Protecting Your Kids from Cyber-Predators
In America, the website MySpace is having a similar impact to MXit in South Africa. In fact it’s amusing to me both start with “M” 😉 Anyway, I will be drawing more and more comparisons between MySpace and MXit going forward. As I keep saying,g none of these issues are new and originated on the […]
Mobile porn market set to explode
This is not surprising news for me because my associate, Arthur Goldstuck, has made a similar prediction back in February 2005. This website is not about morality, but it is about reality. And all you have to do in South Africa is look at the explicit adverts on late-night TV, especially eTV, and you will […]
Toast to Toastmasters
Tonight I won two awards at my local Toastmasters meeting. Toastmasters International is a non-profit organisation that helps individuals improve their public speakings. My club is has meetings twice a month at Old Ed’s (next to the Virgin Active) in Houghton, Johannesburg. And tonight I did my 3rd speech. The basic Communications & Leadership program […]
Classified Advertising in South Africa
Robert X Cringely is a journalist, author and online industry commentator that I have been reading since I first discovered him in Computing SA back in 1993-1995. Anyway, his insights are very accurate, and the trends he spots turn out to be important in most cases. This week, he wrote in his weekly column on […]
How to generate your own Publicity
I’ve had so many interviews since the release of my Parents Guide to MXit, I’ve not had enough time to notify people on my email list or around me to listen in as in the past. The person who taught me how to deal with the media, how to generate your own publicity, is Arthur […]