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Bloggers represent South Africa at TEDGlobal Conference

Two of South Africa's leading bloggers will be attending the first ever TEDGlobal conference in Arusha, Tanzania from 4-7 June 2007. 30 May 2007 (Johannesburg): South Africa will be represented by two of it's most distinguished bloggers at the TEDGlobal Conference held in Africa for the first time. TED (Technology Entertainment Design) is an annual conference held in Monterey, California and recently, semi-annually in other cities around the world as TEDGlobal. The presentations, normally limited to 20 minutes, cover a broad set of topics including science, arts, politics, global issues, architecture, music and more. The speakers themselves are from a Read More →

Laughing sessions as a meditation from Rasada

Tonight I attended my first ever laughing meditation run by my friend Rasada Goldblatt. The laughing meditation is a interesting and unusual way to to reconnect to self. While we did different laughing exercises I realised the moment I start thinking something in my past or something in my future - I would not laughing as hard. So laughing is a way to be in this moment. It's what Eckart Tolle describes in his book the Power of Now. This is something that I find very difficult to describe because we have so many constant distractions. We Read More →

Patricia de Lille vs MXit and the Bloggers

You may have heard Patricia de Lille speaking out on MXit and Blogging over the last few days. Well she was on 702/Cape Talk radio last night. I tuned in towards the tail end of the conversation. Dave Duarte, a blogger, stepped in to defend freedom of expression with blogging. I called in to make the listeners aware of the Parents Guide to MXit. And more importantly about the importance of education. One thing that you as a user should demand is that your service provider, whether cellphone, mobile or Internet based does more to educate the public at Read More →

Dating Lessons from Borat

You may or may not have seen this clip before. Borat has certainly entered the mainstream with the hit movie from 2006. Borat in his usual casual style introduces the topic and explains in a bewildered manner how American women will not get married unless you date them first. Apparently where comes from, in Kazakhstan, you just go to the woman's father and pay them. Sounds almost like lobola to me. The questions by the Read More →

Tony Robbins interview on Larry King Live

A great interview with Anthony Robbins on Larry King Live from December 2006. They discussed why new year resolutions often don't work out. And went into depth about some basics around human motivation and effecting change in your life. I really like how Tony links his theories on change back to physiological and biological changes. When I used to workout at the gym I had little change. And now I know it's because my diet was the same. So not much changed in my body. I may have improved my cardio but not much else. They also discussed in detail Read More →

Really bad Powerpoint is worse with really bad Speaking

I am by no means an expert public speaker but I am on my way to becoming one. Why do I say make this statement that sounds slightly arrogant? In fact it's not arrogant at all it is me brimming with self-confidence because I know that I am learning and practising the basics. The fundamentals in any discipline ends up being the foundation in which your success is built on. So when it comes to public speaking and delivering presentations at conferences there are right ways of doing things and wrong ways of doing things. The first is really being prepared. Read More →

Day 1 – Futurex Conference 2007 – Jaco Viljoen on What makes Business Analysts tick?

Jaco Viljoen from Software Futures gave one of the most unusual presentations I've ever seen in the last 10 years. He spoke about what makes and business analyst tick? He proceeded to explore how our brain functions and also delve very deeply into personality and psychometrics. When you try to understand what makes a car drive, you have to look underneath the bonnet of the a car â€“ at the workhorse of a car - the engine. When trying to understand a human being and you look underneath the bonnet of an analyst you will find his brain. The key is Read More →

Day 1 – Futurex Conference 2007 – Cavin Griffiths on Business Intelligence Analysis

Cavin Griffiths, Executive: Business Intelligence is a speaker from Telkom, one of the sponsors of the Futurex Conference. He spoke at a very high level about business intelligence the key to business success. When you realise how complex organisations have become and especially ones the size of Telkom, you understand there is no solution out of the box for business intelligence. And it is more about a culture and the people using it buying into the culture that makes it a success than anything else. Success in business intelligence depends on the right people with top management buy in. A Read More →

Monthly archive May, 2007

Bloggers represent South Africa at TEDGlobal Conference

Laughing sessions as a meditation from Rasada

Patricia de Lille vs MXit and the Bloggers

Dating Lessons from Borat

Tony Robbins interview on Larry King Live

Really bad Powerpoint is worse with really bad Speaking

Day 1 – Futurex Conference 2007 – Jaco Viljoen on What makes Business Analysts tick?

Day 1 – Futurex Conference 2007 – Cavin Griffiths on Business Intelligence Analysis

Day 1 – Futurex Conference 2007 – Robin Grace on Where Business Analysis Ends

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