By Yoav Tchelet
Last week at Facebook's f8 conference in San Francisco, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced details of what may cement Facebook's place as the de facto social operating system for the internet.
Zuckerberg has had grand ambitions for h...
"No economy can grow by excluding any part of its people, and an economy that is not growing cannot integrate all of its citizens in a meaningful way." - from South Africa's black economic empowerment strategy document.
At the end of May I start...
If we want to understand how communications could change in the next 15 years, we must look back over the same period -- to a time before the cellphone and the internet. Only then can we appreciate and prepare for the potential revolution that still ...
Meet Charl Norman. At first sight, he doesn’t look dangerous. You might even encounter him at business or social events, exchange business cards and not even think of contacting the authorities. “Hmm, nice logo, you might say,” as I did, and th...
The three months from April to June 2007 are likely to be remembered as the beginning of the tipping point for social media and social networking in South Africa. Most of the country’s key platforms and innovations for what is collectively known as...
The most visible evidence of the rise of Web 2.0, or at least the social media and social networking that tends to define it, is the astronomical growth of Facebook. Many Web 2.0 role players, including some prospective members of the Amablogoblogo, ...
It is fairly clear who the most active players are in South African blogging, social networking and social media. Already, a laundry list is forming of names of individuals who are highly successful at rolling out new offerings in this Web 2.0 space,...
The selection committee for the Amablogoblogo team is now in session. We are using the following rigorous three-stage procedure to choose the shapers and shakers of blogging, social media and Web 2.0 in South Africa:
1. Consulting animal entrails....
