How to avoid phishing emails from South African banks

For the first 8 years of my professional career, I specialised in information security or Internet security, working for various ISPs and banks in South Africa, England and the United Arab Emirates. The particular focus I had was on looking after the network security and managing the firewalls. So, for the most part, my work […]

 

South Africa nearing 1 million broadband connections

MyADSL reports that South Africa is nearing 1 million broadband Internet connections… South Africa is closing in on the one million broadband connection mark, mainly due to fast wireless broadband growth. Telkom’s ADSL service is still the leading broadband service in South Africa with around 400 000 subscribers. Vodacom’s 3G/HSDPA service is fast catching up […]

 

Living Dialogues podcast takes my spirtual understanding to new heights

The last few weeks I have spent travelling on the road. Firstly, doing a series of talks for Pannar Seed International in Delmas and Klerksdorp, and last week in Nelspruit in Mpumalanga. I felt really silly about that trip because I didn’t know they had an airport in Nelspruit, and so I ended up driving […]

 

Business networking tips – How not to network

Today, I conducted a trial run for my new business social networking workshop. It was well received overall,l and I’ll be formally launching this in March. Anyone in sales, marketing or self-employed, entrepreneurs or small business owners will benefit from this workshop. I recommend this book: The Introvert’s Edge to Networking: Work the Room. Leverage […]

 

Blogs in Plain English video

Lee Lefever has done it again with an excellent 3-minute video clip introducing Blogs to the lay audience. If you have seen his other Commoncraft videos, you’re gonna love this one. Every now and then, a video comes along that explains a complex idea so clearly, you wonder how you ever misunderstood it in the […]