₦airaland Forum

Beaf:
Give it to omo to dun (if only for his profile pic ).

LOL! Its not only for his profile picture, but a lot more!

Not Bad!

Finally, you've made sense! Mail the snap shots of the various interfaces of the software to my inbox @ sweetpawn(at)gmail.com so I can figure out what the system does so as to know how to write on it.

^^^
Na u be the 1st CORRECT person wey enter this thread.

What help do u need? Your shouting help help. Help u do what? Sell ur software? Buy u recharge card? Polish ur nails? Donate cash to you? What?

@ MorningGlory so what do you want to do now that you have developed your software with no writeup?

I checked this link: http://www.ng.airtel.com/Extras/AirtelMobileInternet.aspx which for some reason is no longer available and was shocked to see that the server gave me an error message!
I mean a WHOLE airtel cannot clean up their website! No wonder their services suck! Pooh!

^^^
Abeg, tell them o.

=N=150,000.00k for one week!?!
Men thats on the mega-high side! Only big companies will be the clients. Why pay so much to advertise on one site when you can reach the whole planet with fb and google ads? Why so dear? How will this aid small and medium scale business folks? Would the adplacers people not have more cash if more people payed around 2k to 20k per week rather than one or two folks pay 150k per week?

To use a timer on a website you will need to use a client side scripting language. That role belongs to javascript.
Check out these links to using and implementing javascript timers [url=http://www.google.com.ng/search?sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=90g&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&source=hp&q=javascript+timer+code&btnG=Search] Here. [/url]

Choosing Topics geared towards improving the Development of our Society.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Now consider this topic:
“Online NAFDAC Registration and Verification Solution”
Ever bought a drug and discovered that it did not work for you? Yet if you checked for the NAFDAC number you would see one. How can you be sure that the number wasn’t just printed on the drug’s container and is a fake one? Is there any way you can be sure that the NAFDAC number you see is real? How can you verify that claim? Is there an easily accessible medium by which ordinary members of the public like you and I can check to see if a drug has been registered? If the drug cannot be verified is there a way we can report the fake drug to NAFDAC?

Looking at the above, we can clearly see that we have a problem predominant in our society that has yet to be solved. Why go perfecting algorithms and models when your people are in danger of consuming fake drugs-an issue that you can tackle with you knowledge of computer science?

Now if you were a Nigerian Computer Science professor and two students came up with their project titles, one the Model Improvement title and the other, the NAFDAC Verification title, which of the two titles would you believe if implemented would aid the Nigerian society more? Your guess is as good as mine!

---

Need Good Project Topics? Click  Here

Hello,Michael 13

Thanks for the comments.
To answer your question, yes there are a lot of job prospects out there for a programmer but perhaps the one that sells most (and which can be done independently, without having to be employed by a big computer firm) would be web development.
That’s where you learn the PHPs, HTMLs, CSS, AYAXs, PERLs, PHYTHONs, FLASHs, C#s of this world. It’s easy to find a job in web development because everyone wants to own a data driven website and not a static one. Also look into mobile phone development. With the advent of the boom of Mobile Phone devices, that will be a very rich source of revenue for programmers in the near future. But for now, its web development that sells.

talk2hb1:
Web application is the present mobile application is the future. So guys position yourself for the BIG slam.
I think web and mobile application are not dying in the next 10yrs.
Sanjuma

Word.

Choosing the Best Topic for Your Project Defense.
-----------------------------------------------------------

Okay, so you’ve picked a topic. You understand its aims and objectives intuitively. Is there any thing else that you need to know that can help you decide if the topic you have chosen is the best one for you?

Here’s a tip. Choose a topic that will solve something in your immediate environment. That way you will get more marks as you are targeting real-life issues in your society and it will be viewed that you are using your knowledge gained from your education to contribute to the developmental uplifting of your environment.
Try not to choose a topic like:

“An Adaptive Programming Model for Fault-Tolerant Distributed Computing”

It may sound good and all, but does it solve the immediate problems experienced in a developing third world country like ours? Most of the topics that we gather online come from sources which belong to the white man. The white man has overcome the issues of constant electricity, cheap and affordable internet services and a conducive environment for a human being to live in. So the type of project that his students will be solving will be research topics to discover new ways and algorithms for solving already existing solved problems like the one in the topic I gave above: Already there are many Adaptive Programming Models in existence but this project seeks to create one that will over come the problems associated with the already existing models. This project will be of use to the environment of the white man, since almost every aspect of their society is based on the computer, hence it makes sense to create models that will make them more fault tolerant so that they can function more efficiently.

In country like our’s, where not even 2% of our society is based on the workings of the computer, of what real use will such a topic have for us? Why seek to improve a model that is not even in operation in our society?

We have to think of this when choosing topics for our Final Year Projects.

Later we will look at topics that are geared towards solving problems in our society.

---

Need Good Project Topics? Click  Here

Getting a Project Topic.
---------------------------


Obviously, this is the first thing that one should think of. But the problem is how to go about it. Many students will search the web, libraries or other sources looking for topics that they could use. Sadly, after a topic might have been found, many students fail to fully understand the purpose for which the project was intended for.
A good example:
A student I once knew went online and searched for topics to use. He finally came up with the topic,
“Genetic Algorithm Based Train Simulation Using Concurrent Engineering”
I was like, “Dude, what the devil does that mean?!?”
He replied, “Don’t know yet, will research it later.”
I asked him, “Why did you choose it then, if you have no idea what it means?”
He responded, “It sounds big and complicated. Don’t want my project to sound common place and simple!”
I wished him good luck.
In the end, while defending his project, he was asked by the project examiners to explain to them what his topic was all about. Turned out that what he had researched on had no bearing whatsoever with the topic as the examining panel pointed out to him that the explanation he gave, and the actual meaning of the project topic, were two different things entirely!
  The poor lad was told to rewrite his work under a week after which he was awarded with a D for all his troubles. If he had taken a “simple” project topic which he understood, he would have cleared his papers!
The thing about choosing a project title is that you should know what the title’s all about! Only then can you begin to research in the right direction! Choose a title that is clear to you, that you understand. Do researches on the project and confirm that the purpose of the project is in line with the notion that you had about it. Do not wait until the eleventh-and-a-half hour before you are told what your project really is!
My next post will guide us on the tips to take to choosing the best topic for our project defense.

---

Need Good Project Topics? Click  Here

Woulda said you should post a similar thread on the health section but u might be banned. Dont worry Tryxo even if u dont make front page,u will get your votes. Naija no go carry last!

Don't mention. Anything for a brother -in-code!

@ Tryxo
Very well done man! Sweet!
I like to say thank you for putting Nigeria on the Global stage in this way. You make me proud!
For you to be in the front page of this forum, you will need to start a thread. I have taken the liberty to create one for you here:
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-798089.0.html#msg9497100

People like me will see it and will surly vote for you! I went to youtube to vote and saw that an Egyptian had already voted for you! If someone outside our shores recognizes the value of you work why not us? I see no reason why you should not make the front page!

GoodLuck Brother and once again Thank You!

A final year student of Electronics and computer engineering at the Federal University of Technology, Owerri has developed a
software geared towards reducing infant mortality in developing countries. The App which he calls the i propose(i-Solutions), detects pathologies in newly born babies from the cry sound they produce using neural networks.

He has enrolled in an innovative competition organized by an international body CRDF for Asia, middle east and Africa. The name of the competition is Global Innovation Through Science and Technology (GISTech). Contestants are to create a 2 minute video presentation of how they can solve a world problem using Sci and Tech.

The thing is that all competition entries (videos) are to be voted for by public on you tube and only those with the highest votes qualify to the next round.

I watched the video and I was once again proud to be a Nigerian! Let's vote for this Lad! He's our very own representing 9ja on the Global Stage! For once let's be renowned for something good other than 419!

Vote for him here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRE0bgAvP_o

Ah dont mention! No need 2 b sorry! Its not ur fault that it is a crime on this forum to be banned for talking about programming on the program board. Maybe I will talk about fashion here instead.
I was imagining the actual software implementation of ur application project. Seems like the kind of service MTN and co should be thinking of! Cool thing is that is actually do-able!
Good luck with it!

Here goes!

@dustydee
Seems GPS will be involved. But for that to happen the restaurants will have to have GPS location devices installed in their locations and that isn't really practical-at least on in Nigeria !

The other idea that comes to mind is using a map. Already there are tools on nokia and google that can do just that. You can make a query to find all the restaurants in an area and you will be shown the map highlighting the locations of restaurants. So you might be able to add this already existing applications as plugins into your mobile devices. Maybe you should do a Google search on "Google maps plugin for mobile devices" or something like that! Note this will smart phones and ipad-ish handheld devices. Do not think it will work on a regular java phone.

The third idea is to collect data by yourself about all the business locations in an area. Create an online database to store the information like business address, latitude and longitude of the location as well as the type of business.
Now, with a GPS (do a research on GPS so you understand the technology) enabled handset, your application will calculate the current latitude and longitude information of the phone so that when a query is made for say, the nearest bookshop, your phone will search your online database for all the businesses under the field "bookshop" and get their longitude and latitude so that it can use the geographical data to calculate the distances of the bookshops from the location of the phone. the bookshop with the Shortest distance will then be found and you problem is solved!
I would advise you use the third idea. its far easier to do that the other two! Plus it will cover a wider range of mobile phone handsets. Hmm now it looks like a very interesting project- Mobile Phone Based GPS Business Service Tracking Solution!

Does that satisfy you, dustydee?

I have the answer but the robot thingy keeps banning me!
Tell us what, If it banns me again, drop your mail so I can send you the reply!

Testing for banning, 1, 2 . . . ?

@dustydee

Seems GPS will be involved. But for that to happen the restaurants will have to have GPS location devices installed in their locations and that isn't really practical-at least on in Nigeria !

The other idea that comes to mind is using a map. Already there are tools on nokia and google that can do just that. You can make a query to find all the restaurants in an area and you will be shown the map highlighting the locations of restaurants. So you might be able to add this already existing applications as plugins into your mobile devices. Maybe you should do a Google search on "Google maps plugin for mobile devices" or something like that! Note this will smart phones and ipad-ish handheld devices. Do not think it will work on a regular java phone.

The third idea is to collect data by yourself about all the business locations in an area. Create an online database to store the information like business address, latitude and longitude of the location as well as the type of business.
Now, with a GPS (do a research on GPS so you understand the technology) enabled handset, your application will calculate the current latitude and longitude information of the phone so that when a query is made for say, the nearest bookshop, your phone will search your online database for all the businesses under the field "bookshop" and get their longitude and latitude so that it can use the geographical data to calculate the distances of the bookshops from the location of the phone. the bookshop with the Shortest distance will then be found and you problem is solved!
I would advise you use the third idea. its far easier to do that the other two! Plus it will cover a wider range of mobile phone handsets. Hmm now it looks like a very interesting project- Mobile Phone Based GPS Business Service Tracking Solution!

Does that satisfy you, dustydee?

Very, very good work Mr. Best!
I see the day when your OS will be ready, fast approaching!

Was looking for your thread and saw it on page 2 and I said "HELL NO!" Must get it back to frontpage! Wonder why innovative threads like this one can't be stuck to the front page, instead we have "competitions" on every home page and thread existing on this forum.
More "Ogbnor" soup with like[b] 20[/b] roundabouts, 10 "pumo" and 5 "waka" (Waka is the leg of chicken after it has been cooked. Its feet are always spread out wide and it points the fingers at whosoever wants to eat it in a "waka"-like inflammatory hand gesture fashion! ).
Enjoy your soup down your throat-miles better than having grease on your elbow!

This sounds incredibly encouraging!
How does one load money into the card for subsequent reuse? Does one have to reapply or does one join the incredibly long queues of which UBA is well renowed for to pay?

@braimah
what about the other people that made request? Will u not help them too o great java master?

^^^
Chie! @doncigalo you are a dream killer!
You've talked sense that has made the guy run away!

google flipper to find were to sell ur site.

@dhtml
I HEAR YOU O!
Silly me for even bothering to make a video tutorial! Not only does "African man" (Which, by your definition means a man who has the ability to read to acquire knowledge but does not want to read and acquire knowledge- which explains why his environment always has to be termed as the under-developed/third world parts of the earth) not read tutorials, he cannot watch video tutorials as well!
But he will watch "Home Video" and read facebook messages. Hmm! Maybe, its the word "tutorials" that is his problem! Little wonder his present generation of youths fail terribly in exams these days!I feel sorry for the "African Man"
If that is how Africans are defined, I would feel very sorry for myself too! But thank goodness, that's not the case!

@Dual Core
LOL. Wonder if u meant that as a joke or a technical issue that u had!
Thanks for the heads-up!

@bakenda
I get you now! More exposure to the foreign public. Will try that. Thanks!
@slyrox
Aww,thank you very much! You've just made my day!
Kinda sorry the site gave u wahala to use! I knew reading the tuts would b a bother so i put a video tut instead! Maybe that will shed more light!
Will add specs as u say(300x300 minimum) . Or u could 'grab a face' from the 'photo bank' link @ d homepage.
More publicity is what I need 2 do! Got it!
Again thanks!!!