How To Win Friends in the 21st century
This section is based on the famous Dale Carnegie book, although I’m not going to give you the advice from his book because it is outdated when you consider the tremendous changes in society over the last 30 years, especially since the feminist revolution. So many people who reach 30+ complain that all their friends […]
Mitch Hedberg Stand-up ComedianRIP
Ever heard of Mitch Hedberg? My friend Chris van Wyk recently brought it to my attention. What an awesome comedic talent. He’s jokes are so arb you cannot help yourself laughing your ass off. In fact, he comes across as someone who’s permanently high because his delivery is so laid back. It’s refreshing to have […]
Blog your way to Being an Expert
Blog your way to becoming an Expert from Ramon Thomas This is a summary of the talk and presentation that I delivered at the 2nd annual Digital Citizens Indaba on the Marketing and Monetising panel. My fellow presenters were Laurian Clemence and Matthew Buckland. I started out telling the story of how I attended the […]
Ansbert Ngurumo on blogging in Kiswahili
Ansbert Ngurumo on blogging in Kiswahili in the Fractured Identities session of the Digital Citizens Indaba 2007. This was, in some respects, one of the most inspiring talks for me because it is in sync with my views that one of the best solutions to reducing the digital divide is a translation of software and […]
Daudi Were on Blogging and Democracy
My friend Daudi Were spoke in the Fractured Identities session of the 2007 Digital Citizens Indaba. We first met last year at the DCI and also at TED Global in Tanzania. Daudi is currently organising an African Bloggers conference to be held in Kenya in April/June 2007.