This is a response I wrote to the Editor of the Metro section of the Sunday Times, in response to readers’ feedback published here. Being a dating coach is a part-time interest, and my primary occupation is online research. My online dating research project has been widely covered since 2004 in various media ranging from…
As you may or may not know, I was featured in the Sunday Times Metro section (Gauteng only) on 10 September 2008. This interview was done on the previous Thursday, and there was a quick photo shoot in Rosebank, Johannesburg. Well, I just came back from a week in Port Elizabeth and Grahamstown, where I attended the first-ever…
Today I didn’t participate in the speed speaking sessions. And I sat through Mike Stopforth’s quick demo of the software he uses to make his blogging experience more integrated and easier to manage and publicise. Emeke Okafor and I conducted the monetising blog workshop. I gave an overview of the specifics of Google AdSense, how…
The business and marketing panel was where I got my chance to do a presentation on blog marketing. Well, before we get into the details, I want to tell you about Alec Hogg. The Moneyweb founder had some very potent things to say to the audience. And it was about time. The activism and the…
The activism session started on an okay foot with Ethan Zuckerman, hosting the panel discussion. Next to him were two leading online political activists: Alaa Abd El Fattah, the Egyptian blogger who has been jailed for his activism and Ory Okolloh from the Kenyan Pundit blog. Ory’s session was to the point and highlights the…