It's great to see an innovative approach to HIV education: Metropolitan and CellBook have created an information booklet -- called B the Future -- on HIV and Aids that can be downloaded onto your cellphone. An iAfrica.com article explains the concept...
Recently I have recruited for a National Sales Manager position at our company.
I received many, many CVs from a vast range of excellent candidates - most with great track records: young, older, MBA grads and self-study and industries: banking, cars...
Last week I attended the third annual eLearning Africa conference in Accra, Ghana. Approximately 1500 delegates from 83 countries, mostly in Africa, gathered to discuss, share and promote various approaches to information and communication technologi...
Ok, so I’m a TechLeader now according to the cool gang at the Mail & Guardian Online. But I think it’s best to get some things out in the open before I continue on my leading ways.
I know squat about technology. (Ok, that’s not entirely...
I'm fascinated and challenged by Grand Theft Auto (GTA) IV, the new, extremely violent, extremely popular video game. I need to tell you why in two parts. The first part describes the exciting potential of digital games for learning, listing a number...
The American elections are quite interesting to outsiders for a change. Usually as a non-involved party, the endless primaries and the actual elections tend to be terrible yawn affairs. It’s normally time to cancel all newsletter subscriptions from...
There is unanimous agreement that South Africa's education is in crisis. What we can't agree on is how to fix it. It seems that everyone has their two cents' worth of wisdom: "What we need is ...", "It's time to ...", "The thing is ...", "You see, if...
When I was at senior school I chose to take maths and physical science as my main subjects. I only did this because this made me appear intelligent and gave me a certain status. It also gave me four years of total hell and agony. Science was not for ...
It’s “must-find-job” season, and CVs are pouring on to my desk.
With no fear of being too dramatic, I can safely say that 95% are horrendously presented.
I once had a candidate tell me in his "About me" paragraph that
"frankly, I am...
What do Marilyn Manson, the Testical Festival and Queen Elizabeth have in common? They're all on YouTube. No longer only the domain of the cute, the weird and the insanely boring (think family holiday videos), YouTube is becoming a platform for infor...
