[kictanet] Digital migration and mass ignorance

Tue Jan 15 09:31:58 EAT 2013

Daniel

On a light note...some may think or label you Pedantic but I completely feel you..

We must continuously strive to slay mediocrity in all aspects of our lives. Only then can we aspire to greatness. 

I also applaud my brother Wambua for being positive towards criticism for none of us is perfect.

Ali Hussein
CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd
Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd

+254 773/713 601113

"The future belongs to him who knows how to wait." - Russian Proverb

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On Jan 15, 2013, at 8:50 AM, "Wambua, Christopher" <Wambua at cck.go.ke> wrote:

> Daniel
>  
> Many thanks for taking your time to give us feedback on the typography, presentation and bibliography styles of our reports.
>  
> I shall share your comments, which you have made in good faith,  with my colleagues at the Commission with a view to ensuring continual improvement.
>  
> Best regards
>  
> From: Daniel Waweru [mailto:daniel.waweru at gmail.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 2:26 AM
> To: Wambua, Christopher
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Digital migration and mass ignorance
>  
> Hi Christopher,
>  
> Thanks for the report. 
>  
>  
> Why are your reports set in standard-issue government style? The typography is awful: sans font, 12pt or larger, which makes continuous reading quite difficult, especially online; the tables with vertical lines; inconsistent bibliography styles; and so on. Almost every serious rule of effective communication in print is violated here.
>  
> It's one thing to find this sort of thing from the Central Bank (or some other equally staid part of government) but one would expect you guys to put out reports that have a passing acquaintance with the canons of effective communication in print: with Tufte (http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_vdqi) or Bringhurst (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elements_of_Typographic_Style) or Butterick (http://www.typographyforlawyers.com/?page_id=1300) or, indeed, with the sort of thing you can pick up by reading a LATEX manual.
>  
> For excellent recent government typography, the reports of New Zealand's Waitangi tribunal stand out, and I've attached one of them to this email. I'm sorry to pick on you --- and I have a spare copy of Bringhurst, if you'd like one -- but I read the report; my eyes bled; and it occurred to me that there was no real reason for you not to do better than this.
>  
> Regards,
>  
> 
> Daniel Waweru,
> 26 Hai Phen,
> Bodoni, 
> Caissa Superiore,
> Republic of San Serriffe
>  
>  
> 
> On 11 January 2013 16:33, Wambua, Christopher <Wambua at cck.go.ke> wrote:
> Grace/Listers,
>  
> Unless I am wrong,  the report that you are referring to is available on our website at http://www.cck.go.ke/about/downloads/Transition_2007.pdf
>  
> Initially, the simulcast period was envisaged to end in June 2012. However due to delays in the deployment of signal distribution infrastructure and unavailability of set top boxes in adequate quantities in the local market, the simulcast period was extended to December 31st, 2012.
>  
> Best regards,
>  
> Christopher Wambua
> Manager/Communications
> Consumer and Public Affairs Division
> Communications Commission of Kenya
> P.O. Box 14448, NAIROBI 00800
> KENYA
>  
>  
>  
> From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+wambua=cck.go.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Grace Githaiga
> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 3:17 PM
> To: Wambua, Christopher
> Cc: kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> 
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Digital migration and mass ignorance
>  
> Henry
> No, I do not have the plan. However,  I remember reading about the end of the simulcast period either in the first report done by the committee appointed to look into the matter, or there must have been some information in the press advertised by the digital migration secretariat. Further, the report had talked of how the frequencies would be handled. There was clearly a plan in place. Maybe CCK could share it. 
> Rgds
> GG
> 
> > From: henry at article19.org
> > To: ggithaiga at hotmail.com
> > CC: kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> > Subject: RE: [kictanet] Digital migration and mass ignorance
> > Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:07:57 +0000
> > 
> > Grace 
> > 
> > Thanks. Do you have a copy of the plan. Does it make clear which frequencies are going to be set aside for TV and radio (public, private and community), security, aviation? Please share.
> > 
> > HENRY O. MAINA
> > DIRECTOR
> > ARTICLE 19 KENYA/EASTERN AFRICA
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> > ________________________________________
> > From: Grace Githaiga [ggithaiga at hotmail.com]
> > Sent: 11 January 2013 02:53 PM
> > To: Henry Maina
> > Cc: kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> > Subject: RE: [kictanet] Digital migration and mass ignorance
> > 
> > Thanks Henry.
> > 
> > I thought the simulcast period is over? Cant quite remember but there was a plan that had been released and CCK may have been following it considering the switch off was meant to happen last year.
> > 
> > Rgds
> > GG
> > 
> > From: henry at article19.org
> > Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:26:16 +0000
> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Digital migration and mass ignorance
> > CC: kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> > To: ggithaiga at hotmail.com
> > 
> > 
> > D
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