Facebook drains attention and a mental bandwidth
This Wednesday morning, I will be interviewed on eTV Morning Edition at 6:30 am, likely just after the news bulletin about the impact of the social networking website Facebook on business. The views I am going to express are something that needs to be taken very seriously by companies, especially small businesses. You see, small […]
The Impact of Social Networking on the Value of Information
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 […]
Facebook vs MySpace debate keeps moving ahead
Facebook has experienced phenomenal growth in South Africa over the last few months. As recently as early May, there were only 25,000 registered users in the South African network on Facebook, and that has exploded to over 120,000 as of 2 July. That’s over 45,000 new users per month for the last two months. Now […]
How To Social Networking – Introductions
Social networking is a way of interacting with people whereby you actively establish relationships with people you meet. You never know what you could do for them or what they could do for you. So you exchange business cards or contact details. One of the first things I do when I’ve met someone is find […]
Meeting More Single People in a Natural Way
I’ve been more and more frustrated not meeting as many new women as I would like. Recently went to a Portuguese Festival here in Johannesburg called Lusito Land, and there must have been at least 5000 people there. And suffice it to say I made about two good approaches and one that sucked because she […]