Comments for Appfrica http://appfrica.com Ideas, Development, Data, and Design Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:44:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Where are the African Designers? [Part 2] by 14 Lucrative Skills African Talent should acquire in 2012 | Think! blog http://appfrica.com/2008/11/02/where-are-the-african-designers-part-2/#comment-2070 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:44:10 +0000 http://appfrica.net/blog/?p=925#comment-2070 [...] Design Look at the majority of African websites. Most websites made by African developers still look like they were made in 1999 using the GeoCities default templates (translation: Fugly). Blegh. There is a bounty out for good African designers. The mistake a lot of programmers make is they assume design is about technical know-how. It’s not – it’s about a sense of aesthetic and attention to detail. If you are a lazy designer, you’re not a designer. If you are a programmer who thinks design is superfluous to your application, then you’re doing it wrong. There’s also a dearth of design talent in the U.S. and Europe and a good designer can command the salary of a top programmer. Where are the African designers? [...]

]]> Comment on Where are the African Designers? [Part 2] by 14 Lucrative Skills African Talent should Acquire in 2012 | Think! blog http://appfrica.com/2008/11/02/where-are-the-african-designers-part-2/#comment-2069 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:20:18 +0000 http://appfrica.net/blog/?p=925#comment-2069 [...] Design Look at the majority of African websites. Most websites made by African developers still look like they were made in 1999 using the GeoCities default templates (translation: Fugly). Blegh. There is a bounty out for good African designers. The mistake a lot of programmers make is they assume design is about technical know-how. It’s not – it’s about a sense of aesthetic and attention to detail. If you are a lazy designer, you’re not a designer. If you are a programmer who thinks design is superfluous to your application, then you’re doing it wrong. There’s also a dearth of design talent in the U.S. and Europe and a good designer can command the salary of a top programmer. Where are the African designers? [...]

]]> Comment on A Look at the Apps4Africa 2011 Winners by Tekedia » HospitalManager Wins $15,000 Apps4Africa West Africa http://appfrica.com/2012/01/14/a-look-at-the-apps4africa-2011-winners/#comment-2067 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:02:14 +0000 http://appfrica.com/?p=4742#comment-2067 [...] Originally from the Appfrica blog [...]

]]> Comment on A Look at the Apps4Africa 2011 Winners by A Look at the Apps4Africa 2011 Winners | Afrinnovator http://appfrica.com/2012/01/14/a-look-at-the-apps4africa-2011-winners/#comment-2065 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:57:48 +0000 http://appfrica.com/?p=4742#comment-2065 [...] Tweet EmailOriginally from the Appfrica blog [...]

]]> Comment on How to Shoehorn the High-Bandwidth Internet into a Low-Bandwidth Connection by merecat http://appfrica.com/2009/08/17/how-to-shoehorn-the-high-bandwidth-internet-into-a-low-bandwidth-connection/#comment-2042 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:49:22 +0000 http://appfrica.net/blog/?p=2645#comment-2042 Thank you very much for this post.

I recommend bitmate (http://www.dritte.org/bitmate.html) as a low-bandwidth environment torrent programme instead of using bittorrent.

]]> Comment on The Lucrative Skills African Talent Should Acquire in 2012 by OA News: December 29, 2011 – January 8, 2012 (General Africa and Global) » oAfrica http://appfrica.com/2011/12/29/the-lucrative-skills-african-talent-should-acquire-in-2012/#comment-2031 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:14:56 +0000 http://appfrica.com/?p=4723#comment-2031 [...] Startups can’t function with talent, no matter how promising their ideas: The Lucrative Skills African Talent Should Acquire in 2012 {Appfrica} [...]

]]> Comment on The Lucrative Skills African Talent Should Acquire in 2012 by cliff kimani http://appfrica.com/2011/12/29/the-lucrative-skills-african-talent-should-acquire-in-2012/#comment-2028 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:15:39 +0000 http://appfrica.com/?p=4723#comment-2028 All idle African youth should read this. outsourcing business is soon going to be the way for AFRICA as it has been for India in the past decade. let us train BPO for our citizens esp at village level. We should grow our labour from blogging, to technical writing, to basic logic designs , to simple coding, to complex programming projects. The motivation from one level to the other is always money and we will build talent that way. lets keep moving.

]]> Comment on The Lucrative Skills African Talent Should Acquire in 2012 by Kaye Billy Branks http://appfrica.com/2011/12/29/the-lucrative-skills-african-talent-should-acquire-in-2012/#comment-2025 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 10:35:18 +0000 http://appfrica.com/?p=4723#comment-2025 One thing i have learnt from this post is that if you are a new coder and need a job (mostly in the US or Europe) learn ruby or python.

But if you are someone who has already built a company or lots of software using PHP then keep coding and watch the money pile up.

]]> Comment on The Lucrative Skills African Talent Should Acquire in 2012 by ssmusoke http://appfrica.com/2011/12/29/the-lucrative-skills-african-talent-should-acquire-in-2012/#comment-2010 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:31:29 +0000 http://appfrica.com/?p=4723#comment-2010 Ronjey,

The soft skills, reading, writing, attention to detail, etc are necessary, so the key is to be the best at what you can do

Stephen

]]> Comment on The Lucrative Skills African Talent Should Acquire in 2012 by 15 Skills African Tech Talent Must Acquire in 2012 | Afrinnovator http://appfrica.com/2011/12/29/the-lucrative-skills-african-talent-should-acquire-in-2012/#comment-2008 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 07:18:47 +0000 http://appfrica.com/?p=4723#comment-2008 [...] Article originally published here. [...]

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