I would like to share an email with you that, according to its content, may contain information which is confidential, private or privileged in nature. Indeed, I have been advised that I must notify the sender that I am not the stated addressee or su...
The announcement last week that Naspers has put MWeb up for auction created a stir of surprise, but not shock.
Is the decision by Naspers to sell MWeb a vote of no confidence in the internet? Hardly. If anything, it declares the opposite: a recogn...
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), which allows Internet users to make phone calls to each other at no cost, is finally taking off among South African businesses, four years after it became legal to use it outside company networks.
This is the ...
Is it only me, or has the media's leverage of technology allowed its coverage of economic news to stagnate? The technology is now available to plug so many automated feeds into tracking of daily market indicators that the people responsible for econo...
Is it only me, or does everyone else get the idea that Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni is adding up the right numbers but getting the wrong answer?
Every time the inflation rate rises, he sticks it to the consumer, blaming our spending habits f...
The South African blogging numbers for 2007 and the beginning of 2008 are in, and they tell a story almost as eloquent as do some of the blogs.
Just six months ago, blogging was the next big internet fad in South Africa. Seemingly from nowhere, in...
It may not be a new form of journalism, but it is quickly becoming apparent that interviews with avatars in virtual worlds are going to require a new set of guidelines for journalists.
This is one of the first learnings to emerge from an experimen...
I’ve been terrified of naming these two guys as Bloggers of the Week. When the concept for this blog was first proposed, the biggest criticism was that it would simply line up the usual suspects of the Web 2.0 world, such as Justin Hartman and Mike...
So history has been made. Llewellyn Kriel has been fired from the Sowetan for his writings in his Thought Leader blog. At a hearing held at Avusa (Johncom) on Thursday afternoon, November 29, his contract of employment was formally terminated.
Wh...
Later today, history will be made when, for the first time, a South African journalist will be punished for blogging. A hearing is due to be held at Avusa (formerly Johnnic Communications) at 3pm today (Thursday) to decide the fate of a Sowetan sub-e...
Arthur Goldstuck is a South African journalist, media analyst and commentator on information and communications technology (ICT), internet and mobile communications and technologies. Goldstuck heads the World Wide Worx research organisation, and has led research into ICT issues such as the effects of IT on small business, the role of mobile technologies in business and government, and the technology challenges of the financial services sector. He regularly provides strategic insights and guidance on trends at conferences and corporate events across Africa.
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Legends From a Small Country Revisiting and updating the urban legends that have appeared in Arthur Goldstuck's various books, and monitoring new ones as they appear and disappear from the psyche. The focus is on South African urban legends, but sometimes goes global.
Little Blog Little Blog is a 5-year old human being who exhibits all the characteristics of a blog. Very often, her worldview suggests a far more interesting world than that experienced by her Official Adults.
The Big Change The Big Change is a business strategy blog and newsletter published by Arthur Goldstuck.
