Amidst the sudden ascent of LinkedIn, Twitter, Groupon, and of course, Facebook, it’s easy to forget that social media actually has a bit of a history going back more than 30 years. Really? Law firm Morrison & Foerster has put together just such a timeline graphic of online communities in its latest issue of Socially…
Gareth Roberts, a new member of the team here at NETucation, alerted me to a new computer worm that attacks Facebook and MySpace users. One very important piece of information left out of most of the news reports on News24 or MyADSL is that only users running Microsoft Windows are prone to this attract. Facebook…
Recently a question the following question was posted on the Bruin-ou.com forum: Should we as individuals be concerned about those ringing and in many cases “vibrating” cellphones of our girlfriends/boyfriends, which we never get to see? Here’s my response…Besides being a part-time dating coach, I speak across South Africa to parents, teachers and teenagers about…
There is a idea that I know is true. That idea is that I prefer to speak to a friend face to face. Maybe over a cafe latte or a glass a wine. Why do I prefer this type of interaction over social networking? Because I can SEE the person, I can READ their body…
Last week, I was invited to present a lecture at the University of Johannesburg by the Department of Information & Knowledge Management, where I am an alumnus as well as currently registered for my Master’s degree in Information Science. Contact Andrea Ferreira if you would like to be added to their list for similar seminars…