South African born Dr Neil Turok wants the next Einstein to be from Africa

This is the message that makes TED such a powerful platform. As a TEDGlobal 2007 Fellow, I am still speechless when I think of the amazing opportunity of becoming a part of this community. In a strange way its a very exclusive club but it’s also making a very public impact since they started publishing…

 

Reducing Technology Stress in a Wireless World

You are invited to this event hosted by Ramon Thomas in association with BulkSMS. These briefings have been designed to be fully interactive and will be looking at real-life examples, common mistakes and effective ways to reduce technology stress in a wireless world. The cellphone has become an indispensable part of our working life, but…

 

Using Skype credit to make calls to landlines or cellphones vs Telkom

About two years ago, I received a call from a colleague of mine who was also a non-executive director on the ICDL Foundation in Cape Town. It was strange because I would have assumed calling me from his cellphone would be reasonably priced. For the longest time, I’ve had the default belief that landline to…

 

Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television by Jerry Mander

This is an important book because it outlines a cause to so many problems, that is so pervasive it goes unnoticed by the vast majority of people. Television was only introduced in South Africa in 1975, as it happens, the year I was born, because the Apartheid government saw a threat to itself losing control….