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How I created and launched a website from the Internet café in Zimbabwe

190 点作者 munyukim大约 13 年前

26 条评论

ma2rten大约 13 年前
Good job! I really like the domain name.<p>Here a some ideas for improvements:<p>- It might be a good idea if you'd make subsections for different hiphop genres, for example one for zimbabwean hiphop (e.g. mixdem.com/zimbabwe). People can find you on Google this way if they can search for this hip hop from zimbabwe and you might become the go to place for this specific genre.<p>- Think about using more hiphop (ghetto) language.<p>- Make a logo. It helps for people to recognize/remember your site. It would already help if you just write the name of your site in a cool type face.<p>- It did not see a lot of comments on your site (none actually). This is very important for a community (look at Hacker News for example). Experiment with different ways to get more comments. For example you could put a text box on every page for people to leave a comment, even if they are not logged in. If they try to post a comment you could make them log in or register to post it.<p>- It might be better to embed the videos in the video section directly into your page instead of linking to a page which does. This way people stay on your site, instead of going elsewhere (same of the downloads if it is possible).<p>- Even though it's annoying, you could also put a frame on top of the page, when people click a link to another site. In this frame people could vote up the site or go back to your site to leave a comment.<p>- Maybe add a share on twitter / facebook for specific news items or videos, which people want to share with their friends.<p>- When I am on the page for a specific item I was expecting that clicking on the title would make me go to the site. It took me a second to see that there is actually a button "go to site".<p>I hope you find some of those suggestions useful. It is not meant as criticism.
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blorenz大约 13 年前
This is very humbling to read. I live in America, land of opportunity -- mostly taken for granted. I take for granted the freedom to jump on the internet at almost any moment I choose. I take for granted that I have constant access to a reliable power grid. I take for granted that credit companies want to extend me the ability to utilize a credit card. I take for granted that I have free access to a banking system. I take for granted that, since I work in technology, I can pick from a multitude of job offerings. I just plainly take for granted the fact that I had the fortune and advantage to be born into this land. Does America have her woes? Yes, as does everywhere. Your situation, munyukim, has created a stark contrast to what I have been afforded. I truly do respect you for what you have achieved with such environments and obstacles that you do face. Congratulations on a job well done!!
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munyukim大约 13 年前
Thank you everyone ,i really appreciate all the positive responses .i never imagined my story would be on hacker news frontpage.
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eaurouge大约 13 年前
Congrats! I've been told Zimbabwe has a pretty good education system despite its economic woes. Have to wonder how much talent is being wasted while Bob is in power.
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intenex大约 13 年前
This is fantastic. I was in Tanzania last year and met a very cool kid without a lot of options. Orphan, no money, etc, but had a fantastic grasp of English and could definitely hustle. Tried to convince him to pick up programming as it seemed like the most accessible monetizable skillset available to him. Now I'll have something to give him to show it's actually possible. Thanks for sharing!
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zackzackzack大约 13 年前
Good job so far getting it up and running. Apply some kickstrap[0] and you will have a much cleaner looking website overnight. If you can get some better design going, your traffic should increase more.<p>[0]<a href="http://ajkochanowicz.github.com/Kickstrap/themes.html" rel="nofollow">http://ajkochanowicz.github.com/Kickstrap/themes.html</a>
ezegolub大约 13 年前
Hey munyukim, really good site and story, i have a question and an offer: question: What is your plans for monetization? How do you plan on making money with this? Offer: Private Message me if you need help with then programming, i'll be happy to help (been programming in php/mysql for longer than i care to remember)
jgw大约 13 年前
Very cool, Munyuki. Maybe it needs a "Translate to Shona" feature :)<p>I lived in Harare from 1986-90, long before I'd heard the term "Internet". It's really great to see Zimbabweans making their mark on the net.<p>Best wishes and luck, mate!
aen大约 13 年前
Congrats buddy! Shows that nothing can stop someone from creating good things. I'm not into hiphop but the site looks pretty well-made.
rabbitfang大约 13 年前
&#62;Zimbabwe, Africa<p>Off-topic, but it really shouldn't be necessary to provide a continent when naming a country e.g. Japan, Asia.
kylebrown大约 13 年前
&#62; <i>If you find yourself in a position like me ,don’t lost hope instead start a project and tell people about it ,it doesn’t have to perfect and use all the resources you can get.</i><p>Inspiring story!<p>I'm curious about the tech stack for mixdem. Was it forked from an example link aggregator, written from scratch, php or ...?
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AwesomeTogether大约 13 年前
I have so many tools at my disposal but have only a fraction of your talent and perseverance...Great job!
netvarun大约 13 年前
Thanks for sharing your story! I know a thing or two about building web crawlers and aggregators. Drop me a note and I could help you with some of the technical matters. Stay awesome and keep rocking!
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bdotwaller大约 13 年前
Munyukim, I've had an idea similar to this in my head for some time. Your story is impressive, I'd like to speak more with you offline if possible. Can you send me your info? b@bdotwaller.com
flannell大约 13 年前
How spooky, I was in Harare just two weeks ago for a friends wedding. The electrical grid only seemed to work for a few hours, however with a backup generator the Internet seemed reliable!
Axsuul大约 13 年前
Wow no power during the day? That's awesome that you took advantage of the resources available to you. Your story was very inspiring, thanks for sharing and I wish you the best of luck
mahmud大约 13 年前
Fix your About page; ideally, it should say something about you.
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wtvanhest大约 13 年前
Anyone know why the punctuation gets messed up from a lot of African computers? It is the best giveaway that a Cl emailer is a spammers.
tersiag大约 13 年前
Great job. I'm willing to help with the front-end design and development, free of charge. Just send me an email (find it on my hn profile)
Tichy大约 13 年前
Impressive story. Is it "the internet cafe around your corner" or "THE (one) internet cafe in Zimbabwe"? :-)
aysar大约 13 年前
Wow, congrats! Thats a crazy struggle you have to go through- surely must pay off- just keep at it!
jackds大约 13 年前
I was hoping the blog will have some links from times past, talking about how it was going.
psteiner大约 13 年前
Munyukim, excellent start! Keep building on your initiative, we'll be cheering you on!
antihero大约 13 年前
Any chance you'd throw the code on GitHub for some critique? :)
brainless大约 13 年前
Very inspiring story.
munyukim大约 13 年前
feel free to contact me @ m.manatsa@gmail.com