The Economy Survey ChangeThis.com
Ever since ChangeThis.com launched, I have enjoyed the short ebooks they produce and make available at no cost. Often it was a summary or first chapter from books by best-selling authors like Seth Godin, Timothy Ferriss, Chris Anderson or Guy Kawasaki. Anyway, here’s a recent email from them with something that hits home in these […]
TED Conferences introduces TED Fellows Program
Fifty World-Changing Individuals to be Selected Annually for New, Prestigious Fellowship Program; 20 move to Senior Fellows Three-Year Program Organisers of the TED Conference today announced the introduction of the TED Fellows program, a new international program designed to foster the spread of great ideas. Initially, 50 individuals selected for the world-changing potential of their […]
From Q&A to the Slumdog Millionaire
Arthur Goldstuck told me about the book Q&A by Vikas Swarup. What amused him was that the character’s name is Ramon Mohammed Thomas, similar to mine. And that I was on the South Africa version of the Weakest Link around the same time that the book was published. This book is on my to-read list. […]
Interview on Chai FM, Jewish community radio station
[NB! I often receive phone calls or emails from people thinking this website is Chai FM. Please contact them directly via their website because I was only a guest on the radio station a few times.] Today I received an invitation to do my first interview with this new Jewish community radio station next week […]
Lesbian Love in The World Unseen
I’m re-posting this directly from the Times Multimedia because I have been struggling to write anything original longer than 140 characters. Another reason for this is that my friend Natalie Becker has a small role in this film, and she informed me about it beforehand, and because I love watching movie trailers, this grabbed my […]