Louise van Rhyn’s Journey: Mobilizing Citizens for Educational Change
Louise van Rhyn is the founder of Symphonia, a group of organisations dedicated to sustainable transformation in people, teams, companies, organisations, and communities worldwide. Through Symphonia, Louise works to mobilise citizens to become actively involved in addressing the education crisis facing South Africa. In this deeply personal and moving talk from TEDxCapeTownED 2012, Louise talks […]
How Edward Snowden Did Not Change Privacy
There is so much that’s been said after Edward Snowden published his exposure on the CIA and American government spying on citizens, not only in USA but also worldwide. The best thing we have learned about this, is how blaze the governments of the world really are about your privacy. Privacy is valuable not only […]
Top 10 Signs of Smartphone Addiction
20 Years after I first got online I find chronic dependency is a bigger problem than online addiction. Before broadband and smartphones in particular, Internet was limited to your office or your home. Now it’s in your pocket, and it’s always-on! In 2012 my HTC smart phone was stolen in a guest house, and I […]
FNB Smart Device and Banking Satisfaction
Recently I made the last payment on my FNB Smart Device, an Apple iPad 2 purchased in 2011. It feels much longer because Apple released several iPad models since that time like the iPad Air and iPad Mini. During the time I really wanted a tablet because I see myself as an early adopter. Another […]
Nelson Mandela, The Leader I Never Met
A long time ago, I missed an opportunity to meet our late, great leader, Nelson Mandela. This morning I woke up in China to find out he died 🙁 Nelson Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and politician who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, only one term! He was […]