Visiting Tanzania for the first time to attend TEDGlobal
This week I’m in Arusha, Tanzania, attending the TEDGlobal conference. Travelling is one of those experiences which truly enriches your life. When you travel outside of your country you are stretching your own comfort zone. Back in 2000, I spent 6 months working and living in the United Arab Emirates. That was a big culture […]
Bloggers represent South Africa at TEDGlobal Conference
Two of South Africa’s leading bloggers will be attending the first-ever TEDGlobal conference in Arusha, Tanzania, from 4-7 June 2007. 30 May 2007 (Johannesburg): South Africa will be represented by two of its most distinguished bloggers at the TEDGlobal Conference held in Africa for the first time. TED (Technology, Entertainment Design) is an annual conference […]
Laughing meditation with Rasada Goldblatt
Tonight I attended my first ever laughing meditation run by my friend Rasada Goldblatt. The laughing meditation is a interesting and unusual way to to reconnect to self. While we did different laughing exercises I realised the moment I start thinking something in my past or something in my future – I would not laughing […]
Patricia de Lille vs MXit and the Bloggers
You may have heard Patricia de Lille speaking out on MXit and blogging over the last few days. Well, she was on 702/Cape Talk radio last night. I tuned in towards the tail end of the conversation. Dave Duarte, a blogger, stepped in to defend freedom of expression with blogging. I called in to make […]
Dating Lessons from Borat
You may or may not have seen this clip before. Borat has certainly entered the mainstream with the hit movie from 2006. Borat, in his usual casual style, introduces the topic and explains in a bewildered manner how American women will not get married unless you date them first. Where it comes from, in Kazakhstan, […]