tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82785390013922459812024-02-07T02:17:13.101-08:00Kenya's local content promotion websiteWelcome to contentKenya, a site that seeks to review Kenyan websites, provide developers with information and disseminate social media and ICT news in Kenya. You may contact us to collaborate in writting.Nick Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15320621626153130051noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278539001392245981.post-57792917703964240222009-09-06T05:10:00.000-07:002009-09-06T05:12:20.409-07:00There is a robot presenter on Kiss TV!(TV2.0?)You have probably requested for a song to be played on radio or tv before. And your song may not have been played because there were too many requests on line or the DJ had his/her own idea of what the play-list should look like. Well, Kiss TV TVR(Total video request) changes that. Imagine using your mobile phone as a TV remote and watching its effect live on your TV screen! This is probably the Nick Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15320621626153130051noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278539001392245981.post-29129396059761252222009-08-26T02:53:00.000-07:002009-08-26T02:58:53.619-07:00Forget Adsense, Kenyan site owners can now actually earn money onlinewebPesa is East Africa's ad server intended to make advertising localized and revenue earning simple , fast and efficient. After signup you get your own control panel as an advertiser or a publisher. The best thing about this server is that payment starts at Ksh 500 and advertising for the same price. You however need a safaricom line that is mpesa activated and must be at least a resident of Nick Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15320621626153130051noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278539001392245981.post-27838260185849192692009-08-23T06:05:00.001-07:002009-08-23T06:05:55.373-07:00Mashada. the ultimate web2.0? If there is only one website management team in Kenya’s cyberspace industry that is always working round the clock to deliver, then its got to be the Mashada admin. I’ve seen the website transform from a basic phpBB powered forum t the country’s ultimate web2.0. If you need to see a practical example of social media in action then this is where to go. At the sign up page there is the option Nick Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15320621626153130051noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278539001392245981.post-1310669332821385552009-08-06T09:46:00.000-07:002009-08-06T09:52:41.756-07:00Hacking Vista: Unlock the supersecret Administrator accountDeep inside the bowels of Windows Vista, there's a secret Administrator account, and it's different from the normal administrator account you most likely have set up on your PC. This Administrator account is not part of the Administrator group. (Confused yet? You should be.) It's a kind of superadministrator, akin to the root account in Unix, and by default it's turned off and hidden. (In Nick Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15320621626153130051noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278539001392245981.post-33430210265676120212009-08-06T05:29:00.000-07:002009-08-06T05:38:47.890-07:00Why Cloud Computing is the Future of MobileSource: readwriteweb The term "cloud computing" is being bandied about a lot these days, mainly in the context of the "future of the web." But cloud computing's potential doesn't begin and end with the personal computer's transformation into a thin client - the mobile platform is going to be heavily impacted by this technology as well. At least that's the analysis being put forth by ABI Nick Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15320621626153130051noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278539001392245981.post-64681537735972644482009-08-06T04:50:00.000-07:002009-08-06T05:02:06.198-07:00AI: Enter Neural Networks...(part1)Introduction This article is Part 1 of a series of 3 articles that I am going to post. The proposed article content will be as follows: Part 1: This one, will be an introduction into Perceptron networks (single layer neural networks) Part 2: Will be about multi layer neural networks, and the back propogation training method to solve a non-linear classification problem such as the logic of an Nick Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15320621626153130051noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278539001392245981.post-20351251948435691462009-08-05T03:53:00.000-07:002009-08-05T03:57:37.616-07:00How to choose the best CMSChoosing a content management system can be tricky. Without a clearly defined set of requirements, you will be seduced by fancy functionality that you will never use. What then should you look for in a CMS?When I left home for university my mother taught me a valuable lesson. If you want to save money, never go grocery shopping when you are hungry, and always write a list. If you don’t, you’ll be Nick Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15320621626153130051noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278539001392245981.post-950149987129122832009-08-05T03:33:00.000-07:002009-08-05T03:34:50.088-07:00How to optimize for BingEver since Microsoft launched its Bing search engine, it has drawn a lot of interest (and speculation) from the SEO community. On one hand, this is quite logical because Bing is intended to be one more heavy-weight player and it is expected to cut some share from Google. On the other hand, this is hardly the first time a new heavy-weight player comes to the ring, so maybe the expectations that Nick Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15320621626153130051noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278539001392245981.post-67778202371649342382009-08-05T03:29:00.000-07:002009-08-05T03:31:59.419-07:00SEO Mistakes you can't afford to make1Targetting the wrong keywords This is a mistake many people make and what is worse – even experienced SEO experts make it. People choose keywords that in their mind are descriptive of their website but the average users just may not search them. For instance, if you have a relationship site, you might discover that “relationship guide” does not work for you, even though it has the “relationship”Nick Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15320621626153130051noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278539001392245981.post-51408543550799006852009-08-03T05:22:00.000-07:002009-08-03T05:23:06.900-07:00Dumb online biz ideas that made millionaires1. Million Dollar Homepage 1000000 pixels, charge a dollar per pixel – that’s perhaps the dumbest idea for online business anyone could have possible come up with. Still, Alex Tew, a 21-year-old who came up with the idea, is now a millionaire. 2. SantaMail Ok, how’s that for a brilliant idea. Get a postal address at North Pole, Alaska, pretend you are Santa Claus and charge Nick Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15320621626153130051noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278539001392245981.post-55550558528895030002009-08-03T05:03:00.000-07:002009-08-03T05:20:32.277-07:00Sample Business Plan Executive Summary The Athlete's Foot store in Pine Ridge Square will become the athletic footwear headquarters for the City of Coral Springs, Florida. There are 29,000 school-aged children, of which over 11,000 participate in the city's 16 structured athletic programs. There are 27 schools, with Nick Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15320621626153130051noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278539001392245981.post-35649642458171356192009-08-03T05:00:00.000-07:002009-08-03T05:01:43.763-07:00Why Should Your Employees Like You?When a couple of employees were habitually late to work at Oceanside Photo & Telescope in Oceanside, Calif., owner Craig Weatherwax refrained from harsh words or disciplinary action. Instead, he opted for a heart-to-heart discussion, explaining the reasons behind their start time and how their tardiness was affecting other team members.“I believe there’s a rough and tumble way to handle Nick Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15320621626153130051noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278539001392245981.post-76145862798137473772009-08-03T01:25:00.000-07:002009-08-03T01:30:50.002-07:00Chroming the BrowserGoogle takes aim squarely at Microsoft with the release of its new Web browser, Chrome. Even though it isn't jam-packed with features, Chrome lives up to its hype by rethinking the Web browser in clever and convenient ways that make using the Web a more organic experience than you'd get with either Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 or Mozilla's Firefox 3.Initially available for download for WindowsNick Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15320621626153130051noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278539001392245981.post-11707227615836966052009-08-03T01:21:00.000-07:002009-08-03T01:25:14.527-07:00How to Simply Create Your Own Mobile WebsiteMobile web browsing is gaining popularity and acceptance thanks to the extensive proliferation of iPhones and other mobile appliances with surf-friendly interfaces. As a result it is becoming more and more important to offer a mobile-friendly alternative to your current website.
The reality is, however, that many website owners seem to have no inclination to spend money on a medium that (as far Nick Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15320621626153130051noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278539001392245981.post-13026155524075545472009-07-31T08:31:00.000-07:002009-07-31T08:37:12.241-07:00Yahoo got BingedSource: TechCrunchToday, Yahoo died as a search engine. If the deal with Microsoft is approved, what will replace it will be Bing, the search engine that Microsoft launched only two months ago. Within a few months time, Microsoft will go from owning 8 percent of the U.S. search market to 28 percent (comScore). That is still less than half of Google’s 65 percent, but it could give Microsoft a Nick Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15320621626153130051noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278539001392245981.post-52759954767841834162009-07-31T00:39:00.000-07:002009-07-31T01:02:04.534-07:00WebMaster must-have ToolsThese are free must have tools for webmasters provided by iwebtools.com Search Engines Backlink CheckerFind a list of backlinks linking to a specific website.Cloaking CheckerCloaking CheckerGoogle Banned CheckerDiscover whether a website is banned on Google.Google Datacenter SearchSearch keywords/phrase through different Google data centres.Google PageRank PredictionPredict your futureNick Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15320621626153130051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278539001392245981.post-24287573384016663692009-07-31T00:32:00.000-07:002009-07-31T00:38:58.776-07:00Creating an OpenID providerOpenID is an open, decentralized, free framework for user-centric digital identity (I stole that from their website). But what does it mean? Well, basically OpenID is a way to authenticate yourself to various places (websites) by verifying your identity as the owner of a particular URL (say, a website of your own). Instead of giving a username and password to a login form, you just give it your Nick Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15320621626153130051noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278539001392245981.post-46325284651449196712009-07-30T02:09:00.001-07:002009-07-30T02:09:57.781-07:00Difference between the internet and the world wide webMany people use the terms Internet and World Wide Web (aka. the Web) interchangeably, but in fact the two terms are not synonymous. The Internet and the Web are two separate but related things.The Internet is a massive network of networks, a networking infrastructure. It connects millions of computers together globally, forming a network in which any computer can communicate with any other Nick Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15320621626153130051noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278539001392245981.post-53260343586118692122009-07-30T01:39:00.000-07:002009-07-30T01:51:24.055-07:00What is Email?Even with the multimedia excitement of the Web, Electronic Mail (email) is the most frequently used application of the Internet. Many people who have access to the Internet at school, home, and work, use the Internet for no other purpose than to send and receive email. According to International Data Corporation (IDC), on an average day in the year 2000, 5.1 billion emails are sent in the US and Nick Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15320621626153130051noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278539001392245981.post-6025614271318662642009-07-30T01:36:00.000-07:002009-07-30T01:53:18.295-07:00How the internet worksFor the purpose of this example let’s say that you want to send a file to a friend who lives on the opposite side of the country. You select the file that your friend wants and you send it to him via email. Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) prepares the data to be sent and received. TCP/IP ensures that a Macintosh network can exchange data with a Windows, or a Unix Nick Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15320621626153130051noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278539001392245981.post-87913386569045679802009-07-30T01:33:00.000-07:002009-07-30T01:54:57.982-07:00SpywareSpyware is a general term used for software that performs certain behaviors such as advertising, collecting personal information, or changing the configuration of your computer, generally without appropriately obtaining your consent. You might have spyware or other unwanted softwatre on your computer if: You see pop-up advertisements even when you’re not on the Web.The page your web browser Nick Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15320621626153130051noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278539001392245981.post-69823941679515130612009-07-30T01:27:00.002-07:002009-07-30T01:57:06.594-07:00Internet TerminologyBooleanA common system of logic that uses operators such as AND, OR, NOR, and NOT. Commonly used by search engines. BPSBits Per Second. Measurement of the speed at which data can be transmitted over a telephone or network line. BrowserAn application that displays a Web page. Also known as a Web browser. ByteEqual to either 7 or 8 bits, depending on whether it requires an extra bit, called a Nick Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15320621626153130051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278539001392245981.post-86404744735606043702009-07-29T03:20:00.000-07:002009-07-29T03:23:18.471-07:00Getting BacklinksNow this may not come as a surprise to you but this might - they have a lot of juice for terms that are not even relevant to the authority sites main keyword. An authority site is just that - an authority. Perhaps this would be better phrased as an authority site is any site that has built up trust with Google. Once that trust is formed Google assigns a lot of weight to the links that these sitesNick Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15320621626153130051noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278539001392245981.post-5107453583568204082009-07-29T03:18:00.000-07:002009-07-29T03:20:46.980-07:00What is a Blog WorthMany of my readers also read Blogger Unleashed and probably already know that Vic has kicked up a firestorm over the recent purchase of One Man's Goal by a beginner blogger for the price of $10,500. I won't rehash that story here but for those who aren't familiar with the controversy you can catch up by following the link trail below - I want to talk about another Blog for sale - John Cow dot Nick Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15320621626153130051noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278539001392245981.post-9751630902057852992009-07-29T03:15:00.000-07:002009-07-29T03:17:10.934-07:00Roadmap to richessHave you come across "EDC Gold" or "Passport To Wealth?"If you have you can now add "Road Map to Riches" ( R2R ) to the list of online money making scams and if you are unfamiliar with these 2-Up programs let me fill you in.The key identifiers of a pyramid scheme include the following: * A highly excited sales pitch (sometimes including props and/or promos). * Little to no information offeredNick Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15320621626153130051noreply@blogger.com1