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  • Ali Balunywa
  • Url: http://balunywa.blogspot.com/
  • Posts: 17
  • About the user: I have 20 years experience in the print media in Africa and Europe. I am in possession of a Bachelors degree in social sciences from Makerere University in Kampala and a post graduate diploma in Journalism and Media management. I am currently following a Masters of Media in New Media studies at the University of Amsterdam.

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The 45-Hour Flight To Africa

Ben and I booked the same flight to Uganda: Egypt Air. The flight was supposed to take off at 3.30pm from Schiphol airport (Amsterdam) on Saturday 4 April 2009.  We were to transit through Cairo in Egypt lasting one hour and proceed to Entebbe in Uganda.

We boarded the plane in time and sat for almost an…

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Social Networking Sites, “To Be or Not To Be?”

Ali Balunywa

The famous phrase “to be, or not to be” comes from William shakespeare’s Hamlet prince of Denmark (written about 1600), act three, scene one. It is one of the most famous quotations in world literature.

“ To be or not to be, that is the question;
whether ’tis nobler in the mind to

PICNIC 08 – Surprising Africa

Ethan Zuckerman

Ethan Zuckerman

Binyanvanga Wainana

Binyanvanga Wainana

Hellen OmwandoA presentation by Ethan zuckerman;  co-founder of Global Voices, a research fellow at the Berkman Centre and a prodigious blogger interested in the impact of technology on the developing world.

Binyavanga Wainaina Kenyan author and journalist and Helen Omwando head of market intelligence for royal philips electronics

PICNIC 08 – Commercial Collaborations: Tools, Things and Toys

Michael TchaoPresenter: Michael Tchao, General Manager; Nike Techlab/ Nike+, at Nike which connects physical products with virtual online services and athlete communities.
11.55 AM, 25 September 2008
Mike Tchao started his presentation by introducing Nike’s digital collaboration with Apple computers called Nike+.

 

He added that through digital innovations, sports will be transformed.

An Analysis of Web 2.0: ‘YouTube’

Introduction
Web 2.0 is a term describing changing trends in the use of World Wide Web technology and web design that aims to enhance creativity, information sharing, collaboration and functionality of the web. In short, Web 2.0 emphasizes the idea of the proliferation of interconnectivity and interactivity of web-delivered content. Web 2.0 concepts have led to the development

Book review: “The Rise of the Blogosphere”, by Aaron Barlow

 

Ali Balunywa 13 september 2008

 

“The rise of the Blogosphere”, a book by Aaron Barlow was published in 2007 by Praeger publishers. It is a hard cover book in which Aaron in very interesting prose takes the reader…