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Monthly archive October, 2008

Virtaal translation tool released

Dwayne Bailey sent a message to the over 400 members of Translate.org.za group on Facebook. Translate.org.za has just released a first version of our desktop translation tool called Virtaal.  Before you think its about automagic translation from English to Xhosa, its not.  It is a tool designed to be used by a human translating a document, with aids to make them productive and ensure quality. Its Open Source so you can hack on it.  And if your a programmer with Python experience we're still hiring. Our first aim is localisation, Read More →

Richard Stallman on DRM – Digital Rights Restrictions

Please view the excellent transcript of the Robin Good interview with Richard Stallman. The above clip is a short extract published on Youtube. Read More →

IT Security & Cyber Forensics Conference

World famous hacker, Kevin MitnickToday I am speaking at the Marcus Evans IT Security & Cyber Forensics conference. The subtitle for this conference is: Mitigating IT security risks through improved processes and innovative investigations The inspiration for my talk is based on two books by the most famous hacker in the world, Kevin Mitnick: The Art of Intrusion: The Real Stories Behind the Exploits of Hackers, Intruder and the The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security. In 2003 I established contact with his agent in United States of America Read More →

Unlocking the Potential of Mobile Technology for Social Impact

Mobile Active 2008 South African NGO NetworkThe Southern African NGO Network (SANGONeT) and MobileActive.org will host the MobileActive08 Summit from 13-15 October 2008 at the Wanderers Club in Johannesburg. The theme of the event is "Unlocking the Potential of Mobile Technology for Social Impact". With more than 350 confirmed participants from over 40 countries, this will be the largest international event to date focusing on this topic and one of the most important ICT4D events to be hosted in Africa in 2008. Speaking at the end of September 2008 at the United Nations in New Read More →

Miss South Africa 2009 competition underway

COULD YOU BE NEXT? Miss South Africa and Miss SA Teen call for entries Entries are now open for Miss SA and Miss SA Teen 2008 which will take place at Sun City on 13 December 2008, during a live one and half hour broadcast on SABC2. Miss South Africa contestants like Tatum Keshwar in Sun CitySun International, the license holder of Miss SA and Miss SA Teen, is looking for someone with extra special qualities. This is no ordinary pageant as the winner of Miss SA represents South Africa internationally and locally; plays an important Read More →

Interview Zooming In On Men, SABC3

Pepsi Pokana, host Zooming in on Men SABC3On Sunday, 21 September I was interviewed in a pre-recorded episode "Dating Games" for the fascinating show Zooming In On Men (ZOIM). ZOIM now in it's 2nd season is broadcast Sundays at 4.30pm, following Car Torque, with the target market being the mature South African man - apparently the rest of the media believes we are in short supply!

Anyway this is the first television show where I was introduced as South Africa's #1 Dating Coach aka Hitch...lol...The host Pepsi Pokana and his wife, Read More →

Blog Action Day 2008 – Poverty

Last year I blogged about more efficient living in Johannesburg. This year I plan to blog about something my plan to solve poverty in Uitenhage over the next 20 years. All South African bloggers should get directly involved in Blog Action Day 2008 because poverty is the root cause of crime, health and all other social ills we face on the southern tip of Africa. Who needs politicians anyway? Stop voting while you are at it.


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PR 2.0 Blogging Workshop with Marlon Parker's Team

Tomorrow, I am training a team of loyal drug counsellors from Impact Direct Ministries on how to use blogging to get themselves onto television, radio, newspapers or magazines - all things I have done because of my blogging. They are learning fast and furiously about technology from Marlon Parker, senior lecturer at Cape Peninsula University of Technology. Marlon is a Ph.D candidate who is doing his thesis on how technology can be used for social change and Read More →

Ramon Thomas ends association with DBS Human Capital

WITHOUT PREJUDICE I am in the process of issuing a letter of demand against directors, Nia Maritz and Peter Jeffrey as well as their company DBS Human Capital (Pty) Ltd (www.dbshc.co.za) for non-payment for organising the Women4Women conference on 5 October 2007 and work done in preparation of the next conference to be held on Friday, 24 October 2008 in Cape Town. While preparing for the 2nd conference to be held later this month a dispute about payment arose between us. My attorneys have instructed me not to published any details until they have reviewed the list of demands and checked Read More →
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