I’m not sure when I first heard this quote, but it’s something that has stayed with me over the years. How do you create services for situations you can’t imagine? Or design products that work on devices yet to be invented? Flash, Photoshop, and responsive design When I first started designing websites, my go-to software was Photoshop. I created a 960px canvas and set about creating a layout that I would later drop content in. The development phase was about attaining pixel-perfect accuracy using fixed widths, fixed heights, and absolute positioning. Ethan Marcotte’s talk at An Event Apart and subsequent article “Responsive Web Design” in A List Apart in 2010 changed all this. I was sold on responsive design as soon as I heard about it, but I was also terrified. The pixel-perfect designs…
“Any comment?” is probably one of the worst ways to ask for feedback. It’s vague and open ended, and it doesn’t provide any indication of what we’re looking for. Getting good feedback starts earlier than we might expect: it starts with the request. It might seem counterintuitive to start the process of receiving feedback with a question, but that makes sense if we realize that getting feedback can be thought of as a form of design research. In the same way that we wouldn’t do any research without the right questions to get the insights that we need, the best way to ask for feedback is also to craft sharp questions. Design critique is not a one-shot process. Sure, any good feedback workflow continues until the project is finished, but this is particularly true for design because design wo…
Feedback, in whichever form it takes, and whatever it may be called, is one of the most effective soft skills that we have at our disposal to collaboratively get our designs to a better place while growing our own skills and perspectives. Feedback is also one of the most underestimated tools, and often by assuming that we’re already good at it, we settle, forgetting that it’s a skill that can be trained, grown, and improved. Poor feedback can create confusion in projects, bring down morale, and affect trust and team collaboration over the long term. Quality feedback can be a transformative force. Practicing our skills is surely a good way to improve, but the learning gets even faster when it’s paired with a good foundation that channels and focuses the practice. What are some foundationa…
Are you like me, reading about people fading away as they burn out, and feeling unable to relate? Do you feel like your feelings are invisible to the world because you’re experiencing burnout differently? When burnout starts to push down on us, our core comes through more. Beautiful, peaceful souls get quieter and fade into that distant and distracted burnout we’ve all read about. But some of us, those with fires always burning on the edges of our core, get hotter. In my heart I am fire. When I face burnout I double down, triple down, burning hotter and hotter to try to best the challenge. I don’t fade—I am engulfed in a zealous burnout. So what on earth is a zealous burnout? Imagine a woman determined to do it all. She has two amazing children whom she, along with her husband who is als…
This Person Does Not Exist is a website that generates human faces with a machine learning algorithm. It takes real portraits and recombines them into fake human faces. We recently scrolled past a LinkedIn post stating that this website could be useful “if you are developing a persona and looking for a photo.” We agree: the computer-generated faces could be a great match for personas—but not for the reason you might think. Ironically, the website highlights the core issue of this very common design method: the person(a) does not exist. Like the pictures, personas are artificially made. Information is taken out of natural context and recombined into an isolated snapshot that’s detached from reality. But strangely enough, designers use personas to inspire their design for the real world. …
Beyond the severe toll of the coronavirus pandemic, perhaps no other disruption has transformed user experiences quite like how the tethers to our formerly web-biased era of content have frayed. We’re transitioning to a new world of remote work and digital content. We’re also experimenting with unprecedented content channels that, not too long ago, elicited chuckles at the watercooler, like voice interfaces, digital signage, augmented reality, and virtual reality. Many factors are responsible. Perhaps it’s because we yearn for immersive spaces that temporarily resurrect the Before Times, or maybe it’s due to the boredom and tedium of our now-cemented stuck-at-home routines. But aural user experiences slinging voice content, and immersive user experiences unlocking new forms of interacting…
Global markets give you access to new customers. All you need to do is inform potential buyers about your product or service. Your website is a good place to introduce your product or service outside your locale. Localizing your web content sounds like the right way to reach out to the global market. Localization will bridge the language barriers, or the wider scope of differing cultures. Before we move on further with the discussion, let’s focus on the definition of “localization.” What is localization? According to the Cambridge Dictionary, localization (as a marketing term) is “the process of making a product or service more suitable for a particular country, area, etc.,” while translation is “something that is translated, or the process of translating something, from one language t…
Everyone wants to be an expert. But what does that even mean? Over the years I’ve seen two types of people who are referred to as “experts.” Expert 1 is someone who knows every tool in the language and makes sure to use every bit of it, whether it helps or not. Expert 2 also knows every piece of syntax, but they’re pickier about what they employ to solve problems, considering a number of factors, both code-related and not. Can you take a guess at which expert we want working on our team? If you said Expert 2, you’d be right. They’re a developer focused on delivering readable code—lines of JavaScript others can understand and maintain. Someone who can make the complex simple. But “readable” is rarely definitive—in fact, it’s largely based on the eyes of the beholder. So where does that le…
The Service Worker API is the Dremel of the web platform. It offers incredibly broad utility while also yielding resiliency and better performance. If you’ve not used Service Worker yet—and you couldn’t be blamed if so, as it hasn’t seen wide adoption as of 2020—it goes something like this: On the initial visit to a website, the browser registers what amounts to a client-side proxy powered by a comparably paltry amount of JavaScript that—like a Web Worker—runs on its own thread. After the Service Worker’s registration, you can intercept requests and decide how to respond to them in the Service Worker’s fetch() event. What you decide to do with requests you intercept is a) your call and b) depends on your website. You can rewrite requests, precache static assets during install, provide off…
“Only a fool knows everything.” — African Proverb Since March 2020, most of us have been working from home, and the days blend into each other and look the same. This is not the first time I have experienced this type of feeling. My commute — New York to New Jersey — is what folks in my area call the reverse commute.While going to the office, my days began to look the same: riding the subway to a bus to a shuttle to get to my job. Have you ever arrived at a destination and not even realized how you got there? This is how I began to experience the world everyday. I stopped paying attention to my surroundings. Because I worked a lot, the only time I would take off was for the holidays. During this time, I was a consultant and was coming to the end of an existing contract. For six years str…
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By Ivaniza Araujo, BDM Cisco Small Business at Westcon-Comstor Sub-Saharan Africa
By Ryan Falkenberg,Co-CEO, CLEVVA
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More than 50% of IT teams believe that employees have bad security habits. Habits they’ve developed since moving their offices into the home and that put their information, systems and employers at risk. The statistic comes from the Tessian Back to Work Security Behaviors Report that also found an age discrepancy when it came to […]
In 2011, Coca Cola launched its Share a Coke campaign in Australia, which was a personalised campaign with the most common Australian names printed on Coca Cola bottles and cans. The result? More than 250 million personalised bottles and cans were sold over the summer months to a population of fewer than 23 million people […]
By taking a modern approach to your data strategy, you don’t have to choose between cost-effective operations and agile, scalable data protection. This is one of the messages relayed at the recent Rubrik and NetApp Data Summit, during which cloud data management company Rubrik, and hybrid cloud data services and data management company NetApp, showcased […]
As technology develops and becomes increasingly available in rural East African communities, Kenya-based NGO and UK-founded charity, the Haller Foundation continues to evolve and innovate to meet the changing needs of farmers. To this end, the Haller Foundation has officially launched its award-winning Haller Farmers App for iOS devices. Originally a web-based application, Haller Farmers […]
Internet and connectivity speed tester Ookla has released its market analysis for Kenya, ranking the country’s fastest internet service providers (ISPs). The analysis only takes into account top providers of internet services in the country, ones which account for 3% or more of total test samples in the market in Q2 of 2021 – smaller […]
South Africa’s logistics and port operator Transnet has been the victim of an apparent ransomware attack, with its IT systems, websites and Navis container terminal OS going offline yesterday morning. The hack was first identified when several stakeholders in the freight industry were not able to access the container terminals at the Durban port in […]
Beloved sci-fi horror video game franchise Dead Space is set for a resurrection, according to publisher EA. A next-gen remake of the 2008 classic has been announced. //INCOMING RIGLINK MESSAGE >>DISTRESS SIGNAL DETECTED>> UPLOADING… Dismember your worst nightmare – limb by limb. Revisit the first #DeadSpace, rebuilt from the ground up by @MotiveStudio. pic.twitter.com/gTm2rb4AaO — […]
Uber Technologies is set to acquire Transplace, a logistics company currently owned by TPG Capital to the tune of $2.25-billion. The new acquisition is to date the company’s largest investment into the trucking and logistics business. Transplace Logistics Transplace was reportedly formed in 2000, with contributions from some of the largest trucking companies in the […]
Sipho Maseko is expected to step down from his positions as Group CEO as well as executive director of Telkom and its subsidiaries on 30 June 2022. According to Telkom, the process to appoint a successor is “well underway” and that a new designate Group CEO will be announced in the not too distant future. […]
These past few weeks have tested South Africans like never before. We’ve dealt with a third wave crippling our already-overburdened healthcare system; ongoing load shedding catapulting our country into darkness; the closure of certain sectors as a result of the return to level 4 lockdown – and just when we thought things couldn’t get any […]
Jimmy Fallon debuted a new game on Friday's episode of The Tonight Show and he had a little help from BTS. In Will It Fit? Fallon challenges the K-pop stars to consider an assortment of hypotheticals that ask if some seemingly over the top number of one object could be made to fit into another object. So, say, is it possible to stuff 33 sticks of butter into a glass fishbowl? Or 10 scoops of ice cream into a taco shell? The whole bit eventually culminates in an appropriately messy (and kind of gross and wasteful) finish that leaves Fallon with one suit in sudden desperate need for a dry cleaning.
Gravity can be a really powerful influence in our universe, as the Hubble Space Telescope shows in its latest space photo. Amid a cluster of galaxies, Hubble spotted a phenomenon known as gravitational lensing, marked by the telltale arcs of light framing the center of the image shared Friday. The reddish glow forming a partial ring emanates from a galaxy far, far behind the galaxy cluster that makes up most of the image below. The center of this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is framed by the tell-tale arcs that result from strong gravitational lensing, a striking astronomical phenomenon which can warp, magnify, or even duplicate the appearance of distant galaxies. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Newman, M. Akhshik, K. Whitaker We tend to think that light generally travels…
When Britney Spears divulged the details of her conservatorship in a hearing last month they shocked the public. By her account, Spears had been forced to participate in a grueling mental health treatment program, see therapists she hadn't selected, take a mood stabilizer with unpleasant side effects, endure psychiatric evaluations, and use an intrauterine device to prevent pregnancy. I've been in shock. I am traumatized, you know, fake it till you make it, but now I'm telling you the truth, okay, I'm not happy, Spears said. I can't sleep. I'm so angry. It's insane. And I'm depressed. The pop star's candor, after more than a decade of silence about her conservatorship, shone a light on how a legal arrangement that's supposed to protect people who are impaired or incapacitated by an illnes…
Have you ever noticed the little spinning record at the bottom of a TikTok video? That function informs users which sound is played in the video. Because of the way TikTok works, users can use audio from other TikTok videos on their own videos. So that little section actually provides a lot of useful information. TikTok sounds can trend and go viral just like challenges, effects, and filters. Take Lil Nas X's Old Town Road, for example, or the dozens of viral sounds turned into memes circulating on the app right now. TikTok audio is displayed at the bottom of the screen. Credit: andy moser / @my_aussie_gal via tiktok While there are plenty of sounds out there for you to choose from on TikTok, you can also make your own. Let's check out how. 1. Start off by tapping the create button on the…
If you're ever in California's Mojave desert, look up. The planes overhead could be flying themselves. Autonomous flight startup Merlin Labs announced earlier this year that it was partnering with aircraft provider Dynamic Aviation to fly 46 King Air twin-turbo prop planes, which are often used to transport cargo and passengers. Merlin has been operating in stealth mode since 2018, but after a $25 million funding round from firms including Google Ventures, the Boston-based company is now revealing its autonomous tech. The company says its software and hardware is meant to work in any plane. So far, it says it has conducted test flights ranging from 10 minutes to several hours with three types of aircraft. For now, the company is only doing test flights in the California desert. Those flig…
TL;DR: Stay chill through the night with the 2021 Mattress Cooler Classic, on sale for 19% off. As of July 24, get one for only $159.99. The 2021 Mattress Cooler Classic is designed to help you fall asleep faster, stay asleep longer, and wake up feeling more refreshed in the summertime — or all year round, if you sleep hot. This sleep system includes a mattress cooling pad that removes trapped body heat and cools you to your desired sleeping temperature. Here's how it works: The cooling system works with mattresses of any shape and size and is easy to transport, so you can take it with you when you travel. On average, the system uses about one quart of water per night, so you'll have to add to it as you continue to use it. To preserve your cooler over time, drain the system entirely every…
Apple Watches are more than just markers of time; they can literally transform the way you manage your workday, overall health, sleep patterns, and even your breathing rate. For a limited time, these four Apple Watches are all on sale. Some are new, while some are refurbished and like-new. But either way, there's an option that will fit perfectly into your finances and life. Snag one while they're discounted and transform all of your everyday tasks. Apple Watch Series 6 GPS 44mm — Space Blue/Deep Navy This Series 6 Apple Watch does it all: monitors fitness metrics, receives (and sends) texts and calls, measures your blood oxygen levels, and so much more. It may look small, but you can actually load over 75 million songs to it, so you're never without your personal entertainment system on…
TL;DR: Back up your computer, phone, or tablet anywhere with the AnyBackup device. As of July 24, get one for only $59.95 — a 14% discount. With the AnyBackup device, which was successfully funded on Kickstarter and Indiegogo at over eight times the initial goal, you can back up your phone, computer, or tablet onto an external drive with ease. The stick automatically reads, backs up, transfers, and stores documents, contacts, photos, videos, and other critical data from your phone, in addition to third-party platforms like popular social media channels. Plus, it’s compatible with any USB flash drive, portable hard drive, or microSD card of up to 2TB. Essentially, it works as a middleman, facilitating data transfer quickly and easily to your device. Check it out: As an added bonus, the Any…
TL;DR: Bring the upscale bar to your kitchen with the SmokeTop Cocktail Smoking Kit, on sale for $79.99 — an 11% discount — as of July 24. Barbecue season is the best season of the year. Full stop. It’s hard to improve upon something that’s already so great — friends and family, deliciously smoked meats, and all the sides you can imagine. But it is possible — especially if you have the SmokeTop Cocktail Smoking Kit at your disposal. Created by bartenders, the American-made Cocktail Smoking Kit from Middleton Mixology features a SmokeTop cap, a torch lighter, and premium food-grade smoking chips in four different flavors, so you can smoke up a cocktail like a pro. It’s designed so that anyone, bartender or not, can whip up a delicious cocktail with ease. Just load the SmokeTop chimney with…
TL;DR: Showcase bioluminescent algae in the glowing Bio-Turtle, on sale for 15% off. As of July 24, get one for just $57.99. Not to go all Bill Nye on you, but if you haven’t nerded out about bioluminescence, you’re missing out. In a nutshell, it’s the light produced naturally by a chemical reaction within a living organism, like fireflies, glowworms, and anglerfish. It’s what makes the ocean glow in photos. We're big fans of this adorable glowing Bio-Turtle, which is on sale for 15% off for a limited time. The Bio-Turtle is made from hand-blown glass and acts as a micro-aquarium for PyroDinos living algae. Fill up the turtle with the bioluminescent PyroDinos and place it in a location that receives low to moderate light during daytime hours. That and some DinoNutrients (included) are all…
Eskom has announced enhancements to its digital platforms, including a new chatbot called Alfred to report faults and an upgraded customer portal and app.... The post Eskom launches chatbot called Alfred to report faults appeared first on Memeburn.
Google has introduced a 16-bit Doodle game to its homepage to celebrate the 2021 Olympic Games, the largest-ever Doodle game the company has made.... The post Google celebrates Olympic Games with 16-bit Doodle game appeared first on Memeburn.
My Smart City, an app developed by Acumen Software that lets users report service delivery issues, has launched in Cape Town and Johannesburg. The... The post Service delivery app My Smart City launches in Johannesburg, Cape Town appeared first on Memeburn.
Eskom has announced that Stage 2 loadshedding will take place on Thursday, 22 July, due to a shortage of generation capacity. The power utility... The post Eskom announces Stage 2 loadshedding appeared first on Memeburn.
Telkom has announced its own music streaming platform in partnership with Tencent’s JOOX: Telkom Music Powered by JOOX. This follows other services launched by... The post Telkom announces music streaming app appeared first on Memeburn.
Clubhouse has announced the social audio app is out of beta and is available to all users, ditching its waitlist and invite system. The... The post You no longer need an invite for Clubhouse, as app opens to everyone appeared first on Memeburn.
Google has announced several new privacy feature updates for its Chrome browser, including controls to check what permissions users have granted individual websites. The... The post Google updates privacy features for Chrome appeared first on Memeburn.
Pfizer and BioNTech have announced a collaboration with The Biovac Institute in Cape Town to manufacture and distribute COVID-19 vaccines in Africa. On 21... The post Cape Town-based Biovac to produce Pfizer vaccines for Africa appeared first on Memeburn.
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has announced it will launch an online high school next year to create new opportunities for learners. The... The post UCT to launch online high school in 2022 appeared first on Memeburn.
Facebook has introduced a setting that gives users the option to restrict potentially sensitive content in their Instagram Explore tab. The setting is now... The post Instagram adds tools for users to limit sensitive content appeared first on Memeburn.
Let’s be honest, we do not adore those African traditional movies anymore. The ones where coronation ceremonies are held; where the king will be forced to drink one or two concoctions, perform some ritual rites and then finally sit on his throne and have people sing great songs to him. While some of us have […] The post Making New Kings of Mastery appeared first on Nigeria Technology Guide.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 FE comes in as a less premium sibling to the regular Galaxy Tab S7 which was released in 2020. Part of its traits as a less capable smartphone, is its mid-range processor as opposed to the high-end flagship processor on its sibling. However, the Galaxy S7 FE does pack in […] The post Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 FE Specs, Price and Best Deals appeared first on Nigeria Technology Guide.
Toronto, Canada — July 21, 2021 — Chimoney today released a platform and API to make it easy for businesses to send, spend, and gift cryptocurrencies, gift cards, mobile money, airtime, and other assets globally. With Chimoney, companies that want to move value to a geographically distributed group of people can now do so without needing […] The post Chimoney, A Toronto-based Startup, Launches Global Payout Platform and API appeared first on Nigeria Technology Guide.
Continuous employee training and development is critical for the success of every company, regardless of its niche. It’s a small investment that can help you close the skills gap, develop the right talent in-house, improve employee morale, decrease employee turnover, and boost your revenue. Companies that invest in employee training can see an increase in […] The post Top 10 Online Training Software in 2021 appeared first on Nigeria Technology Guide.
The Samsung Galaxy F22 falls in place as one of Samsung’s provisions in the mid-range smartphone category. The offering on the Galaxy F22 shows some similarities with that of the Samsung Galaxy F12, as we have some similar hardware features wrapped in a similar chassis. More on that later in the article. Where to Buy […] The post Samsung Galaxy F22 Specs, Price and Best Deals appeared first on Nigeria Technology Guide.
The Gionee K30 Pro steps its foot out of Gionee’s low-end line, offering us what can be described as one of the most capable Gionee smartphones to have been released in recent time. To further buttress this point, we explore the Gionee K30 Pro specs and price, which is also geared towards helping you make […] The post Gionee K30 Pro Specs, Price and Best Deals appeared first on Nigeria Technology Guide.
The Motorola Moto G60 falls in place as yet another mid-range smartphone from the stables of Motorola. It happens to be similar to the Moto G40 fusion in a lot of ways, with the main distinguishing feature being its more capable cameras. More on that later in the article. Where to Buy Motorola Moto G60 […] The post Motorola Moto G60 Specs, Price and Best Deals appeared first on Nigeria Technology Guide.
The Blackview A100 comes in as a more premium sibling to the Blackview A90. As a more premium sibling, it packs in a more capable package that sets it on a higher pedestal. It offers more RAM, more storage, a more appreciable design, and lots more. Taking a sum of all its offering, sort of […] The post Blackview A100 Specs, Price and Best Deals appeared first on Nigeria Technology Guide.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite surfaces many months after the regular Galaxy Tab A7 was released. Onboard this new device, is a package that falls beneath the former. Here we basically have less capable smartphone hardware that fosters a cheaper price tag, which can be seen as a strategy to push Samsung tablets into […] The post Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite Specs, Price and Best Deals appeared first on Nigeria Technology Guide.
After a year of the Blackview A80‘s existence, we finally have a successor, and it dubbed the Blackview A90 and a proper successor should, it does provide a package that encompasses a substantial upgrade. Onboard this package, we have a more capable processor, more RAM e.t.c all wrapped in chassis that appears to be more […] The post Blackview A90 Specs, Price and Best Deals appeared first on Nigeria Technology Guide.
Pay-TV Service Provider, MultiChoice Nigeria has launched new DStv Business packages for businesses and corporate organizations in Nigeria. The DStv Business packages, which contain curated content... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit Ogbongeblog.com for the full content, other content, and more! ]]
There is a cac verification site where you can verify cac number of any registered Business name, Incorporated Trustees and Companies in Nigeria. Hence, if you want to do transact with any business... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit Ogbongeblog.com for the full content, other content, and more! ]]
Below is the new Glo Mifi device that allows any globacom subscriber to connect. up to 10 Wi-Fi enabled devices at the same time. You can use it to create a mobile hotspot which multiple devices can... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit Ogbongeblog.com for the full content, other content, and more! ]]
If you are a Globacom subscriber and would like to buy glo modem in Nigeria at Glo offices nationwide, what you can get at the time of publishing this post is the glo mifi modem which is a rebranded... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit Ogbongeblog.com for the full content, other content, and more! ]]
The Economic and Financial Crimes commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, July 14, 2021, launched an App, Eagle Eye, designed to ease the process of reporting economic and financial crimes in Nigeria.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit Ogbongeblog.com for the full content, other content, and more! ]]
With the rise of career and job-related creative content, TikTok believes there’s an opportunity to bring more value to people’s experience with TikTok by enhancing the utility of the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit Ogbongeblog.com for the full content, other content, and more! ]]
Telegram is a cloud-based mobile and desktop messaging app with a focus on security and speed. When it comes to security and privacy, Telegram is much better than many popular messaging apps out... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit Ogbongeblog.com for the full content, other content, and more! ]]
Telegram private groups has a feature that simply allows group admins to hide chat history for new members or make it visible. If set to “Visible”, new members will be able to see... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit Ogbongeblog.com for the full content, other content, and more! ]]
COVID-19 test kits are now available for sale at amazon.com, to Amazon shoppers in the U.S. According to a post published by Amazon, “the Amazon collection kit offers customers the convenience... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit Ogbongeblog.com for the full content, other content, and more! ]]
If you are banking with sterling bank in Nigeria and making use of the onebank sterling bank mobile app, you will not be able to login to the app after entering wrong password three times. Once it... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit Ogbongeblog.com for the full content, other content, and more! ]]
oAfrica remains on hold as of January 2018.
Cameroon’s government shut down internet access in Northwest and Southwest Anglophone regions of Cameroon 74 days ago (and counting). There is no sign of the blackout being lifted by the government and the telecom operators remain in compliance with the order. We recently heard from digital consultant Marc Stephan Nkouly, located ...
A recap of national ICT headlines for the end of 2015 and start of 2016.
A recap of national ICT headlines for the end of 2015 and start of 2016.
A recap of national ICT headlines for the end of 2015 and start of 2016.
A recap of national ICT headlines for the end of 2015 and start of 2016.
A recap of national ICT headlines for the end of 2015 and start of 2016.
A recap of national ICT headlines for the end of 2015 and start of 2016.
A recap of national ICT headlines for the end of 2015 and start of 2016.