Would you rather be Steve Jobs or Bill Gates?
I would rather be Steve Jobs because he’s so much cooler, so much happier, so much more inspiring. He’s Harvard University commencement address I wrote about here, is one of the deepest messages I’ve ever read, and the way that Jobs described his life into three concise lessons is potent. On some websites about the […]
Free Hug Campaign
I received an email out of the blue from a life coach, Jeannette Maw, whom I contacted last year when I was going through an introspective period. Her core teaching is the Law of Attraction, a universal law that is the way the universe operates, whether we believe it or not. And only now am […]
Ignorant Parents in South Africa blames MXIT for exposing Youth to Pornography
People who are accusing MXIT are likely not even using MXIT. I’ve interviewed Herman Heunis, and I’ve also been using it for a few months now. It’s a text-based system for instant messaging or chatting in semi-real time. And whatever explicit messages are being sent are just words. And it’s not more or less damaging […]
Marketing Movies Online
I’m a big movie fan and always keep track of how movies are created, marketed and how they perform. With the craze that was the Passion of the Christ in 2004, there was a brilliant piece written on the approach that Mel Gibson took called, Gibson Breaks Hollywood’s 10 Commandments. And today I came across […]
Finally the Telecoms Action Group launches
I’m reposting this message from the Tectonic, open-source newsletter and website. I’ve always believed the way to get a response is to model our campaign on the Treatment Action Campaign, the well-known AIDS lobby group. Richard Frank got people talking this week with his proposal to launch an advert campaign to demand better and cheaper […]