Damilare Onajole

Just before you start up

Damilare — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 06:58:28 +0000

Another wonderful idea just struck you, perhaps you have done the necessary market research. You are sure this one is the right step to take. Before starting up again, please read the next few paragraphs.

A lot of things need be considered before jumping onto projects, most budding entrepreneurs don’t, and hence they don’t complete them, fail or succeed by fluke. There are numerous factors one needs to consider, amongst them all, I find these very important

Research: Have you done all necessary market research? Never embark on a project because you are merely in love with the idea. The love will be short-lived and the drive to forge ahead will escape, leaving you with a feeling of failure and frustration. Instead, take all ideas into a research bed.

Strive to answer questions like who would benefit from this project? What problems are going to be solved? What are the social or economic values of the end product? Get these answers and perform a reality check on them. If you are satisfied with the results, consider other factors below. (more…)

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Web Development Tools I can’t do without

Damilare — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:46:14 +0000

There are five web development tools I live by everyday and night. They are Firebug, Web Developer Toolbar, ColorZilla, PHP Designer and Adobe Fireworks. Good news is they are all free except the last two (there are open source alternatives).

Firebug

I’d say firebug is the most exciting of them all, making JavaScript debugging a lot easier. Firebug is a Mozilla Addon that explains the CSS, XHTML and JavaScript components on a web page.

Firebug is developed by Joe Hewitt of facebook. Read more on firebug on getfirebug.com

Web Developer Toolbar

Web Developer toolbar is a useful toolbar developed by Chris Pederick. WDT adds a menu to the firefox browser that gives you access to various tools like page Ruler to measure any dimension on your page, image information, edit any website’s XHTML and preview changes instantly, view style information and edit CSS files, and much more.

See more information on Web Development Toolbar on Chrispederick.com

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Oro Ede: Will this save Yoruba Langauge?

Damilare — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:37:42 +0000

It is uncommon these days to find websites providing content translation in several languages, what is common however is the absence of most African languages. To me, this means African languages are fast going into extinction. While African languages die as time ticks, some of her native speakers strive to the rescue.

One of the numerous initiatives to keep African Languages, notably Yoruba, is Oro Ede. Oro Ede is a web based translation app from Yoruba to English and vice versa. This project is single handedly spear-headed by Jide Otuyelu (Proud to be his friend).

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

Damilare — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:22:53 +0000

(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

Damilare — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:20:46 +0000

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

Damilare — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:26:55 +0000

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)

Damilare — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:09:57 +0000

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)

Damilare — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:32:07 +0000

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!

Damilare — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:17:30 +0000

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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