Jakob Nielsen has his eye on the ball. In his latest Alertbox column, which he has been writing since 1996, he explains how we’ve reached 100 million websites. Remember, Google and other search engines list “web pages,” which is the total and accumulated number of web pages on all websites that they have indexed. Anyway,…
I came across this amazing presentation by Professor Barry Schwartz, author of The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less. In this talk, he outlines the problems we face in making decisions when we have so much to choose from. This is evident every time you go shopping and you are bombarded with an almost…
The “Parents Guide to MXit” is now available from today. This concise guide is made available at no cost to all concerned parents or educators, who may have sleepless nights about children using MXit, the popular chat application that enables communication on cell phones at the fraction of SMS costs. Ramon Thomas, online behaviour expert…
Tonight I watched Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, a new Will Ferrell movie. I really enjoy his films because its movies for guys, with humour for guys. And it was hilarious, on par with Anchorman. Will Ferrell’s dry humour is not for everybody but the physical comedy makes up for that. Now this…
I’m fascinated by how China is regulating the Internet. There is a lot of criticism, and companies like Google and Yahoo have been roasted over the coals for how they cooperate with the Chinese government. I do believe they are doing right when you consider a staggering 446.7% growth from 2000 to 2006. I can’t…