Psychologies Workshop: Marc Kahn on Emotional Intelligence
This past Saturday, I attended the first-ever Psychologies Magazine Readers’ Workshop at the beautiful and picturesque Groot Constantia. I had only picked up one copy of this magazine and enjoyed most of it. It’s exactly my cup of tea. One thing that bothered me, though, was that this magazine is aimed at women. And I […]
The Impact of Social Networking on the Value of Information
Last week, I was invited to present a lecture at the University of Johannesburg by the Department of Information & Knowledge Management, where I am an alumnus as well as currently registered for my Master’s degree in Information Science. Contact Andrea Ferreira if you would like to be added to their list for similar seminars […]
Robert Bly explains the way to meet the Wild Man aka Iron John
This book is a must-read for any man living in the world today. And for any mother who wants to know what to do with her son, most especially if she is raising him as a single mother. This strikes a real chord with me because I grew up with a single mother. And I […]
Ugly Betty now in South Africa is an Ugly Role Model
Driving around Johannesburg, I’ve noticed several huge billboards advertising the new show on M-NET, Ugly Betty. The reviews are all positive in the South African media, like this one by Tashi Tagg. And this is to be expected because we live in a politically correct country, or some would say world. Now I have not […]
Digital Citizens Indaba 2007 announced at Rhodes University
My friend Henry Addo notified me of this event via the African Bloggers Group. The Digital Citizens Indaba, which is a Blogging Conference, will take place again this year from 9-11 September 2007. Last year, I was a speaker at this conference. There was a lot of talk about blogging being used for activism and […]