SMS Dictionary – show kids that you seek first to understand
Elzaan Rohde from Sentient Communication passed this tip onto me from a Google Alert: I am a very big fan of cell phone SMS (aka text) messages because of my voicemail. I can send SMS with one hand, driving and not even looking at my screen, switching between predictive text and normal typing. Heavy users […]
MXit responds to offensive lists of shame
In May 2007 the South African blogosphere was shook to its core with the abusive allegations from the SA Male Prostitute Blogger. Patricia de Lille, leader of the Independent Democrats party, took this personal and raged a campaign against blogging and MXit to be controlled. Now the lists of shame that has been circulating on MXit is likely to cause a similar outcry from authorities, parents and the community at large.
The Mobile Menace – Cellphone Matters
Please pick up a copy of the current issue of Drum magazine, 24 July 2008, and read the pages 44 and 45 for the article “The Mobile Menace“, which has the following 7 tips I share with parents. 1. Don’t buy cellphones for your child below 13 years old. Electronic wireless devices like cellphones emit […]
The beginning of MXit spam and chain letters
I have been getting more and more of these types of messages sent by my friends on MXit. Maybe they do not realise its spam or chain letters. The same types of chain letters that are sent around the global a gazillion times a day by innocent, unsuspecting people who believe they are doing a […]
Two simple steps to reducing your cellphone stress levels today
As far back as 2005 WebMD reported on how cell phones raise stress levels. And more specifically how it is blurring the lines between your professional life and your personal life. Now in South Africa you add in the frustration caused by load shedding, a high violent crime rate and you have enough of a […]