Efiko Identity: We are Efikos not geeks nor are we nerds

Found in Channel : Random Talks — Damilare @ 5:22 pm No Comments »

(Me, debugging a bug-ridden web application used for Hotel reservation in Hell Fire)

As a new knowledge-oriented renaissance crops up among Nigerian youths, we need to draw a line between who a nerd, a geek and an Efiko is. Nerds are basically people of rare intelligence above average. Geeks on the other hand, are people deeply rooted and a specific field, notably Computer Science. However one thing geeks and nerds have in common is there social reclusiveness, or as perceived by the ‘normal’ people.

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Starting a Domain, Hosting and Web Design Company in Nigeria

Found in Channel : Business Talks, Web Design — Damilare @ 4:20 pm 3 Comments »

If you are looking for a lucrative internet business to start, you should consider a starting Web Design Company, it’s till quite a niche area in Nigeria at the moment. But before you do, you need to get certain things in place. Neither coding HTML, nor crazy graphics designing is part of these.

First, you need to understand what it entails to getting a website. Secondly, you need to be able to explain the benefits to your prospective customers. You’ll get the former here, and in simple sentences, the later is up to you!

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Entrepreneurial tips for up and coming Naija music stars

Found in Channel : Business Talks, Music — Damilare @ 2:26 pm 5 Comments »

I have learnt over time to apply entrepreneurial approaches towards all endeavors, and I learnt the hard way. More often than not, we become so blinded by what we have passion for that we fail to see reasons to be shrewdly smart about them. This makes us almost a loser at the long run. While some becomes used and dumped, some just lose touch of reality!

Music is becoming a serious business in Nigeria lately; thousands of young people are making demo tapes of songs made from fruityloops or cakewalk, while they roam the streets of Lagos, looking for a record labels to float on. Some of theses dudes (or gals) are as bad as a humming mosquito, while some rocks like a gangan drum on steroids!

A close study of these two, the bad and good, shows that the bad ones come to limelight because they have been able to apply basic entrepreneurial tips. Tune to a typical local Nigerian TV to get more gists. I hope the good ones, can find this piece and turn the table around.

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Effective Web Design Process (Making of my Blog)

Found in Channel : Web Design — Damilare @ 2:09 pm 2 Comments »

What process do you follow when making websites? Having designed and developed websites for over 5 years, I have come to discover a very good process for developing websites. I am a process geek, therefore I believe every activity that must be repeated, must fall within a designed process. That paves way for process innovation.

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I am disappointed in Peace Hotels (Omole, Lagos)

Found in Channel : Business Talks, Random Talks — Damilare @ 1:32 pm 4 Comments »

I had a one week break from work life last week, so I decided to spend it wisely. Initially I headed for Abeokuta (the Rock City) in Ogun State, Nigeria, so I could enjoy the serene environment.

I hadn’t spend 48 hours in Abeokua when Lanre (Pyranet), a friend from Lagos State University (Festac Campus) gave me a call. I had to go back to Lagos. Our bid have been approved to deploy an e-learning cum library application for the school’s intranet. Money or Fun? I had to choose one.

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The re-birth of my Virtual Corner!

Found in Channel : Random Talks — Damilare @ 6:17 am No Comments »

This is my virtual corner. I am Damilare, my friends call me Dami for short. I am a Web Developer and SEO with an half degree in Philosophy.

The net journey dates back to 2002. I started with Freeservers.com, then I was running one of .xx.com sub domains. Blogging was not as common as it is now, and perhaps the likes of Blogger, Typepad, WordPresss were still the in minds of their creators. What we had was web pages, not personal journals like today’s blogs. We would create about 7 pages, and probably an image gallery..ah yes, plus a guestbook for our visitors.

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