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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 […]

So on Wednesday, Nils and I went to Internet World at Earls Court, to do a final pitch to the judges for the “UK’s Most Promising Internet Company 2008″… and we didn’t win, which is a bummer, but we did make it to the final 3 out of 150 companies, which is pretty cool […]

Kindo release Spanish last names Nice work guys!
_ Estadísticas familiares en España - Kindo
Aprende más sobre tus apellidos. Descubre cuánta gente comparte alguno de tus apellidos, y cómo son de populares comparados con otros apellidos.
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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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OK, so this has become somewhat of a labour of love the last month or so, where I’ve snuck bits of time here and there to get this to a point where I’m happy it makes sense, and there’s not much more I can add to it now…
Please check it out, let me know what […]

Good article from Sarah Lacy on UK startups…
Web Startups: The London Scene
London has never been considered a center of entrepreneurship. As TechCrunch UK editor Mike Butcher notes, Europeans are encumbered with the well-worn caricature that they’re too lazy and well-fed by the state to exhibit entrepreneurial hunger. More to the point, he says, many […]

This is the first draft of the content from the core conversation panel I did at SxSW earlier this year. When it’s done it will go up as a PDF and a blog post. I’m posting here so that I can start getting feedback if possible; and have kept things numbered for easier […]

I’m sitting in the airport at Chicago and am just about to get on a plane back to London. Feeling more tired and whacked out than in a long time; probably the last SxSw…
Anyways, if you’re reading this and you like Kindo, give it a another look today - we’ve just added photo’s.
So, give […]

Just uploaded a bag more photos from the last two days… check them out and start adding your comments
SxSwi 08 Day 2 & Pandas
SxSwi 08 Day 3 & Pandas

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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 […]