" means(bu) gay? Or what? undecided

Politics › Re: "Buhari, Forget Pride And Go To Anambra For Knowledge" - Ben Bruce by Pythonian99: 9:54am On Aug 08, 2016

PaulIdu:
See let's stop deceiving ourselves Buhari doesn't even have what it takes to lead a small cattle market. .Give Ambode the Nigerian Job and begin to see change ..it's not about size it's about quality of leadership ..when you see people criticise a leader is because he has fallen short of their expectation ..please do search on social media and show me a single criticism of Government Ambode, you will find non even the PDP had no choice than hail him . Good leaders are a in class of their own and I am sorry to say Buhari can never be in that class so stop wasting your time defending nonsense because it will affect you on way or the other

You and I are on a different wave length because I wasn't supporting Buhari in that my writeup you quoted.

My point is:

1. What stops Bruce from also advising his state governor to go to Anambra and learn from Obiano?

2. If Buhari should learn from any state it shouldn't just be Anambra. Lagos trumps all other states in terms of revenue generation and efficiency.

3. Are you aware that most of the core members of Buhari's economic team once served in Lagos. Folks like Babatunde Fowler, Ben Akabueze, A former Lagos state deputy governor etc.

4. Ben Bruce advice is not genuine because all he does is to come online and spew trash for his bigoted followers to chew on when he can as well as meet with the presidency or the Min of Finance to offer his suggestions.

5. Lastly, the economic realities in Anambra state is far different from managing the affairs of an entire nation with lots of vested interests and issues so Bruce advice can best be described as utter nonsense and bullocks.

Thank you.

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Politics › Re: "Buhari, Forget Pride And Go To Anambra For Knowledge" - Ben Bruce by Pythonian99: 9:41am On Aug 08, 2016

mykl01:
Yes!!
You nailed it.
Olodo
Lagos has the monopoly of Ports and it's attendant wealth (a conspiracy of the entire nation).
Anambra is a model state that should be emulated by others who are not blessed to have functional government seaports.
We all pray for Ibaka seaport to come to fruition and then we shall re-calculate Lagos IGR.

Please move on and stop bringing up unnecessary points that's unrelated to the discuss. Lagos has ports. Why didn't GEJ fix the ports?

Did Lagos stop other ports from coming on stream?

How will an Ibaka seaport bring about the shortfall of Lagos revenue when the state is already ahead in expanding. Lagos today would by 2020 have as much as 7 seaports and you think an Ibaka seaport coming on stream would reduce the IGR.

Mtchew. Abeg talk better thing.

Politics › Re: "Buhari, Forget Pride And Go To Anambra For Knowledge" - Ben Bruce by Pythonian99: 9:38am On Aug 08, 2016

berrystunn:
Usu...

Ihe puo gi n'amu.

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Politics › Re: "Buhari, Forget Pride And Go To Anambra For Knowledge" - Ben Bruce by Pythonian99: 9:37am On Aug 08, 2016

rodimus:
Really?!!!because you were asked to defend why lagos instead of anambra,your conclusion is tribalism. I don't even know why anambra has so much hype for good work and would like evidence,would that make me a tribalist as well?
We should be able to have good discussion on issues, and also answer questions based on the issues raised.

Bro, you didnt understand what happens because some posts were hidden and I have been banned.

I made a statement on this issue and a bigot quoted me and insalted me back, that's why Lagos was brought into this discuss. I am not a tribalist. Thanks.

Computers › Re: Do You Think An Android Laptop Is Worth A Buy? by Pythonian99: 9:38am On Sep 18, 2015

Well, I guess an Android laptop might be a bad business from the feedbacks. But it's cash that is limiting us now. The budget is #35,000 and my cousin doesn't have more than that now.

I'll appreciate if I can have suggestions on Laptops that wont cost more than 35k

Thanks

Computers › Re: Do You Think An Android Laptop Is Worth A Buy? by Pythonian99: 9:36am On Sep 18, 2015

Sorry guys, it's still me Ajibel. The Antispambot in this section banned me for no reason angry

and I've mailed the Mods and Supermods, nothing has been done about it cry

elijah2u:
why can't you buy laptop and Android phone separately?

We both have smartphones already, but my cousin wants a laptop so that he can be able to practice basic computing. He has been going for computer training but have no laptop due to cash constraint, that's why he needs a cheap laptop.

Fulaman198:
An Android laptop has very much limited functionality. Aka it's an utter waste of money

Yea, I know that from what I've read online about Android laptops but we dont need lots of functionalities yet. Just a laptop that can handle basic stuffs like Word documents/ Photos/ DVDs etc. till I can get a good laptop for him like My own laptop (Toshiba) that cost me approximately #125k when I bought it back in 2011.

baba11:
I concur with u....it's better to buy windows tablet..

Thanks, but I have my reservations about Tablets

I won't spend a dime to buy one even if it is 5k

Programming › Re: Am Still Up Coming And I Want To Be A Software Programer by Pythonian99: 6:34pm On Jan 06, 2014

You should be learning how to edit photos on ~~photoshop~~ corel draw. angry

Programming › Re: What U Need To Know Before Learn A Programming Language by Pythonian99: 6:28pm On Jan 06, 2014

Good Boi: Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

I find it hard Sir to know which relationship this have with what i wrote. ManyToMany OneToMany OneToOne

BTW knowing closely related languages helps to solidify your understanding of the initial language

You can use Ruby, PhP, Python to script sites but i don't know the essence of learning the 3 when i'd use just 1.

Programming › Re: Where Are The Desktop GUI Developers In Nigeria? by Pythonian99(op): 6:17pm On Jan 06, 2014

jboy01: i do mine with vb.net and java

for public or private use

and also a learning android development at leasure time

android on desktop

Programming › Re: Where Are The Desktop GUI Developers In Nigeria? by Pythonian99(op): 6:12pm On Jan 06, 2014

Good Boi: Do you mean GUI libraries\API or apps?

Pythonian99: Desktop GUIs

I thought my thread title was clear. embarassed

Programming › Re: Where Are The Desktop GUI Developers In Nigeria? by Pythonian99(op): 6:10pm On Jan 06, 2014

BlueMagnificent: I do mine with c++ using either Qt or wxWidgets toolkits

I was made to understand it's tough using C++ for GUI apps. A buddy switched to Python from C++ claiming it isn't fun and easy.

and alot of my projects are just personal ( for the hack of it)

can you offer suggestions/ideas on what to create as a desktop app because of those who may want to dive into it?

Programming › Re: Where Are The Desktop GUI Developers In Nigeria? by Pythonian99(op): 6:03pm On Jan 06, 2014

ViktorMartins: >>> Are there GUI developers in Nigeria? Am one

cool

>>> What language(s) do you use or you think is best suited for GUIs'? I use python

same here. My choice is wxPy, yours is?

>>> Would/ do you create GUI apps for commercial or personal purposes or both? Both

Have you launched any for the public or yet to?

>>> What is/are your major challenge(s) as a GUI developer? Myself

lol, how?

>>> What do you have to say to n00bs to encourage them to go into GUI? or why should "they" not venture there? Its their choice

Many n00bs dont know about it

Thanks for your response!

Programming › Re: Where Are The Desktop GUI Developers In Nigeria? by Pythonian99(op): 10:43pm On Jan 05, 2014

Desktop GUIs

Programming › Where Are The Desktop GUI Developers In Nigeria? by Pythonian99(op): 9:44pm On Jan 05, 2014*

It has always been on my mind to ask this question but an event this weekend has prompted me to come forward. A friend saw my paper design of a gui app, and he was like "the world is moving in the direction of mobile and i'm still backward with gui" sad

There seem to be little or no attention given to GUI development by Nigerian programmers. We only discuss/ code for the web, mobile and game and GUI seems to be obsolete. Well i intend diving into creation of gui apps but for personal use, sorry wink

so i just want to throw forward the questions:

>>> Are there GUI developers in Nigeria? Please indicate yourself

>>> What language(s) do you use or you think is best suited for GUIs'?

>>> Would/ do you create GUI apps for commercial or personal purposes or both

>>> What is/are your major challenge(s) as a GUI developer?

>>> What do you have to say to n00bs to encourage them to go into GUI? or why should "they" not venture there?

Thanks

Programming › Re: Ten Great Reasons To Learn COBOL by Pythonian99: 9:17pm On Jan 05, 2014

DONOCSO: How do you mean?

Ask Edsger Dijkstra tongue

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Programming › Re: Ten Great Reasons To Learn COBOL by Pythonian99: 4:58pm On Jan 05, 2014

"The use of COBOL cripples the mind; it's teaching should therefore be regarded as a criminal offence"

Webmasters › Re: Latest Social Network Made In NAIJA 4 Nigerians By A Nairalander by Pythonian99: 7:05pm On Jan 02, 2014

woski417: i want all notifications to be sent directly to users message inbox via the phone number they registered with. Notifications such as birthday of friends, reminders and other activities. I thought that this method wil be more lively since some persons dont visit dia email frm time to time@pythonian

But you should have made it an option because there would be people (like me) who'd be uncomfortable in providing their phone numbers. Besides, i didn't provide my number to sites like FB, TWT who wanted to forward my alerts to me via SMS because it's a disturbance.
So Sir, provide options/ alternatives to your users. Don't force them!!! Nothing also stops me from providing a FAKE phone number.

Programming › Re: What U Need To Know Before Learn A Programming Language by Pythonian99: 5:14pm On Jan 02, 2014

rutchiekens: I guess u've never heard of "jack of all trade, master of some"....

No Sir, I'm not interested in the opinion of someone that has now uncharacteristically be termed as a "wise saying".
A true programmer 'd rather do this: For instance, if Python isn't used to develop mobile apps, he'd try to use Python to create a framework that can be used to create mobile apps and see how it works.
That is the kind of Python programmer I want to be, not a Jack-of-many-programming-languages wink

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Programming › Re: Software Programming by Pythonian99: 7:50pm On Jan 01, 2014

Please Python is not (just) a "scripting" language. Thanks

Webmasters › Re: Igbo Programmers Dares Facebook And Twitter By Creating A Social Network In Igbo by Pythonian99: 7:46pm On Jan 01, 2014

Bump!!! What happen to the site huh

Webmasters › Re: Latest Social Network Made In NAIJA 4 Nigerians By A Nairalander by Pythonian99: 4:11pm On Jan 01, 2014

Why MUST i fill in my phone number huh

Why not email address? angry

Programming › Re: Microsoft Vs General Motors by Pythonian99: 3:53pm On Jan 01, 2014

LOL @7 and 10. But i know this is a Joke!!!

Programming › Re: What U Need To Know Before Learn A Programming Language by Pythonian99: 1:23pm On Jan 01, 2014

A programmer can either learn a "low" level or "high" level language as a beginner depending on the path he chooses to follow. You want to learn how to program real world instrumentation, then start with the appropriate language, HARD or EASY!!!

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Programming › Re: Software Programming by Pythonian99: 7:25am On Jan 01, 2014

Python is a good language when you're much concerned about fast development and rapid prototyping and it can be used for other crunching tasks and gets your project quickly delivered but when your project requires speed or requires more interaction with a system's high level layer, then C/C++ becomes your preferred option. That said, you can be a badass in C++ but then use Python to write extension modules or as a component in a large C++ application!!
You'd gain both ways.

As for what to do with your knowledge in C++, start by either looking at what program you can write for your pc to automate basics tasks or go online and start solving challenges, inspiration 'd fall on your path!!!

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Programming › Re: What U Need To Know Before Learn A Programming Language by Pythonian99: 6:58am On Jan 01, 2014

I'd rather learn a language and be a Master in it than choose to learn 5 or 10 and remain an average joe in all!!!

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