BERKELEY — Text messaging often gets a bad rap for contributing to illiteracy and high-risk behaviour such as reckless driving. But a social welfare professor at the University of California, Berkeley, has found an upside to texting, especially for people who feel stressed out, isolated and alone. Text messages in cognitive behaviour therapy can make people feel less isolated Adrian…
This article has been republished from The Star newspaper, Johannesburg. Ramon Thomas will be speaking on Channel Islam on Sunday, 18 March 2012 at 10h30 discussing solutions based on 19 years of experience on the Internet. The more advanced the technology, it seems, the more imaginative the con. Unless you’re a recluse with no internet,…
Date: Wednesday, 8 February 2012Time: 7pm – 9pmVenue: Bryanston Sports ClubSpeaker: Professional Member, Andrew Horton Members attend for nothing. Guests R200. Please book your place with Simone Scholtz. Discover How Andrew Horton Made R500 000 in Speaking and Training EngagementsOut Of Social Media in 2011 This is a practical presentation, which is packed with real…
Recently World Wide Worx, one of our partner companies, released the definitive study on the social media landscape in South Africa. Instead of simply republishing the press release with the research findings, I also include a short email interview with the co-author, Mike Wronski and as I didn’t know sites providing youtube likes existed and…
This week we have another guest post from Jon Rappoport, creator of the Logic & Analysis course. WINDOW ABOVE THE BRAIN AND THE MAGIC THEATER–for Tim Leary, after reading his autobiography, Flashbacks– OCTOBER 31, 2011. I have written essays that make it clear the brain can’t be the seat of thought if you want to…