Kenyan Sphere Blog hopping... Cross posted on Global Voices. The Kenyan Open blog launched recently, the idea behind it is to “be able to track and trace issues that are of relevance to the Kenyan blogosphere or being debated in the wider Kenyan blogosphere.” Could this open blog, along with inititiaves like Nchi Yetu Daily be moving the kenyan blogosphere along on the 3 part model of social engagement?(collecting information, comment...

What is your blog to you?... When we all started blogging we all had different dreams or visions for our blogs ( for those of us who did).When I first started blogging it was because I was doing thise web design job where I had hardly any work to do and unfettered internet access.I noticed that I needed a way to keep myself busy.I started my blog as a way to say things that I had always wanted to say but didnt have the channels to express myself...

Nice Logo & Design... Nice job on the new site design and logo KBW team. It’s good to be a part of such an intelligent and passionate group of Africans, backed by a team of people who care about the community that they’ve fostered. The fact that the team goes through the process of communicating and improving the Kenya Blog Webring shows a great deal of commitment and encourages us members to promote it. I’ll be writing...

Blogosphere roundup... Originally posted on global Voices. Bankelele writes about the sort-of-return of East African Classic safari rally, which is no longer part of the international WRC rally, but offers ‘a nostalgic and and unique tourist attraction’. Bullets and Honey writes of the ‘courtiers who use isms like machetes’. In the piece, he explores the nature of the powerful and what drives them. “Power over...