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Some good news for the SA tech people out there
_ Financial Mail - Here comes Neotel
SA’s second fixed-line network operator was meant to begin operating in May 2002, when Telkom lost its statutory monopoly over fixed-line telecommunications. Six years later, the company - known now as Neotel - will finally launch its services […]

Stephen finally gets a blog, and starts with a nice controversial blog post
_ Life is too short to dance with fat girls - Peeled Carrots by Stephen Blake
To get to the title of my first post - “Life is too short to dance with fat girls”. I heard it yesterday while watching Episode 8 […]

Respek for Damien, he’s produced something fresh and easy on the eyes
_ Presenting v6 - blog - coda.coza
My previous design lasted for almost half of that time. Despite its shortcomings (lack of a feature-rich CMS) and obvious design flaws, and given the amount of recognition that it received, I became hesitant to change it […]

Vernon makes it onto TV, crikey those arms are big!!
_ YouTube - Vernon on the soapie Isidingo

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You know you’re doing something right when your parents tell you about an article they read in a real newspaper on something you’re involved with… I spose it lends credibility to this online malarkey and engenders your efforts within your own immediate family… So I was pleasantly surprised when my dad emailed me last […]

Interesting article from Eve…
_ Thought Leader » Eve Dmochowska » How to make millions online (part one)
You know you are behind in your financial achievements when Entrepreneur magazine starts running articles on how to make your first billion.
Or when you see a property exhibition for apartments in Brooklyn, Pretoria, that cost up to R24-million. Each.
Or […]

A/B Testing was pretty interesting but kinda strightforward theoretically. Interesting to see how Yahoo!, eBay and LinkedIn approach testing in different ways, and some ideas around testing ideas for user interaction and design vs results. Sometimes you get results you didn’t expect, design or plan for.
Red Dragon - Internet in China:

Chinese market is […]

I’m at SxSW in Austin, Texas and am wondering whether there are any other Africans here?
Ping me if you are, would love to hook up for a beverage or two

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Great post from Peter about what’s going on in SA… recommended reading.
_ Run for the hills, the country is falling apart
Going to have a good old rant, it has been a while. For all the new people – this happens every now and then, I have a really good self-righteous rant about something. Don’t be […]

My good friend Peter has just gotten off his arse and done his blog up all nice and proper, with content and all. Of course it took me ages to get the server sorted out, install the blog engine, and theme and some photos, but who’s counting? I humbly recommend reading him if […]

From Tim (he who has no blog or site or anything to point to):
_ Business Day - News Worth Knowing
THE price of international bandwidth will plummet 80% when the Seacom undersea cable goes live on June 17 next year.
Seacom will be the first of several proposed cables to finally reach African shores and local universities […]

It’s been 6 years and 10 days since I arrived in London as a wet behind the ears South African 20 something looking for a red carpet, and I’ve been thinking about the different ways I could write this blog post as a battle worn 30yr old Londoner who dreams of Africa, but ‘cos of […]

In case you’re wondering, Ryan at Mutado (along with a few others), helped make the Kindo UI what it is…
_ Kindo | Mutado ®

OK, so South Africa is not the biggest internet market in the whole wide world, but I love it, and it’s deeply rooted in my psyche and my memories. But, thanks to lovely Google Analytics, we’re able to check out where people are using Kindo in South Africa…. and as you can see […]