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Interview on Radio 2000 discussing LinkedIn
Media 26
1939 days ago Ramon Thomas

Interview on Radio 2000 discussing LinkedIn

Tonight, Monday 29 January at 7pm I will be interviewed on Radio 2000 (99.7FM) by Allon Raiz with my friend Brian Carl Brown discussing LinkedIn and Social Networking for Entrepreneurs. This is just one of many recent interviews I've done in the month of January. So the year is getting off to rockin' start. This a must for entrepreneurs, small business owners, sales and marketing, event managers, recruitment consultants; and all those who's job it is to create new partnerships and build relationships quickly as well as people who would like to improve their referability. Other recent interviews Read More →
World's largest study on Online Gambling revealed
Research 13
1944 days ago Ramon Thomas

World's largest study on Online Gambling revealed

Online gambling seems to be a hot topic in South Africa. Today I'm doing an interview with SAFM, a national talk radio station on this topic of online gambling and online addiction. And so not surprisingly in preparation for the interview I found this excellent write-up on the most comprehensive study on online gambling to date. Here's a summary: Its not all about the winning and its more about the entertainment. When asked about why the participate in online gambling most respondents answers "to relax", "for entertainment", "to relieve boredom", which far outweighed "to make money." The average online poker Read More →
Masters these Five Areas in your Life
Success 8
1945 days ago Ramon Thomas

Masters these Five Areas in your Life

Master these Five Areas and You will Achieve Overall Success in Your Life:

  1. Language: become an expert speaking your language. If you don't you make a bad impression on people who area really sharp. In the key moments, it matters.

  2. Communication: language is a type of communication, but its bigger then that. In life you have to work with other people, and that requires communication. Learn body language, persuasion, influence.

  3. Sales: when you become good at sales, you learn it not sales techniques. Its about understanding where the other person is at and getting them Read More →

MySpace sends missing childrens alerts
News 43
1945 days ago Ramon Thomas

MySpace sends missing childrens alerts

Popular online social network MySpace will begin sending online alerts to users in certain US regions to help find missing children, as part of an expansion of plans to expand safeguards for users. MySpace struck a partnership with the National Centre for Missing & Exploited Children to enable MySpace Amber alerts, a programme between the media and law enforcement to issue early warning broadcast bulletins in serious child abduction cases. It is part of an upgrade by News Corp-owned MySpace of safety features designed to address concerns of child safety advocates, some of whom say it has been slow to keep Read More →
Discover Your Inner Geek
Events 136
1946 days ago Ramon Thomas

Discover Your Inner Geek

Mike Stopforth 27Dinner founderThis is from Mike Stopforth, Web 2.0 guru...I've already reserved my seat: I'm hosting another installment of the infamous Geek Dinner movement, now branded "27", on the 27th January at 5pm in the Studio at Primi Piatti, Rosebank. The last one was an enormous success, and we'd like to keep the tradition going. I regard you highly either as an incumbent geek, or a non-geek with huge potential.  Either way I'd love to see you there.  Seriously, 27 is a get together for people who Read More →
How not to buy women drinks in a bar or club
Dating 53
1946 days ago Ramon Thomas

How not to buy women drinks in a bar or club

Every now and then I do a quick interview on KayaFM on the breakfast show with Pat and Ed. This was the today's topic: Can we speak on how to stop be prevent a man becoming a sponsor for a for a girls night out. Many men when they are on the prowl ask to buy a girl a drink and end up buying her and her friends drinks for the whole evening. Here's my advice to guys: 1. never run a tab 2. set a limit for drinks for evening 3. never offer to Read More →
Publics Talks on Dangers of Mobile Phones, Chat Rooms
Speaking 8
1946 days ago Ramon Thomas

Publics Talks on Dangers of Mobile Phones, Chat Rooms

16 year old girl kidnapped by online predator using MXit. Avoid your child being next victim...

Dear Parent and Teacher In October 2006, a sexual predator lured a schoolgirl using a cell phone-based messaging service. The suspect, a 33-year-old man abducted and held the 16-year-old girl captive for five days, after he developed a cyber relationship with her through MXit, the popular mobile chat service used by over 2.3 million people, mostly teenagers and 20somethings in South Africa. This is but one example of an actual event that took place as a result of the current online and mobile technology that Read More →
Web hosting locally a waste of time
Internet 61
1953 days ago Ramon Thomas

Web hosting locally a waste of time

I've been hosting in America for more then two years now and will likely never, ever host in South Africa. A new article on ITWeb discussed the conundrum of hosting in South Africa here. There are many people in the Internet industry that advocate hosting in South Africa for some kind of patriotic or proudly SA reasons. I don't subscribe to any of them because it is more important to focus on the value added services, then on a commodity item like hosting. If you insist on hosting locally avoid M-Web and the likes and Read More →
Cellphone Lockers for School
Advice 16
1954 days ago Ramon Thomas

Cellphone Lockers for School

Cellphone LockersOne of the recommendations I'm making in severe cases of MXit / cellphone addiction is for schools is to ban cellphones. There is no laws to enforce this and no regulations I'm aware of from the Department of Education. However, one of the emails I've received since the Parents' Guide to MXit has been released in November is the following: "Dear Ramon My company, Security Cell-Lock, provides schools in SA with a 'lock up your cellphone during school Read More →
Apple iPhone finally unveiled
Mobile 29
1957 days ago Ramon Thomas

Apple iPhone finally unveiled

Steve Jobs unveils Apple iPhoneSteve Jobs has done it again. Stealing the thunder from Microsoft's Bill Gates who was the keynote speaker at the CES Conference in Las Vegas. As it happens my mentor, Arthur Goldstuck, is currently at CES but likely on his way back. Anyway you can read here about how Apple does it. To get a good overview of the capabilities of the iPhone and some concerns it has in store for IT Managers go here. From the price range I do not think Read More →

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