introducing the wocha

who is the wocha? well, i hail from kisumu, a town in kenya's nyanza province.

i'm not really sure how i convinced myself into starting a blog. even though my good friend e believes i'll be good at it, there is a big difference between oral (which i prefer) and written expression. there are many reasons why i should not be writing anything for the public to read. i hate proof reading. thanks to instant and text messaging, i have thrown out everything i learnt in primary school relating to spelling and grammar. i prefer to write in lower case. punctuation? errrr, what's that? need i continue?

i digress.

i've worked in the information technology sector for a few years now. back in the day, if you had an email mailbox, you were somebody to reckon with. the challenge then was finding a computer in kisumu with an internet connection. i think there were less than twenty people with a web enabled computer. sad part is that they didn't even use them, it was more of a status symbol. in july 1996, sabeer bhatia and jack smith gave hotmail to the world. six or so months later, i had my very own hotmail mailbox created using a netscape navigator browser. the account creation process was so simple, it took less than a minute to complete the registration form but maybe five or more minutes to submit it cause the internet connection was sooooooooooooo slow!

... 100 or so internet years go by ...

today, the digerati proclaim that if one does not have an email mailbox then there is something very wrong with them. one is required to have an account with at least three social networking sites such as facebook, myspace, friendster, etc. additionally, one must have a cell phone that lets them continuously connect to these social networking sites in addition to taking digital pictures, sending text messages, listening to fm radio stations, checking web mail, anything but calling and talking to someone.

since i'm too lazy to maintain a social networking account, i'll try my hand at blogging and see where it goes. i have mixed feelings about it cause i don't even know what i'll be blogging about! i guess i could start by posting at least one article a week. my interests include global economy, global politics and information technology. i also recruited my childhood friend to contribute some articles, he's a much better writer.

please send article ideas to: the dot wocha at gmail dot com. if you have a thought regarding any of the future articles on this blog, make yourself heard by posting a comment.

wow, my first article is done! time to publish...