Konnects? No! please not another business social network invitation

 John Wilson wrote a great little rebuttal for joining Konnects, a new business social network. He aptly calls it a poor LinkedIn clone. After ignoring previous requests I had to write about this because the person who invited me to join I hold in high esteem: Stan Relihan. In the past I have praised The […]

Non-verbal communication rule fallacy

 I have abused this rule in almost all my talks! So I am guilty as charged. You may have heard people saying that what you say only contributes to a small percentage of the impact of your communication, and that how a person says what they say has a far greater impact. The rule, which […]

Why blogging from your phone in South Africa is not there yet

 A Question from a Reader: Hola Ramon! I got a few problems regarding my new blogging and email site, 24.com, which I struggle just to open my emails both on my phone, using Opera Mini, and on my PC, which I understand is way slow to connect to the ‘net even when I use Opera(which […]

Who's who in the non-white Web 2.0 South African Zoo

 This blog post was updated for some corrections in June 2012. Mandy de Waal, a freelance journalist, wrote this article on ITWeb, profiling top social media gurus in South Africa. When I first read it, I found it offensive not because it’s inaccurate, but rather because it is incomplete. The main reason I take issue […]

Technology Stress presentation at Joburg 27Dinner

 This is the Technology stress presentation delivered at the 27Dinner event in Johannesburg. I will be updating this post with a summary of the key points discussed. Although you can download the file from Slideshare.net because it has sources and references in the presentation notes. We live in an always-on, hyperconnected world. And yet, we […]