iWeek Conference 2006 now open for bookings
One of the biggest Internet industry conferences in South Africa, the annual Internet Week or iWeek is now open for bookings. I spoke at this conference in 2004 on the topic of the Internet Cafe industry in South Africa. And I get regular emails every month, increasingly about how to set up an Internet Cafe. […]
2006 Star Trek Minicon in South Africa
Today I attended my 2nd Star Trek minicon in Johannesburg, South Africa. The minicon is hosted annually by Science Fiction South Africa. I’ve been a member since 2004 and attended a few of their events. It’s a small group and the people are very friendly and on the shy, introverted side of life. That’s to […]
Mixing with cast of Scandal and meeting beautiful women
Tonight I went to the recording of a special episode of eTV soap, SCANDAL, with my friend Sieraaj Ahmed, a journalist at You magazine. I met the gorgeous Genevieve Howard, formerly a Goodhope FM DJ and several other beautiful women. What’s funny about her is that she looks pretty plain most of the time in […]
Chinese New Year: 2005 Year of the Rooster
For the last 2 years, I’ve tried to join the celebrations for the Chinese New Year. This year, instead of going to Cyrildene in Johannesburg, I went to the old Chinatown close to the old “John Vorster Square”, now Johannesburg Central Police Station. My friend Judy Wicomb from Cape Town tagged along, and it was […]
From the Dalai Lama to African ICT Achievers
This past weekend, I had the honour of attending a lecture by His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama from Tibet. The spiritual leader of Buddhism is a symbol of peace. This is his 3rd visit to South Africa. The lecture took place at Vista University in Soweto. The main message I took from this lecture […]