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Re: [kictanet] FW: Fablab visit: Tomorrow, 24th Feb 2010 at 10:00am
by charles nduati 24 Feb '10

24 Feb '10

hi esther, thanks for the invite. I will attend chares nduati On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:29 EET Esther Wanjau wrote: > >Dear All, > >I am writing to inform you that the University of Nairobi Fablab Visit will be on Wednesday 24th February, 2010 at 10:00am headed by PS Information,Dr. Bitange Ndemo. > > >Kindly meet up with Mr. John Musasia [0722391607, jmusasia(a)information.go.ke ], Ms. Gladys Gathera [0720409318, ggathera(a)information.go.ke ] and Nicholas Awiti 0721793605 from the Ministry of Information and Communications at the Gate of the Engineering section on Harry Thuku Rd of University Way (immediately after Central Police Station gate). > >Prof. Kamau, University of Nairobi's Engineering School has successfully reverse engineered the converter box for digital TV and will be demonstrating it with his students and also take you on a tour of the facility. > > >Regards > > > >Esther Wanjau >Senior Assistant Director/Information >Ministry of Information and Communications >Tel: +254 20 2251152/2250517 >Cell: +254 722 867361 >email: esther.wanjau(a)information.go.ke >website: www.information.go.ke > > > > >

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Technology & Civic Duty
by Rad! 23 Feb '10

23 Feb '10

Friends, colleagues, countrymen, Visit the following link http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/the_man_on_your_phone_3_government_app… see how technology can be leveraged to not only help government carry out its responsibilities, but also involve the citizens in the same. It is a sad state of affairs that the watchman column on the Nation appears to be the de facto forum for citizens to post their complaints and local government to reply. The ICT Board might want to think of starting and running a program to encourage ICT in government not just from the government end but from the governed end as well

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1995 article on why the Internet won't work!
by Agosta Liko 23 Feb '10

23 Feb '10

http://www.newsweek.com/id/106554 The Internet? Bah! Hype alert: Why cyberspace isn't, and will never be, nirvana By Clifford Stoll | NEWSWEEK >From the magazine issue dated Feb 27, 1995 After two decades online, I'm perplexed. It's not that I haven't had a gas of a good time on the Internet. I've met great people and even caught a hacker or two. But today, I'm uneasy about this most trendy and oversold community. Visionaries see a future of telecommuting workers, interactive libraries and multimedia classrooms. They speak of electronic town meetings and virtual communities. Commerce and business will shift from offices and malls to networks and modems. And the freedom of digital networks will make government more democratic. Baloney. Do our computer pundits lack all common sense? The truth in no online database will replace your daily newspaper, no CD-ROM can take the place of a competent teacher and no computer network will change the way government works. Consider today's online world. The Usenet, a worldwide bulletin board, allows anyone to post messages across the nation. Your word gets out, leapfrogging editors and publishers. Every voice can be heard cheaply and instantly. The result? Every voice is heard. The cacophany more closely resembles citizens band radio, complete with handles, harrasment, and anonymous threats. When most everyone shouts, few listen. How about electronic publishing? Try reading a book on disc. At best, it's an unpleasant chore: the myopic glow of a clunky computer replaces the friendly pages of a book. And you can't tote that laptop to the beach. Yet Nicholas Negroponte, director of the MIT Media Lab, predicts that we'll soon buy books and newspapers straight over the Intenet. Uh, sure. What the Internet hucksters won't tell you is tht the Internet is one big ocean of unedited data, without any pretense of completeness. Lacking editors, reviewers or critics, the Internet has become a wasteland of unfiltered data. You don't know what to ignore and what's worth reading. Logged onto the World Wide Web, I hunt for the date of the Battle of Trafalgar. Hundreds of files show up, and it takes 15 minutes to unravel them--one's a biography written by an eighth grader, the second is a computer game that doesn't work and the third is an image of a London monument. None answers my question, and my search is periodically interrupted by messages like, "Too many connectios, try again later." Won't the Internet be useful in governing? Internet addicts clamor for government reports. But when Andy Spano ran for county executive in Westchester County, N.Y., he put every press release and position paper onto a bulletin board. In that affluent county, with plenty of computer companies, how many voters logged in? Fewer than 30. Not a good omen. Point and click: Then there are those pushing computers into schools. We're told that multimedia will make schoolwork easy and fun. Students will happily learn from animated characters while taught by expertly tailored software.Who needs teachers when you've got computer-aided education? Bah. These expensive toys are difficult to use in classrooms and require extensive teacher training. Sure, kids love videogames--but think of your own experience: can you recall even one educational filmstrip of decades past? I'll bet you remember the two or three great teachers who made a difference in your life. Then there's cyberbusiness. We're promised instant catalog shopping--just point and click for great deals. We'll order airline tickets over the network, make restaurant reservations and negotiate sales contracts. Stores will become obselete. So how come my local mall does more business in an afternoon than the entire Internet handles in a month? Even if there were a trustworthy way to send money over the Internet--which there isn't--the network is missing a most essential ingredient of capitalism: salespeople. What's missing from this electronic wonderland? Human contact. Discount the fawning techno-burble about virtual communities. Computers and networks isolate us from one another. A network chat line is a limp substitute for meeting friends over coffee. No interactive multimedia display comes close to the excitement of a live concert. And who'd prefer cybersex to the real thing? While the Internet beckons brightly, seductively flashing an icon of knowledge-as-power, this nonplace lures us to surrender our time on earth. A poor substitute it is, this virtual reality where frustration is legion and where--in the holy names of Education and Progress--important aspects of human interactions are relentlessly devalued. STOLL is the author of "Silicon Snake Oil--Second Thoughts on the Information Highway," to be published by Doubleday in April.

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Fw: Request for Practical attachment
by Catherine Adeya 23 Feb '10

23 Feb '10

----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Catherine Adeya <elizaslider(a)yahoo.com> To: elizaslider(a)yahoo.com Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Thu, February 18, 2010 2:33:17 PM Subject: [kictanet] Request for Practical attachment Listers, I owe it to my old university to help with the request attached. Apparently so many students are suffering as they cannot get practical attachment places when so many of us benefited (although 20+ years ago) by being able to apply theory to practice. Kindly anyone who can assist, get in touch with the HOD whose email is below. You can cc me if need be. Best Regards, Nyaki ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dept. of Information Tech. <hodit(a)mu.ac.ke> Date: Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 2:08 PM Subject: Practical attachment Dear Catherine, Please find attached, Best regards Dr. David Gichoya Head, Department of Information Technology School of Information Sciences Moi University _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: elizaslider(a)yahoo.com Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/elizaslider%40yahoo.com

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Pesa Pal, Skunkworks Meetup, Today!, from 6pm, Teleposta Towers, 6th Floor
by Phares Kariuki 23 Feb '10

23 Feb '10

PesaPal - Skunkworks Session Hi guys, the team from PesaPal is going to meet skunkworks on Feb 23rd from 6pm. They will cover PesaPal and a. introduce team members to the community b. explain PesaPal's roadmap c. set the stage for feedback from the community. d. educate the community on how to integrate PesaPal for their clients e. build linkages with the skunkworks community for future developments and improvement Speakers Onesmus Kagwanja - PesaPal Chief Technology Officer Will speak about the ecosystem Paul Mungai - PesaPal Chief Software Engineer Will speak about the architecture, design decisions and integration options Benson Njonjo - PesaPal - Head of Open Source Integration Will speak about CMS integration, challenges, vision Mark Mwongela - Managing Director {Verviant} Will speak about how to work with buyers {companies}, how to sell e commerce Agosta Liko - Founder General Vision, Opportunities for techies, how we work together to sambaza this epayment thing Thanks -- With Regards, Phares Kariuki | T: +254 734 810 802 | E: pkariuki(a)gmail.com | Twitter: kaboro | Skype: kariukiphares |

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[Fwd: [At-Large] Apply for ICANN leadership positions (Nominating Committee)]
by alice 22 Feb '10

22 Feb '10

Hi all, So here's a chance for our region to begin to influence ICANN processes. best alice ----------------------------- Hi, The Nominating Committee is accepting applications, the closing date is April 2, 2010. Positions to be filled this year: * Three members of the Board of Directors of ICANN * Two At Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) representatives (one each from the European and North American regions) * One member of the Council of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) * One member of the Council of the Country-Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) Successful applicants will take their seats at the conclusion of the 2010 AGM, (5-10 December, Latin America.) For information on how to apply or to recommend someone, see <http://nomcom.icann.org/> Adam _______________________________________________ At-Large mailing list At-Large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large_atlarge-lists.ican… At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org

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Re: [kictanet] Fw: YAHOO ACCOUNT VERIFICATION ALERT !!!
by michael Ouma 22 Feb '10

22 Feb '10

Hi all: thanks a lot for your advice. i've been sent so many of those messages and in many versions that at some point i almost thought they were genuine and was about to provide the info. anyway, thanks a lot for opening my eyes, i'm now wiser, all because of you all. regards. Michael Ouma Journalist Kenya Tel:+254-725-537823 "Do not go where the path may lead, but go instead where there is no path and leave a trail," - Ralph Waldo Emerson --- On Mon, 2/22/10, Mwangi Wamae <mwangi.wamae(a)gmail.com> wrote: From: Mwangi Wamae <mwangi.wamae(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Fw: YAHOO ACCOUNT VERIFICATION ALERT !!! To: "michael Ouma" <benomnta(a)yahoo.com> Date: Monday, February 22, 2010, 4:57 AM Ouma: Never, ever share your password with anyone. Ever. -Mw On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 1:35 AM, michael Ouma <benomnta(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Hi listers: are these warnings real and one's required to provide the requested info or i just ignore them? kindly advice. Michael Ouma Journalist Kenya Tel:+254-725-537823 "Do not go where the path may lead, but go instead where there is no path and leave a trail," - Ralph Waldo Emerson --- On Fri, 2/19/10, YAHOO CENTER <vonweise(a)yahoo.com> wrote: From: YAHOO CENTER <vonweise(a)yahoo.com> Subject: YAHOO ACCOUNT VERIFICATION ALERT !!! To: Date: Friday, February 19, 2010, 8:11 AM Dear Valued Member, YAHOO ACCOUNT VERIFICATION ALERT !!! (KMM69467VL055834KM) Yahoo Mail has discovered series of illegal attempts on your Yahoo Account from bad Ip Location and will shut your account as it has been flagged as a spam account. You are the thus immediately required to Secure Your Online Access by Manually Filling The Form Below by clicking on the reply-to button on your page, Filling Correct Information Carefully and Sending to Yahoo Alert Center: Yahoo! ID Card Name:............................. .............................. . Yahoo! ID:............................... ....................... Yahoo! Mail Address:.......................... .......... Password:......................... .............................. . Member Information Gender:........................... .............................. .... Birth-date:........................ .............................. .......... Country:...................... .................................. ............ Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his or her account before few hours of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently. Yahoo! Customer Care Case number: 8941624 Property: Account Security 2009 Copyright © 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: mwangi.wamae(a)gmail.com Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/mwangi.wamae%40gmail.c…

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Fw: YAHOO ACCOUNT VERIFICATION ALERT !!!
by michael Ouma 22 Feb '10

22 Feb '10

Hi listers: are these warnings real and one's required to provide the requested info or i just ignore them? kindly advice. Michael Ouma Journalist Kenya Tel:+254-725-537823 "Do not go where the path may lead, but go instead where there is no path and leave a trail," - Ralph Waldo Emerson --- On Fri, 2/19/10, YAHOO CENTER <vonweise(a)yahoo.com> wrote: From: YAHOO CENTER <vonweise(a)yahoo.com> Subject: YAHOO ACCOUNT VERIFICATION ALERT !!! To: Date: Friday, February 19, 2010, 8:11 AM Dear Valued Member, YAHOO ACCOUNT VERIFICATION ALERT !!! (KMM69467VL055834KM) Yahoo Mail has discovered series of illegal attempts on your Yahoo Account from bad Ip Location and will shut your account as it has been flagged as a spam account. You are the thus immediately required to Secure Your Online Access by Manually Filling The Form Below by clicking on the reply-to button on your page, Filling Correct Information Carefully and Sending to Yahoo Alert Center: Yahoo! ID Card Name:............................. .............................. . Yahoo! ID:............................... ....................... Yahoo! Mail Address:.......................... .......... Password:......................... .............................. . Member Information Gender:........................... .............................. .... Birth-date:........................ .............................. .......... Country:...................... .................................. ............ Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his or her account before few hours of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently. Yahoo! Customer Care Case number: 8941624 Property: Account Security 2009 Copyright © 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.

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Invitation to Public-The Music Business is Big Business
by John Matogo 19 Feb '10

19 Feb '10

Greetings, We invite you to a Public Lecture on the Music Industry in Kenya. The theme of this lecture is “The Music Business is Big Business”. The lecture will be at Strathmore University Auditorium (Madaraka Campus) on Wednesday 24th February 2010, at from 6.00pm to 7.30pm. Guests are encouraged to arrive by 5.30pm This is lecture part of the Lecturer Series the Strathmore Enterprise Development Centre, in collaboration with partners, is organising on the creative industry in Kenya. We welcome you to attend. Kindly share this information with others who would be interested in attending. Regards John Matogo Programme Manager Strathmore Enterprise Development Centre (SEDC) Strathmore University P.O. Box 59857-00200 Nairobi, KENYA Tel: 606155,606268 ext 2280 Email: jmatogo(a)strathmore.edu<mailto:jmatogo@strathmore.edu> Web: <http://www.strathmore.edu> <http://www.strathmore.edu/sedc> www.strathmore.edu/sedc<http://www.strathmore.edu/sedc> [cid:image001.gif@01CAB184.97EBC190] ________________________________ Strathmore University provides all-round education in an atmosphere of freedom and responsibility. This email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for use by the recipient(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential information. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender immediately and permanently delete this email and/or any files attached to it from your computer. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Strathmore University. The University accepts no liability whatsoever for any loss or damages incurred, or suffered, resulting, or arising, from the use of this email and/or its attachments. The University warrants neither the integrity of the e-mail nor its freedom from errors, viruses, interception or any other form of interference. …………………………………………………………………. Website: www.strathmore.edu

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'ICT: Revolutionary Tools' conference: Now 4TH-5TH MAY
by Catherine Adeya 19 Feb '10

19 Feb '10

For those who may have sent applications for this conference, here is an update. Thanks Nyaki ________________________________ From: esph05(a)staffmail.ed.ac.uk Subject: 'ICT: Revolutionary Tools' conference: Now 4TH-5TH MAY Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:22:19 +0000 Dear colleagues, The response to the Call for Papers for 'ICT: Africa's Revolutionary Tools for the 21st Century?' has been tremendous and we are anticipating a large audience. For this reason we have had to move the conference location, which has been tricky at this stage with many venues in Edinburgh already booked out. We have secured a new venue, but this has only been possible for a later date. We would therefore like to inform you that the date of the conference has been moved to 4th-5th May. The main details are on the ICT: Africa's Revolutionary Tools for the 21st Century?, with further details to follow in the next couple of days. An updated poster is attached as a .pdf file. Please reply to this address if you are having difficulties in downloading the poster. The same details are also available on the 'ICT: Africa's Revolutionary Tools for the 21st Century?' conference website. To make the most of the extra two weeks we now have, the Call for Papers has been kept open until 25th February. All who have submitted an abstract will be notified shortly after that date. With best wishes from the Conference Secretariat. ________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now.

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