I do get tired of the frantic "trending" that occurs at the beginning and end of every year. Hence, I tend to sit back, take it all in and try give a summarised, more considered view a month or so later. Call it cutting through the clutter, if you wi...
M-novels, or mobile novels (stories on your cellphone) are on the rise in South Africa, as Michelle Matthews explained so well in "Cell-lit is all the rage". In SA there is about 10% PC-based internet connectivity, while the number of people with acc...
Fleishman South Africa were kind enough to lend me a Nokia N97 for a couple of weeks. This phone was coming into focus for me as an upgrade competitor to the iPhone 3GS. Add to that, a fairly nifty digital marketing campaign and my interest was pique...
I recently had a conversation with some people at Google about mobile applications for sub-Saharan Africa. Two key issues emerged: i) South Africa is ahead of the pack in terms of cellphone adoption, coverage and services, and ii) the lowest common d...
The blogosphere often comes under criticism (and usually, rightly so) for knee-jerk journalism. Don't research the facts -- just the get the scoop and get something up. In comes the traffic and some poor sod usually clicks on the Google Ads. Not a gr...
A person with ubuntu is open and available to others, affirming of others, does not feel threatened that others are able and good, for he or she has a proper self-assurance that comes from knowing that he or she belongs in a greater whole and is dimi...
So now we know. The speculation is over. I was listening to the Apple WWDC event's iPhone announcements lastnight live on ustream, following the excellent live blogging on Engadget and keeping up with the lively micro-blogging commentary. The ann...
