blogs as a tool for monitoring

At the recent Web 2.0 workshop for editors , met the Deputy of Daily Graphic he had this great idea: ensuring all journalists create personal blog and it would be mandatory for them to post all their stories they write for the Graphic.
this personal blog posting becomes a one stop shop for monitoring quality and quantity of stories over any given period of time. This is a cool idea because currently not all stories make it to the graphic website, so the blogs would cover this gap

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Vincent Chukwuemeka Ike's The Potter's Wheel

Currently reading Chukwuemeka Ike's The Potter's Wheel very interesting paper pack written by a prolific Nigeria writer the story set during the second World War and the only means of modern entertainment was the The Mobile Cinema Van. the book is very rich is proverbs and a lot of wise words The main character is Obuechina Maduabuchi ( mouthful) who happened to be the only boy born to his parents Mama Obu( short form of Obuechina) and Papa Lazarus Maduabuchi among six older sisters. Due to the "value" placed on the male child, he become a totaly spoilt brat, though academically brilliam Obu was growing into a hopelessly spoilt child to reverse this trend, Papa Lazarus decided to send him away as a servant to a schoolmasster with a dragon of a wife Of course, Obu goes and comes back very different published by University Press PLC Ibadan Nigeria 1993 email address is unipress AT skannet.com.gh though first published by Harvill Press 1973 ISBN 9780302832 WORDS FROM TH...

African Media To Promote Geospatial Science

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SMS via Web

I took time off today to play with SMS via the web it was very cool, had to work on my database and convert it into a CVS which enable me to import it into the SMS databas thereafter, I was able to compose and send messages out, I am using this tool to remind people to check mails but more importantly since we need to wake up participants coming to our legal KM workshop early in the morning to drive two and half hours to the workshop venue, hope to use the tool of SMS to wake them up, hope they would not be cross with us about reminding them to woke up read more about our SMS solution provider SMSGH, http://smsgh.alcamidesign.com/smsgh/home/ or www.smsgh.net a youthful Ghanaian company with a dedicated team of professionals who develop this product locally, very impressive During my play time with SMS, customer care from SMSGH was superby. My contact person Alex was particulary helpful in walking me through the system, though easy to use, you need to learn some few things Recently...

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