Seun Oduwole

Discover the essence of Yoruba culture at the John Randle Centre, where 'Storytelling is a very strong part of the culture.' - @Oluseunie ⬇ african.business/2024/02/techno…

Sitting quietly by yourself and creating something that you will never show another person, simply for the act of self expression, may be the last frontier of true freedom we have left. Do not take those moments for granted.

@FoundersPodcast “A players want to work with other A players” 100%. They don’t get along with Cs because they get frustrated with a lower bar for talent when they want the bar to keep raising

Next year marks an exciting new era for architecture in west Africa. I wrote about stunning projects in Benin, Lagos and Senegal that will bridge pre-colonial traditions and post-colonial modernity in @TheEconomist economist.com/the-world-ahea…

One of the best ideas I learned from Kobe Bryant: “Don’t copy the what. Copy the how” Kobe would study greatness in any domain. Sports, music, business, art, whatever. This is why: “No matter what discipline you are in, there’s a common denominator in how we approach our craft. The attention to detail. The level of commitment. Those things are the same across the board. That is my message: Don’t look at what I did but *how* I did it. The how. And then you can transfer that over to any profession and any discipline.”

Kobe Bryant was asked, “What is one quality that all the great ones have?” Without hesitation Kobe said: “It’s love. It’s not rocket science to me man. The quality that we all share is that we love what we do. We absolutely love it. And it’s a pure love. It’s not the fame. It’s not the money. It’s not even the championships. 
It’s loving what we do —and we do it all the time. We study all the time. And as a result the championships come.

Ghana has lost yet another historic & cultural landmark due to neglect. The ancient mud mosque at Bole has collapsed. Torrential rains are being blamed but 5 years ago I visited it & wrote an article documenting visible termite infestation in its rafters. haunsinafrica.com/2018/05/22/gha…

"Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses." - Kobe Bryant

Kobe's legacy will live on forever 🕊 8️⃣∞2️⃣4️⃣ | #MambaDay 🐍 twitter.com/NBATV/status/1…

Kobe’s legacy immortalized. 2•8•24

@tmacbond @TexTheLaw I have in Nigeria na 🤷🏽‍♂️

@TexTheLaw @Oluseunie

Too often we reward people who solve problems while ignoring those who prevent them in the first place. Instead of glorifying those who run around putting out fires, we need to create an organizational culture that empowers everyone to act responsibly at the first sign of smoke.

People in this thread misunderstanding what architectural drawings are, who owns them, and the legalities around them. Let me provide some clarity. 1. When you hire an architect, you're purchasing a service, not drawings. The drawings are called "instruments of service" and are owned by the architect. Architects didn't make this up, this is law. 2. If you've engaged an architect, you have a limited license to use the drawings they create to do the project. You are not allowed to take those drawings to another site and recreate the same building. Architects didn't make this up, this is law. 3. If you didn't engage an architect, and you want drawings for a building they did (that wasn't your building), you are *not* entitled to a copy of the drawings. Some architects will provide an outline set or "marketing plans" as a courtesy. 4. If you engage an architect, you are *not* entitled to the software program files of the project. This is *incredibly* risky for an architect to share these. Again, these are instruments of service. You're not entitled to the contractor's tools or the dentist's chair. 5. One of the main things you're purchasing from an architect is liability protection. Their stamp on the drawings means they are taking significant liability on their shoulders *on the your behalf* - and as such, they are entitled to protect that liability. 6. If you don't like any of this, you can find architects who can be bullied into providing stuff outside the legal/ethical bounds of the profession, but any reputable architect won't risk their livelihood and expose themselves to that much risk. 7. Architects are *personally* liable for their work. Personally. 8. If you engaged an architect and you'd like PDF or hard copies of the drawings of a project you worked on together, hell yeah, you can have them! As owner, you've paid for the service, and you, as part of your limited license to use the instruments of service, may have a copy. There is *a lot* of case law backing this stuff up. If you're a new developer or architect and you don't understand how this stuff works, get on it. This is real, and it's not just architects being worryworts. Also - none of this is legal advice. Things are different in different jurisdictions. Check with a lawyer *who understands architects and construction law* in your jurisdiction for more information.

@_Ade_eze Hi. Still going..

"When we are saying this cannot be accomplished, this cannot be done, then we are short-changing ourselves. My brain, it cannot process failure. It will not process failure." - Kobe Bryant

A critic tried to tell Steve Jobs how he should build his product Steve’s response:

Modern man is in a terrible predicament. He is helplessly enamored with the beauty of what the old world built, yet despises the beliefs that inspired them to build it.

My first architecture job was at Hopkins. RIP Sir Michael 🙏🏾🕊️ 💫