I’ve been dreaming about an SLK for many years now and the day I’ll be able to purchase my own is coming closer and closer. Especially after watching a film, The Secret. I started using some visualisation techniques like pasting a photo on my wall, and also making it my Desktop background photo. I missed …
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New Mobile Broadband Report
The latest mobile broadband report has been released by MyADSL. Moneyweb has an excellent write-up with a nice summarised snapshot here. As a long time ADSL user I have consider getting wireless broadband now that I have a laptop with built-in wireless. And if you travel frequently the offerings from Vodacom and MTN are certainly …
MXit blamed for exam results?
I do not agree that MXit can be blamed for exam results. Something I have not made clear is that MXit is the medium. Just like a car cannot be blamed for road accidents, its the drivers and more specifically the negligence of the drivers. Either they are drunk, careless or its a genuine accident …
Can You Believe It – 100 Million Websites!
Jakob Nielsen has his eye on the ball. In his latest Alertbox column, which he has been writing since 1996, he explains how we’ve reached 100 million websites. Remember Google and other search engines list “web pages” which is the total and accumulated number of web pages on all websites that they have indexed. Anyway …
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Barry Schwartz on More is Less
I came across this amazing presentation by Professor Barry Schwartz, author of The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less. In this talk he outlines the problems we face in making decisions when we have so much to choose from. This is evident every time you go shopping and you are bombarded an almost unlimited …