October 2009
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Oct 29th
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The day Madiba invited Alan Knott-Craig and Bob...
This is a really good article and a really fantastic story from Alan Knott-Craig’s biography “Second is Nothing”. Madiba’s magic wisdom, once again! Read the full article here: The day Madiba invited Alan Knott-Craig and Bob Chaphe to tea | TechCentral
Oct 28th
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Oct 22nd
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Oct 20th
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“Frankly, I think people are still just trying to catch up with the first iPhone...”
– Apple COO, Tim Cook - Apple Crushes Recession by Selling More Macs and iPhones Than Ever Before
Oct 20th
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10 Reasons to love Google Wave
article by Steve Mathew There’s so much hype over Google Wave and now some critism is also starting to surface. So a colleague (and fellow Google Wave fan) and I compiled a quick list of 10 things to be happy about Google Wave. 1. It’s actually “live” 2. It’s free 3. It’s Google 4. I have an account :-) 5. It’s html 5 6. It’s XMPP 7....
Oct 19th
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Oct 19th
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WatchWatch
Mail & Guardian’s ZA News Puppetry & satire at it’s best Watch some more here: ZA News
Oct 18th
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Oct 18th
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Forward Slash Forward Slash
Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the Internet, says he’s “sorry” for the forward slashes (//) included in every web address. He admits the symbols were actually “unnecessary” and didn’t realize they would be “so much hassle.” Via Guy Kawasaki - URL slash creator: “It seemed like a good idea at the time” - Holy Kaw!
Oct 17th
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Oct 16th
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New Wi-Fi Direct Technology to Turn Every Gadget... →
Ooh, this sounds very useful. Bring it on!
Oct 16th
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Oct 15th
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Oct 15th
“No, not at all”
Agliotti: The gist of the affidavit was “to do my best to discredit the DSO [the Scorpions]”
Cilliers: “We can infer that if you are busy negotiating deals with an authority, you will do anything to get that deal?”
Agliotti: “Yes.”
Cilliers: “And the element of truth plays no part?”
Agliotti: “No, not at all”.
Oct 14th
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“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be...”
– Steve Jobs
Oct 13th
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Oct 13th
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Oct 13th
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Oct 12th
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Oct 12th
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Wonderwall →
Oh my goodness. This site makes me feel drunk. But it’s seriously awesome.
Oct 12th
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Oct 11th
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Oct 10th
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Oct 9th
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Oct 8th
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Oct 8th
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What does the iPhone, Xbox, PlayStation, the Wii...
Yes, they’re all tech products. They also hugely popular. And they’re the offspring of companies that compete fiercely. But no, that’s not the answer I was looking for. The answer is that they are all manufactured by the SAME COMPANY. Yes, I couldn’t believe it either. They’re called Foxconn, the largest manufacturer of electronics and computer components worldwide....
Oct 7th
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Oct 7th
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0% of a really big number is still zero.
Charles Blow reports in the NY Times that: “A study last year conducted by members of PRS for Music, a nonprofit royalty collection agency, found that of the 13 million songs for sale online last year, 10 million never got a single buyer and 80 percent of all revenue came from about 52,000 songs. That’s less than one percent of the songs.” read Seth’s full post here Seth’s...
Oct 7th
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Oct 6th
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The end of advertising as we know it  →
“The next 5 years will hold more change for the advertising industry than the previous 50 did. Increasingly empowered consumers, more self-reliant advertisers and ever-evolving technologies are redefining how advertising is sold, created, consumed and tracked. Our research points to four evolving future scenarios – and the catalysts that will be driving them. Traditional advertising players...
Oct 5th