I’m facinated how China is regulating the Internet. There is a lot of critics and companies like Google and Yahoo have been roasted over the coals for how they co-operate with the Chinese government. I do believe they are doing right when you consider a staggering 446.7% growth from 2000 to 2006. I can’t even begin to comprehend this kind of growth living in South Africa. The future of the Internet and the Web is all about user generated content. And blogging is the perfect way to allow that. Now in a new article China is moving toward a “real name” system. This will be perceived by the West as controlling or limiting the expression of bloggers. When you are dealing with such a vast number of people in China, its understandble for me to regular and create some boundaries for online usage. What do you think about this article?

I’ve been using ClamWin, an open-source and free antivirus program for about two years now. Its is absolutely the best open source product I’ve ever used (next to Mozilla Firefox). When my original Norton Antivirus expired and they wanted me to pay in excess of US$50 to renew, I decided to look elsewhere. And to me, this product, ClamWin, proves the open source model works, and the quality of the products either match or exceed their counterparts. So I highly recommend this software which integrates with Microsoft Outlook, and runs on WindowsXP like a bomb! Download ClamWin 0.88.5 here.

I would rather be Steve Jobs because he’s so much cooler, so much happier, so much more inspiring. He’s Harvard University commencement address I wrote about here, is one of the deepest messages I’ve ever read and the way that Jobs described his life into three concicse lessons is powerfull and potent. One some websites about the Meyers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator, ENTP (mine), Steve Jobs is listed as a famous example of this.

In the blog where I read this the famous Apple “Think Different” commercial was displayed. For some reason I cannot embed these video clips in my blog so you have to click through to YouTube to view it here. And read the full history here of this incredibly powerful message sent to me back in 1999 because the person thought I was described by these words. I will never forget this.
Anyway there’s a great article about Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates here.

Ronnie Apteker must be one of the most humble millionaires I personally know. He was the founder of Internet Solution with a few other guys back in 1993. This was also the first company I worked for in 1997 when I moved to Joburg. And I still have a strong connection with them. He writes a regular column for the Business Report (IOL) online and last Friday mentioned a mobile ordering and payment service in America, Mobo. Now in this column he does not even mentioned that his company was testing the same kind of thing in a famous experiment in the late 1990s where you could use your cellphone to order a coke from a vending machine! Here in South Africa we have some technical geniuses and we don’t always understand that we can indeed compete with the best in the world…

Remember to checkout Mobo’s website here. This is an idea who’s time has arrived even in South Africa!