Turbo Nerdz

I began Turbonerdz about a month before the commencement of my first professional examination (MB 1). I bet most people questioned my decision to start blogging at such a dire time, but little did they know that blogging was what kept me sane. Looking back, my daily routine consisted of reading, eating and sleeping while preparing for that exam. This triad of  a routine soon became redundant and I was honestly tired of reading. I needed to do something to get my mind off books for a while. That was how I picked up my jotter and penned down what would become my second blogpost, "The SUV Craze". I have always liked cars, even as a child. I did not know anything about engines or transmissions, all I knew is that they looked beautiful. Thanks to a father who is also a gearhead, he would explain little details about cars to me and he always ensured to involve me whenever he was buying a car or servicing any of the ones we owned. Coupled with TV shows like Pimp My Ride and Top Gear...

I usually play this game when taking walks, in which I try to guess from a distance what cars are approaching before they get close. Not to brag, but I usually guess right 99.9% of the time (wink wink). The reason I can play this game of mine, is because every car has it's own specific shape, outline or look. Sometimes, just the headlights of a car can easily give it away. Now, lets play a quick game. The image below is of a very popular car in Nigeria, try guessing the car. Most people will guess right because this car has a specific body shape that brought about it's Nigerian given nick name. If your guess was the Toyota Camry (Muscle), then you are correct. Bravo! A design language is hence, a collection of visual and interactive elements designers use to communicate with users. Visual design comprises of shapes, patterns and colours that are used to communicate with a brand’s target audience. There are thousands of vehicles on the road and it can be very difficult to tell t...

In the previous blogpost, we discussed about the Japanese Gentleman's Agreement and it was only right to have also brought to light the Mid Night Club, which was largely responsible for the aforementioned Gentleman's Agreement. To serve as  recap, the Mid Night Club was founded in 1987 and comprised a group of Japanese executives who were normal office workers by day, but became high speed racers by night fall. Personally, the words "Mid Night Club", is nostalgic. The last of the midnight club games January 2012, a certain young man in JSS1 got back to school from the Christmas Holiday. That one holiday he wished never came to an end. Anyhoo, everyone got talking about their holiday and they somehow started talking about the games they played. A friend of his then mentioned Mid Night Club and he was immediately hooked when he heard it was a racing game. Back in the day, when PS2 games cost just two hundred naira, he ran home for midterm break and immediately went in s...