Author Archive for Nolawi



d'afrique Apex 23 Comments

Two entities start off and converge at the apex like that off my favorite episodes of the Seinfeld TV show. George Constanza became a marine biologist while Kramer became a bad golfer who trained by hitting the golf ball in the ocean. This episode ends with George revealing his struggle with the whale, and eventually [...]

Labeled Idiot 18 Comments

This is a clothing label, it is labeled in English and then in French. This piece of clothing was manufactured a small boutique in the ‘US.’ US is in quotes because manufactured in the US doesn’t necessarily mean “Made in the US.” Both the English and the French part is exactly the same, except the [...]

Red Yellow & Green 291 Comments

Nowadays everyone is a photographer, a digital one. They buy the fancy SLR‘s and act like the next Ansell Adams. And the photo’s they are not bad at all. The cameras do the job; the photos are in focus, they have good lighting among other things. Just looking through the Flickr, the quality of some [...]

Holiday Whatever 35 Comments

Whenever it’s a holiday of any sort, I get a lot of text messages. One would assume it’s a great thing that we all have such good friends that want to wish us ‘happy whatever…’ Hanukah, Gena, Millennium and the many others holidays; I would get a ‘Happy New Year’ text from that girl that [...]

The Niche Suicide 36 Comments

How do you want to die in the cut-throat world of business? Seems like most of us prefer the “familiar” blade. Think about it, how many Ethiopians /Africans have access to the internet? An Ethiopian lawyer limiting her client base to just Ethiopians is committing suicide. The same theory applies to most businesses that cater [...]