https://kimoquaintance.com/about/https://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/kimo2016.pngkimo2016https://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/gz6c2944.jpggz6c2944https://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/mg_0709-31.jpg_MG_0709-3https://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/mg_0808-2.jpg_MG_0808-2https://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/mg_0808.jpg_MG_0808https://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/mg_0709-3.jpg_MG_0709-3https://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/fb-suit-profile-close.jpgFB-Suit-Profile-Closehttps://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/profprofile2.jpgProfprofile2https://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/img_4113.jpgIMG_4113Seamlessly blending in with the locals near Marsabit, Kenya.https://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/emmyboy.jpgemmyboy2017-01-24T14:37:20+00:00weekly0.6https://kimoquaintance.com/2014/11/16/virtual-reality-recommended-reading/2014-11-16T21:21:36+00:00monthlyhttps://kimoquaintance.com/2014/07/29/journal-article-teaching-international-relations-with-new-media/2014-07-30T15:45:23+00:00monthlyhttps://kimoquaintance.com/2011/08/18/hassan-kochore-advice-on-being-a-local-research-assistant/https://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/img_4235.jpgIMG_4235Near Marsabit, 2010https://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/img_2144.jpgIMG_2144Working with researchers between Isiolo and Marsabit, 2010https://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/img_4158.jpgIMG_4158Hassan with member of a local community near Marsabithttps://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/img_2105.jpgIMG_2105Hassan Kochore (far left), assisting with research in northern Kenya, 20102014-07-06T14:09:38+00:00monthlyhttps://kimoquaintance.com/2011/08/14/alternative-hypotheses/https://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/mg_3592.jpg_MG_3592Shot of his screenhttps://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/mg_3589.jpg_MG_3589Learning Excel at the Sky School for Professional Studies2014-07-04T18:31:35+00:00monthlyhttps://kimoquaintance.com/2011/08/11/did-pirates-finance-your-local-shopping-mall/https://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/piracy-stats-somali-piracy.jpgpiracy-stats-somali-piracyPiracy figures from the Blue Mountain Group: http://www.bluemountaingroup.co.uk/maritime-security/piracy-statistics.asphttps://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eastleigh-figures.pngEastleigh FiguresA serious analysis would need to look at comparable square footage of new commercial and residental space, but this rough view can give some indication of market trends.https://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/fulleastleighcompare.jpgFullEastleighCompareComposite satellite images taken from Google Earth2014-07-04T18:31:21+00:00monthlyhttps://kimoquaintance.com/2011/08/09/eastleigh-east-african-boom-town/https://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/photo_1.jpgphoto_1Intersection of Second and 10th Avenue in Eastleigh after heavy rains and two days of drying out.https://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/mg_3883.jpg_MG_3883Unpaved roads in Eastleigh become double the fun when it rainshttps://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/mg_3624.jpg_MG_3624Wholesalers / retailers such as these in the Sunlight Mall cut costs by consolidating retail and storage spacehttps://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/mg_3527.jpg_MG_3527Overhead view of construction site. All concrete is mixed by hand into a single mixer at the lower right, then raised by winch and delivered by wheelbarrow. The reinforcement looks good, but I wonder about cold joint issues when concrete is delivered so slowly for an entire floor.https://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/mg_3425.jpg_MG_3425Close-up of supports for laying of upper floorhttps://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/mg_3577.jpg_MG_3577View of the Grand Royal Hotel - currently the tallest structure in Eastleighhttps://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/grand-royal-compare.jpgGrand Royal CompareSatellite view comparison of development in southern Eastleigh 2006 and 2011 (Click on image for enlarged view)https://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/mg_3531.jpg_MG_3531New developments among older single story residenceshttps://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/mg_3500.jpg_MG_3500New development off the main avenuehttps://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/mg_3431.jpg_MG_3431Commercial traffic along First Avenue outside Olympic Shopping Mall2014-07-04T18:31:10+00:00monthlyhttps://kimoquaintance.com/2014/04/11/in-the-future/2014-04-11T19:38:27+00:00monthlyhttps://kimoquaintance.com/2011/10/27/chomsky-twitter-is-not-a-medium-of-a-serious-interchange/https://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/london-riots-building-on-fire.jpgLondon Riots Fire2014-02-20T18:10:28+00:00monthlyhttps://kimoquaintance.com/2011/09/04/concepts-to-know-crowdmapping/https://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/screen-shot-2011-09-04-at-4-34-15-pm.pngScreen shot 2011-09-04 at 4.34.15 PMScreen shot of Libyan Crisis Map from http://libyacrisismap.net/2011-09-04T16:04:25+00:00monthlyhttps://kimoquaintance.com/2011/08/22/what-can-we-learn-about-somalis-from-their-facebook-networks/https://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/suweys_ahmed.jpgSAA small network of 90 friends, largely constructed for family usehttps://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/p1080500.jpgP1080500A focus group of 10 Somalis with relatively high social homogenity, yet facebook network sizes of the participants ranged from 50 friends by a user who was only trying to find an old girlfriend, to more than 14,000 friends spread out over three accounts by a journalist who uses facebook to distribute news and collect source informationhttps://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/aynte3.jpgAynte3Another network of +1000 friends. More distinguishable community clusters, but densely interconnected central cluster does not represent a homogenous context, and high betweeenness centrality does not correlate with actual close friendships. Creative use of filtering would be needed here to make meanngful conclusions about the ties within this social network https://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/screen-shot-2011-08-19-at-2-45-05-am.pngScreen shot 2011-08-19 at 2.45.05 AMFacebook network of +1100 friends, with large number of unconnected isolates indicating very weak social ties. Even the densely conntected central cluster were largely unknown persons using pseudonyms, and high betweenness centrality was unconnected with actual closeness of social tieshttps://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/screen-shot-2011-08-16-at-6-04-54-pm.pngScreen shot 2011-08-16 at 6.04.54 PMFacebook network visualization of +1000 friendshttps://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/hassag-fb.jpgHassag-FBNetwork of 340 friends with clear community clusters and several significant friends identifed by betweenness centrality weighting of node sizehttps://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/screen-shot-2011-08-22-at-2-13-19-am.pngScreen shot 2011-08-22 at 2.13.19 AMA network of 129 friends. Although sizing nodes relative to betweenness centrality revealed significant friends, modularity partitioning reveals little discernable contextual structure.2012-05-14T17:59:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kimoquaintance.com/2011/08/20/how-mobile-technology-helps-kenyan-farmers-get-a-better-deal/https://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/mg_3675.jpg_MG_3675Online at iHub Nairobihttps://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/mg_3936.jpg_MG_3936Coaching a prospective start-up on pitching skills at IPO48https://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/mfarm-logo.jpgmfarm-logohttps://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/mg_3702.jpg_MG_3702Tweaking the codehttps://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/mg_4023.jpg_MG_4023With Linda Kwamboka of M-Farm (second from left) and friends at IPO48 this yearhttps://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/mg_3694.jpg_MG_3694Inside the iHub on the first day of IPO48https://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/mg_4097.jpg_MG_4097Jamila Abasshttps://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ja_fb_final.jpgJA_FB_FinalJamila's online social network, visualized with Gephihttps://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ja_fb.jpgJA_FBHer Facebook network, with nodes of connectivity value < 3 filtered, and clusters identified by community detection algorithm. Visualized with Gephi2012-11-02T00:37:14+00:00monthlyhttps://kimoquaintance.com/2011/05/29/getting-started/2011-06-27T20:48:49+00:00monthlyhttps://kimoquaintance.com/2011/06/17/hans-rosling-its-easier-to-reach-fame-than-impact/https://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/screen-shot-2011-06-16-at-12-33-39-am.pngScreen shot 2011-06-16 at 12.33.39 AM2011-06-23T22:35:37+00:00monthlyhttps://kimoquaintance.com/2011/06/10/social-media-rockstars-reese-leysen/https://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dries.pngDries2011-06-10T15:00:51+00:00monthlyhttps://kimoquaintance.com/2011/06/07/security-issues-in-social-media/https://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/photo1.jpgphotohttps://kimoquaintance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/photo.jpgphoto2012-11-09T01:26:07+00:00monthlyhttps://kimoquaintance.comdaily1.02017-01-24T14:37:20+00:00