I am hoping to be the first blogger in Kenya to write about Shaker,  Yesterdays winner of Tech Crunch Disrupt definitely deserved it, now imagine turning your facebook, google+ or twitter into a complete virtual hang out, dont get lost on the word “virtual” just finish this article, and you will be blown away.

When you get a Shaker app account, you can join a room, you can see who else is in that room – now forget the yahoo IM room – noo.. a room where you have your own avator so you can actually walk to the bar and order for a drink or go seat next to that cute girl and strike a conversation.

The guys in blue are your friend, the guys in yellow are your friends friends and the guys in grey are people you might have something in common.

The founders deny completely its not a dating site, but from where I am sited, we might need Jimmy Gathu if Kenyans adapt this app the way they adapt everything else.

The only other visible downside is that allot of information is given to strangers, too much private information is shared in the room, this might be a serious violation to privacy to a great extent, stalking etc.

So they have a couple of free accounts rush get one and I will do a follow up blog on the topic, you can follow me on twitter @samgichuru

Go to facebook and search for Shaker

1. Click go to app
2. Allow it access to your information
3. and join a room

Kenyans 4 Kenya is the kind of thing we want to be remember for as a country, not our 2008 post election violence but a people who forgot their difference and come together to save ourselves, in the past I wrote that we need to get more soft power, it’s not achieved by being talkers but by being doers and not for glory but for meaningful change.

The story of Kenyans for Kenya reminds me of the story of Moses, God asked Moses “what are you holding” and he said “a rod”, while Moses saw a rod, God saw a tool that could be used to bring change. Read the rest of this entry »

Today it’s a great honor to Host the Vice President of Kenya at the Nailab, the Vice president will be visiting the Nailab early evening for a 2 hour session with top bloggers and Tweeps in Kenya.

The Nailab was launched in March of this year to provide a platform for young innovators and entrepreneurs to build their business, by providing a value based funding of up-to US$ 10,000 it has attracted some of the best ideas in the country with 2 of them receiving funding from 88MPH and other two signing contracts with multinationals.

Today’s Event Dubbed the #VPmeet, was organized by Kenyans leading social media team, incubated at the Nailab. This is the same team that was behind the engagement on the recent Kenyans4Kenya campaign.

The event is to provide a platform for direct engagement with conversation drivers and opinion shapers online, the realisation is that accountability does not only stop in governance and gone are the days when only journalist or interest groups where the only ones who could keep the government accountable, micro blogging has brought in bi/multi-directional conversations between the leaders and general public and this forum will be the first for Kenyan tweeter/bloggers to engage a Civil Servant on a one to one, it falls well in the Nailab Theme “where technology meets society”.

The Social Media team has proven to be one of the best companies to work with in brand driven activities and online strategies and this event is just a proof of their online influence

This is one of the many events slotted for this year , other players to visit the Nailab will include private sectors and other public sector key players from around the Globe.

Follow #VPmeetup @smusyoka @samgichuru @raidarmax for up-to date information on the event