Opening Address: Mr Padayachie addressed the opening session of the iWeek 2006. Since the advent of the Internet in South Africa, the government and ISPs played a ‘hard to get’ sort of politics. His views represent a shift from old politics to an idealistic and consultative one. The Deputy Minister gave us some feedback…
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…
In 2005, civil Society groups in Africa continued their role on ICT as the World Summit on Information Society kicked off in Tunis, Tunisia. As digital Divide continue to cripple millions in the South many still believe that the Information Highway is coming to Africa. Challenges remain high, so as possibilities grow with risks. James…
Scientific Advertising is one of the best books on advertising and marketing ever written, and I found an audio version (plus PDF) available freely on the Internet… Claude Hopkins was one of the greatest advertising pioneers who ever lived. He believed that “Advertising is salesmanship” and as such, it should be measurable and justify the…
Friendship between Women: A woman didn’t come home one night. The next day, she told her husband that she had slept over at a friend’s house. The man called his wife’s 10 best friends. None of them knew about it. Friendship between Men: A man didn’t come home one night. The next day, he…
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