Visit Techjamaica.com

[Dev]

Has anyone on this site been to or registered with www.techjamaica.com?

Its a really neat site if you wanna be ontop of tehcnological happening in Jamaica and worldwide.

Check out the forums as well http://www.techjamaica.com/forums/

[Skillachi]

I dont think u realize but is mainly techjamaica people on this website so far... so yeh most of us already know about techjamaica.com :D

[Xenocrates]

You fail to realise the vision of Dev my friend. He's obviously not thinking about the here and now. He's looking at the site from a futuristic perspective. It's like driving a motorcar Skillo. You never look at the road immediately in front of you, you always look way up to the top of the road when driving. That way you can prepare for whatever you are about to encounter further up the road from your current position.

Think about it. :wink:

[Dev]

Thats right X-dude. We want a wide variety of people on our site that can contribute to the happenings in technology especially in the caribbean area.

We've already established a link with T&T based on gaming, maybe we can become loser to those guys on not just a gaming level but social and technological. :wink:

[deakie]

dat soun like praise to me :D

[kilaj1]

techjamaica.com...hmmm, that site does sound familiar...kiding!! VERY VERY good tech forum. :icon_lol: those who dont join join NOW!! :icon_lol:

[Cocoa]

I can say I have been a member of TJ for a year now. Cool site. :)

[Manu]

No advertisingfor TechJam ere rasta....too much a unu over deh...we want unu over ere...lol
J/k

lovely site....get your tech game up and pop in for a visit. Plus you can get sweet deals on tech parts and mobile phones!

[Chris]

No advertisingfor TechJam ere rasta....too much a unu over deh...we want unu over ere...lolAh dat mi ah sey too ... no advertising of other sites in here please :eusa_snoo

[Leina]

:icon_cry:
Ah dat mi ah sey too ... no advertising of other sites in here please :eusa_snoo

the ppl on Tech Ja not nice they treat me bad :icon_cry:

[ramesh]

TechJamaica? Wha dat? ;)

[Leina]

TechJamaica? Wha dat? ;)

the set up it good but di ppl is another story. :rolleyes:

[Manu]

:icon_cry:

the ppl on Tech Ja not nice they treat me bad :icon_cry:

Were you a member there? Whats your name there? What you mean people not nice? Yes you have some high strung people there...like A_A...but he's much different over here.....dunno why.....

Stick with me and I'll help yah out!

[AngelsKiss]

Were you a member there? Whats your name there? What you mean people not nice? Yes you have some high strung people there...like A_A...but he's much different over.....dunno why.....

Stick with me and I'll help yah out!
LMBO.......................................

[Drew]

:icon_cry:

the ppl on Tech Ja not nice they treat me bad :icon_cry:
just curious, are you serious or joking leina??

[Manu]

just curious, are you serious or joking leina??

I don't see how she could be serious....her name is buffy on TechJam

[Cocoa]

Why wouldn't be serious? Some men there are mean, but I can handle them.

[d_knight]

techjamaica members are great people. haven't ever had a problem with ne of them. sure we have disputes at times but thats the nature of forums and what is expected.

[Manu]

Yea...I haven't swung at anyone yet so it can't be that bad....:eusa_whis

[nuhsenutten]

thats how u rate the situation.......lol.........u nuh easy u kno manu :icon_lol:

[Leina]

Were you a member there? Whats your name there? What you mean people not nice? Yes you have some high strung people there...like A_A...but he's much different over here.....dunno why.....

Stick with me and I'll help yah out!

my username is buffy on techja

[Leina]

I don't see how she could be serious....her name is buffy on TechJam

what is that supposed to mean?

[Leina]

ok i have changed my mind the ppl there aren't so bad, they are an interesting lot

[dtgo]

techjamaica a bashment site, any time i go on the internet i go 2 caribyard and techjamaica.com :eusa_pray :eusa_danc :hyper:

[Leina]

techjamaica a bashment site, any time i go on the internet i go 2 caribyard and techjamaica.com :eusa_pray :eusa_danc :hyper:
but my problem is i don't know much about computers i mean the technical stuff so poor mi confused

[dtgo]

but my problem is i don't know much about computers i mean the technical stuff so poor mi confused


dnt woryy i'll guide u if u want me to :hyper:

[Leina]

dnt woryy i'll guide u if u want me to :hyper:
k i wud love that thanks

[Blindz]

yeah Leina, don't worry, if u confused bout ne likkle problem ur pc or a program decides to throw at u, don't get frustrated just ask at techja.

[dtgo]

yeah Leina, don't worry, if u confused bout ne likkle problem ur pc or a program decides to throw at u, don't get frustrated just ask at techja.

thats the best place to ask too

[nuhsenutten]

as u sey dat mp10 a gi mi some prob...............

[Chris]

as u sey dat mp10 a gi mi some prob...............huh? please stay on topic.

[Manu]

what is that supposed to mean?

i was replying to someone who asked if you were seriosu about TechJam people not being nice....and then I told them your name is buffy on the sight.....lol. "Because of your teeth and "other reasons".....:eusa_whis

[Xenocrates]

Y'know? I've been steadily loosing interest in participating @ TechJamaica over the last year or two.

I'm not sure I'm comfortable with the testosterone overload on TechJamaica. Too many elitist, egocentric, insecure young males in one place. One person suggested a long time ago that I tone down the strength of my posts to accommodate them. I disagree. I think they should learn to step up. Why should I stoop down to match them? Not in my lifetime. I remember on several occasions where I showed a programmer a simpler way to code his segment, and would you believe it? HE TOOK OFFENCE TO IT! :icon_eek: But that's the least of it. The guys there are so insecure among themselves, that if I so much as say "...that's not quite correct...", they get on the defensive, as though they heard that Bush was invading Jamaica... :eusa_wall

I don't like how some of those guys treat women on TechJamaica. One too many loose arguments here and there. One of them was so blatant I'm surprised the thread wasn't deleted. There are times I wonder how the female members feel. Some guys come onto there talking as though they don't expect that women would read what they post... and then they wonder why women don't post often... :rolleyes: I've never seen such a wanton and indiscriminate display of idiocy! I can tell that many of these guys have had little experience around [mature] women. It reeeally shows.

Now the site is crawling with these young blood, hot shot, UTECH undergrads or under 21-y.o. little punks who want to have their way, right away, any way, everyday. I never thought that my little campaigne while I was in second year would blow up like this. Yeah, the site has grown, but I don't like the attitude of the newer members. I miss the constructive and wildly entertaining discussions I had with guys like Gillion, Deakie, CKnight, Nigelt, BlackCryptoKnight and several others. It's no longer an environment for those kinds of discussions anymore. Too much immature, elitist, egoism.

I'm sick of it already. :eusa_hand

[Manu]

Y'know? I've been steadily loosing interest in participating @ TechJamaica over the last year or two.

I'm not sure I'm comfortable with the testosterone overload on TechJamaica. Too many elitist, egocentric, insecure young males in one place. One person suggested a long time ago that I tone down the strength of my posts to accommodate them. I disagree. I think they should learn to step up. Why should I stoop down to match them? Not in my lifetime. I remember on several occasions where I showed a programmer a simpler way to code his segment, and would you believe it? HE TOOK OFFENCE TO IT! :icon_eek: But that's the least of it. The guys there are so insecure among themselves, that if I so much as say "...that's not quite correct...", they get on the defensive, as though they heard that Bush was invading Jamaica... :eusa_wall

I don't like how some of those guys treat women on TechJamaica. One too many loose arguments here and there. One of them was so blatant I'm surprised the thread wasn't deleted. There are times I wonder how the female members feel. Some guys come onto there talking as though they don't expect that women would read what they post... and then they wonder why women don't post often... :rolleyes: I've never seen such a wanton and indiscriminate display of idiocy! I can tell that many of these guys have had little experience around [mature] women. It reeeally shows.

Now the site is crawling with these young blood, hot shot, UTECH undergrads or under 21-y.o. little punks who want to have their way, right away, any way, everyday. I never thought that my little campaigne while I was in second year would blow up like this. Yeah, the site has grown, but I don't like the attitude of the newer members. I miss the constructive and wildly entertaining discussions I had with guys like Gillion, Deakie, CKnight, Nigelt, BlackCryptoKnight and several others. It's no longer an environment for those kinds of discussions anymore. Too much immature, elitist, egoism.

I'm sick of it already. :eusa_hand


LOL....remember when we used to go at it Xeno? LOL......I can imagine you flipping the bird at the screen everytime you saw my replies....lol.
Anyways, I have had encounters with you, gillion and just about everybody. But I learnt my place.....more or less. I see some things over the site still... that have been given a blind eye. I understand that Chris is a bit under-staffed as the mods can't handle the influx of posts so it's not really their fault. I kinda shying away from there still but there are some real diehard techies there who will post useful info so I'll visit. It's a nice site...with incredible potential......just need to be steered in the proper direction!

[BlackCryptoKnight]

I miss the constructive and wildly entertaining discussions I had with guys like Gillion, Deakie, CKnight, Nigelt, BlackCryptoKnight and several others. It's no longer an environment for those kinds of discussions anymore. Too much immature, elitist, egoism.

I'm sick of it already. :eusa_hand

I look at it like this X, forums are like life - you will encounter different kinds of people. Some you will get along with, some you won't. The difference is, you can just completely ignore those who offend you in an online forum, and just carry on as if they didn't exist. So you can still have meaningful discussions if you want, just filter out the static. ;)

[Xenocrates]

I guess I need a new filter, because the static is so overwhelming that it can break the chain of thought, and subsequently the discussion. I remember some excellent one on one's we've had in the past. It's nearly impossible to foster those kinds of discussions anymore, because someone, somewhere, somehow is going to find a way to say something so ludicrously disruptive, that my desire for continuing the discussion ceases almost immediately.

Look at it this way BCK. When you and I have discussions, sometimes I conceed and sometimes it's the other way around. I don't have a problem with being told that "you're wrong Xeno". Because that's the only way we learn, right? With the new blood on the board however, they don't have that kind of attitude. The discussion often falls into a state where we spend 90% of the thread clearing up a misunderstanding someone has because they don't read.

I don't mind working with someone who is not into the kinda high level stuff we talk about sometimes. So long as they're willing to read and understand everything before they post, it will work! But when it becomes repetitive, and it happens more often than not, it becomes dreadfully annoying. There are times I post and I literally pray that I'm not misunderstood AGAIN when they respond.

Am I being irrational by expecting people to read before they respond, or to respond asking for clarification? How comes guys like you never make that mistake? Maybe I am being irrational about it.

I guess the problem lies with me.

[BlackCryptoKnight]

Am I being irrational by expecting people to read before they respond, or to respond asking for clarification? How comes guys like you never make that mistake? Maybe I am being irrational about it.

I guess the problem lies with me.

Breddrin, relax. You are not irrational. Do your thing and don't let others inhibit you. You'll never please everybody, and there will always be somebody to take issue with you. You have a lot to contribute - you already have. Just keep contributing. Your filters may take a bit of time to develop, but they will. ;)

[Manu]

Yah...you'll always have people who don't share your views...and with the amount of members ther enow and those partcipating....what you expect? just learn to adapt! Do YOUR thing....

[Leina]

i was replying to someone who asked if you were seriosu about TechJam people not being nice....and then I told them your name is buffy on the sight.....lol. "Because of your teeth and "other reasons".....:eusa_whis
if mi did deh near you i wudda gi yuh a lick yuh really whistle

[Manu]

if mi did deh near you i wudda gi yuh a lick yuh really whistle

Violence....tsk tsk tsk....thats why the country cant get any better :rolleyes:




:D

[Xenocrates]

Y'know what my problem is? I have an extremely low tolerance for idiocy.

I simply lack the patience to deal with people who don't use that 3lb piece of meat inside their skull other than to react naturally to environmental stimuli. I can't tell you how much it drives me up the wall. That's why I don't get it when people tell me that I'd make a good teacher. I think I'd be the lowsiest teacher of all time. I just have an absolute zero-tolerance for immaturity and stupidity. Even in the digital world, it makes me very, VERY angry.

I think that makes me a bit irrational in some sense, and that's part of the reason why I think I would suck as a moderator. I just don't have that kinda patience at all. Gillion knows exactly how I feel. In fact, we've had many a discussiosn about this problem off the air, Gillion and I. I just don't get people who behave the way they do at times on TJ. Sometimes I don't know where you or Chris get your patience from. I admire that about you guys. Seriously. :eusa_clap That's something I know I don't possess.

I've very rarely met women who are that dark. I guess that's why I now have more female than male friends. Young guys can be so stupid sometimes.

[Arch_Angel]

Fi real. I notice the change too Xeno. Lot of young bloods. A handful of them don't take lightly to authority either. Ask them to do something or change something, they want to fight us (the moderators) down. It's either there way or no way at all. pssh

Anyways, I'm not going to air any dirty laundry here. :D
TechJamaica is great. Although the crowd has changed, still the love of technology and learning is still there. That's what draws me to the place (apart that I have to go there since I got duties to uphold ;) ).

[Cocoa]

Can we take these concerns to TJ? Don't mind you expressing your views, I mean this is CY....

My take is TechJamaica is a great place to be and it is one of the best sites I've been on. All the young and old fellows there make it what it is. I would love to meet some of them. People have faults but we need to give them time to grow and learn. Sometimes older and younger men (and women) just needs the patience and time and attention so that they can learn and better themselves.

I love the place and the interaction there.

[Kimberly]

I personally dont like TJ the main reason I visit regularly over there is due to the classifieds.I bet if they removed the classifieds and the off-tech discussions over here then the site could regain focus etc.
The modding over there is in many instances harsh and the administrator lacks objectivity to a large extent.Im a non-participating observer over there;however I visit frequently.
Has anyone seen so many closed posts in a website feedback and suggestion forum?
Once someone posted something that highlighted something negative on TJ and the administrator of course started to say what the threadstarter posted was incorrect and sought to disprove what was being said.
Much to his displeasure many others agreed with the threadstarter and Chris's comment was something to the tune of people love to criticize and its sad to see that the thread touched by techjamaica had fewer responses than the thread that housed the criticism.Clearly the criticism thread was closed.
I was viewing a thread recently about stolen laptops and this NEW poster who is over 50 made some very good points which others failed to understand and as such discredited.When the poster explained the Admin's response was you have taken the arguement to another level but I wont follow you dont there.
Seriously I have to wonder about the professionality of the website in my opinion standards are lacking over there.Another problem is that many people know each other personally so ....
Anyway the new poster utalized abbreviations etc. and poor spelling one poster commented that he should do a spell-check and sought to highlight faults in his character of course the Admin agreed and posted a :eusa_clap
smilie.They couldnt hadle his arguement so they had to resort to criticising spelling as he made them look stupid.
As a new poster with such responses from the administrator I wouldnt bother to participate.Noone even had the decency to say welcome to TechJamaica
The Admin rarely states he agrees with someone unless it has to do with negativity or enforcing the rules many of which are questionable.
The leaders over there need to take a tip form many of the more professional and focused sites on the web.
I dont know if the site should really be called tech-jamaica when most of the posts are being made in general (though mildly technologically related),off-tech and classifieds forums.
Another thing many of the members are high-strung they are on a kind of high-horse:let me try and be a mod,increase post and rank quest.Most of the time these members just post incorrect and ludicrous things as their main objective is to increase their post counts very little goes into the thought process.This in an effort to reach Ultimate Techie etc,never have I have never seen such imaturity.
If someone has been scammed the member cannot post the name of the scammer as the Admin states that this is unjustified as people simply cant make such allegations without proof;and that the matter needs to be investigated.He's been investigating for years now and has never posted the results of any investigation.
One can only offer so much proof in a post am I not correct.The real reason for this is that he doesnt want people to know that there are several scammers over there.He doesnt want anything to potentially tarnish the.Newsflash the site is already suffering.His objective is to make techjamaica seem almost perfect.Clearly you are not responsible for who joins the site one of your responsibilities is ensuring the welfare of members as it concerns interactions with other members through techjamaica.There is a thread entitled techjamaica testimonials and a poster stated that he had been scammed by a member and posted the member's name and the details of how he got robbed.Well of course that was deleted.
In almost all sites that have a classifieds section there is a feedback section If someone has been scammed the post the name of the member who has robbed them and others follow suit and if a member has received excellent service (interaction-courtesy,product etc) this is posted as well.He however will allow a feedback section,however only positive feedback posts may be posted.Clearly this encourages scamming,ive encountered a scammer already luckily for me I didnt fall into his plot.
Someone needs to give this site a good rival I could never even think about voting for it in the Top5jamaica web awards.

[Manu]

Oh dear.....oh dear. My Lady...i do agree with you on some points but I will reserve my comments for now because you also misunderstood and misinterpret some of the things on the site. Ofcourse you know that the same Admin from TechJam is the same one here....and the Mods over there are for the most part...the same mods here. It's really hard to maintain a site like TechJam with 2000+ members with strong opposing views. Sad yes....and it's unfortunate that you only participate based on the Classifieds. I personally send welcomes to the new members....but I've been away and the amount of people joining...it's hard to keep up with. Never the less...I hope other response to your post will be as civic as mine!

[AngelsKiss]

Kimberly...you have hit the nail on head with most if not all you have had to say :)

[Xenocrates]

I concur. http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y142/xenocrates/Smilies/protest.gif

[leoandru]

As far as I ca see It is mostly techjamaica ppl over here :snoring:.

[d_knight]

well i gotta say i feel what kimmy is saying. the people that i pay attention to on techjamaica i have no problem with though i really am good at turning a blind eye to things if i dont want you to exist you dont as far as i'm concerned. but what i have hated and will continue to hate is how they how they censor things. "that incident with the person posting about his experience of bieng scamed at least he made us aware of something like that happening due to a transaction which was initiated on the site. i really didn't see ne real reason for it to be removed but i guess if you own the show whatever you say goes. i'm not gonna sit and take this though.

[MiTcHiE]

I personally dont like TJ the main reason I visit regularly over there is due to the classifieds.I bet if they removed the classifieds and the off-tech discussions over here then the site could regain focus etc.
The modding over there is in many instances harsh and the administrator lacks objectivity to a large extent.Im a non-participating observer over there;however I visit frequently.
Has anyone seen so many closed posts in a website feedback and suggestion forum?
Once someone posted something that highlighted something negative on TJ and the administrator of course started to say what the threadstarter posted was incorrect and sought to disprove what was being said.
Much to his displeasure many others agreed with the threadstarter and Chris's comment was something to the tune of people love to criticize and its sad to see that the thread touched by techjamaica had fewer responses than the thread that housed the criticism.Clearly the criticism thread was closed.
I was viewing a thread recently about stolen laptops and this NEW poster who is over 50 made some very good points which others failed to understand and as such discredited.When the poster explained the Admin's response was you have taken the arguement to another level but I wont follow you dont there.
Seriously I have to wonder about the professionality of the website in my opinion standards are lacking over there.Another problem is that many people know each other personally so ....
Anyway the new poster utalized abbreviations etc. and poor spelling one poster commented that he should do a spell-check and sought to highlight faults in his character of course the Admin agreed and posted a :eusa_clap
smilie.They couldnt hadle his arguement so they had to resort to criticising spelling as he made them look stupid.
As a new poster with such responses from the administrator I wouldnt bother to participate.Noone even had the decency to say welcome to TechJamaica
The Admin rarely states he agrees with someone unless it has to do with negativity or enforcing the rules many of which are questionable.
The leaders over there need to take a tip form many of the more professional and focused sites on the web.
I dont know if the site should really be called tech-jamaica when most of the posts are being made in general (though mildly technologically related),off-tech and classifieds forums.
Another thing many of the members are high-strung they are on a kind of high-horse:let me try and be a mod,increase post and rank quest.Most of the time these members just post incorrect and ludicrous things as their main objective is to increase their post counts very little goes into the thought process.This in an effort to reach Ultimate Techie etc,never have I have never seen such imaturity.
If someone has been scammed the member cannot post the name of the scammer as the Admin states that this is unjustified as people simply cant make such allegations without proof;and that the matter needs to be investigated.He's been investigating for years now and has never posted the results of any investigation.
One can only offer so much proof in a post am I not correct.The real reason for this is that he doesnt want people to know that there are several scammers over there.He doesnt want anything to potentially tarnish the.Newsflash the site is already suffering.His objective is to make techjamaica seem almost perfect.Clearly you are not responsible for who joins the site one of your responsibilities is ensuring the welfare of members as it concerns interactions with other members through techjamaica.There is a thread entitled techjamaica testimonials and a poster stated that he had been scammed by a member and posted the member's name and the details of how he got robbed.Well of course that was deleted,thankfully I saw it and pmd the member and found out the scammer's name.
In almost all sites that have a classifieds section there is a feedback section If someone has been scammed the post the name of the member who has robbed them and others follow suit and if a member has received excellent service (interaction-courtesy,product etc) this is posted as well.He however will allow a feedback section,however only positive feedback posts may be posted.Clearly this encourages scamming,ive encountered a scammer already luckily for me I didnt fall into his plot.
Someone needs to give this site a good rival I could never even think about voting for it in the Top5jamaica web awards.
Sorry to quote such a long post, but I must comment. Firstly as stated above both sites have the same admin and same mods.

Different sites have diff rules, and the rules have to be maintained. Techja has a large and diverse member base. It is a very popular site and standards have to be upheld. With regards to website suggestions section, once a matter has been dealt with then it is closed, y leave it open? Matter has been dealt with y leave it open. Its there to be read but closed for posting.

No matter where u go people will always have problems with authority. What u guys also fail to understand is that on other forums worldwide u can be banned for even objecting to a moderator. Techja is soft compared to others.

[Chicokid]

I dont know if the site should really be called tech-jamaica when most of the posts are being made in general (though mildly technologically related),off-tech and classifieds forums.

I agree with you 100% on this one. TechJa is indeed growing into a place in which more non-tech items is discussed even more than tech items. Some time ago, I made a comment on TJ forums because of this. I said:


The off-topic thread in Techjamaica is growing to be one of the most active threads in techjamaica. Ultimately, this pattern is DEFEATING the purpose of techjamaica while at the same time drowning Caribyard which was created for that purpose. Several calls have been made before to the techjamaica/caribyard team to REMOVE the off-topic thread in techja and inform all users to revert their off topic threads to CY. However, that suggestion did not materialise albeit that there wouldn't be a "techjamaica 2". There are so much off-topic threads discussed here which are highly suitable for Caribyard and NOT Techjamaica

This is true because if you look at the statistics in TJ, you'll see that the off-topic section has the most number of posts and this is growing rapidly by the day. Compare: Off topic section has 21,111 posts, the only section of TJ that has over 20,000 posts vs. General discussions with 17,834. Goods news is that Off-Topic posts don't add to post counts. Another growing concern is the classifieds section which I believe the reason why most persons sign up on TJ..like a fly by night investor.

TechJamaica is not a bad site. I love it cause I can be technology informed or I can ask questions relating to tech and expect some suitable answers. However, Tech Jamaica's aim is being liquified by the day.

[Kimberly]

Okay so I went on over to techjamaica and this Mod Mitchie is saying in a nutshell that its new members that are complaining.Mitchie ive been a member of techjamaica for almost two years so that must mean im new.
In addition I have been a regular visitor of these forums and recently decided to join.
Your proof theory as it concerns scamming is full of loop holes.
What motive would anyone have to say a stranger on a forum scammed them.
If the mods have seen an arguement between two people and then later one accuses the other of scamming that's when investigating should occur.
Is it just me or is it that you are extremely patriotic to these sites and post hastily.
In regards to Raggy and KPU issue that is only ONE of many incidents that has been allowed to be viewed by the public.

[nuhsenutten]

there r good arugments from both sides of the fence on the tech-jamaica issue :eusa_clap .........but i do not believe that the conversation should b taked to caribyard as it divides the forum.... :icon_neut concerned citizen.................

[BlackCryptoKnight]

The points have been made.