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Monthly archive June, 2007

Interview with Tom London on 702

Tonight I did a quick interview with Tom London, the new host of the late night show on Talkradio 702, Cape Talk. To demonstrate how easy it is to do a video podcast with my new Sony Ericsson w880i I'm posting this video of the late night team for those of you who listened to the show. If you are interested in my Blogging for Business seminar click here for details on the next dates because Friday, 22 June is already fully booked. Read More →

Just the Facts About Online Youth Victimization

The research now about victimisation on the Internet turns out to be vastly different from what is reported in the media. This is leading me to believe South Africa needs to investigate heavily in researching the impact of Internet and mobile phones on young children and teenagers. So many assumptions are turning out to be false. Here's a short transcript followed by a video clip of the proceedings. Double click on the video below to gain access to Youtube and the 9 videos in total. You may also want to visit the Youth Online 2007 page for mp3 Read More →

How to French kiss

Another innocent question I answered, asked by a girl on Yahoo! Answers: When people French kiss does the girl put the tongue in the mouth our the guy The simple answer is that you both do. Here's some tips from a guy who's been kissing girls for about 10 years ;-) Never put your tongue inside his mouth immediately. Instead use it to lick his lips a bit. Start with his upper lip and move to his lower lip. Use your lips to kiss his lips and his chin and his cheeks and move around his mouth a bit. Read More →

What can I do to make me feel better about me?

This is a question from Yahoo! Answers that I answered and was voted Best Answer by the person who asked the question...

As the week keeps going, I'm feeling more and more depressed. I feel like pretty soon something is going to happen to me because of my bad decisions. What can I do to make me feel better about myself? And to not feel so depressed? I've been feeling depressed for about 2 weeks. Could this be something serious? Should I go to a doctor?Please, just give me some advice on how I can put Read More →

First date suggestions for men and women

The worst kind of first dates these days is a coffee date or dinner. Why? Simply because it leads to an interview style of conversation. And you seek fake rapport with the person. For example what's your favourite movie? The Matrix - "Yeah! So is mine. That's awesome." So I did an interview with Essentials magazine which should be out in July edition with the following advice irrespective of whether you are using online dating, SMS dating or speed dating to meet people: 1. On a first date consider an activity like tenpin bowling, putt putt or window shopping at a Read More →

Vote for the 2007 Webware 100

To vote for your favourite Web application go to the Webware 100 website here. Read More →

TEDGlobal 2007: Session 12: Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Dr Ngozi Okonjo-IwealaDr Okonjo-Iweala, Distinguished Fellow at Brookings Institution and former Finace Minister from Nigeria presented the final talk at TEDGlobal: Africa the next chapter. She spoke at the TED conference in Monteray, Califorian in Feb 2007. Africa the old: the next chapter. The growth in sub-Saharan Africa is strong and inflation is under control but the question is still out on poverty. External debt has come down to almost 50 billion to 12 or 13 billion. Reserves has been increasing. Foreign Direct Investment into Sub-Saharan Africa has increased Read More →

TEDGlobal 2007: Session 12: Patrick Awuah

Patrick AwuahPatrick Awuah left Microsoft to found Asheshi University. The questions of transformation in Africa is a question of leadership. He gives a shocking example of two incidents at a hospital when they lost power. Learned about courage when stopped at age 16 and stopped by soldiers who wanted him to join some protesters. He found it's helpful to think about girls, basically taken the anxiety of the moment away for him at the time. He won a scholarship to attend Swarthmore College. The ability to create is the most Read More →

TEDGlobal 2007: Session 12: Noah Samara

Noah SamaraNoah Samara is a satellite radio pioneer. Growing up saw a lot of people battered by many problems but there has always been a hope. He is impassioned about empowering people with information. Because of HIV/AIDS 17 million people would die by the end of the decade in the 1990s would die and simply because of a lack of information. This prediction was being made in the late 1980s. Since nobody was doing anything he decided to build his own satellite radio station. His wife said once you're finished go and Read More →

TEDGlobal 2007: Session 12: Fred Swaniker

Fred was invited onto the TED stage for another 3 minute slot...renaissance, steam revolution, information age: pc, mobile and Internet. President Thabo Mbeki proclaimed the African Renaissance. The African Leadership Academy was launched. Goal is to become more systematic and being proactive about bringing about peace and prosperity. Young people from all 54 countries in Africa who have the potential to change Africa. Bring them together and four 2 years. In 50 years about 6,000 leaders will have been developed. Ended up with a short video clip to show the reality of young people and their perceived negative Read More →