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Where to from here?

I haven’t blogged here for a while.
That’s been for two reasons: 1) I’ve just been pre-occupied with getting the next chapter started; and 2) I was deciding what I was going to be writing about.

For a long time this blog focussed on technical stuff with a few other distractions here and there, but for the foreseaable future tech stuff will remain an element of it, but certainly not the focus. I’ve never been one of those original guys that wrote about how to do stuff, I’ve always been one of those guys that reads and digests what those other guys say, then passes it on - and I don’t see much point in regurgitating what other folks have already done.

My own focus is changing.
I’m entering a new season of life, where a lot of the things I used to do are no longer that interesting to me, and a whole bunch of things are new and interesting. Weird huh? Yup, but I’m rolling with it.

I think the bottom line for me is that I’ve realised what my strengths are, so I’m going to play to them instead of trying to do too much. And where something is specific to another audience, I’ll write about it on the Technovated blog or the TECH4AFRICA blog. I’m also going to focus on quality not quantity.  For quick updates and quick links to interesting stuff, checkout http://delicious.com/oneafrikan and http://twitter.com/oneafrikan

A lot more about product development and management, so that will definititely be a part of what I’m going to talk about.

I’m building Technovated into a great, stable business that we all love to work in, so I’m going to talk more candidly about that. Over the last few years I’ve been fortunate enough to learn some really strong fundamental business and personal lessons, relatively early on, so I’m going to be passing those on in a way which is both honest and prudent.

I’ve focussed on making TECH4AFRICA a success. So I’m going to be talking about that as well ;-)

So in no particular order, I think the following is a good snapshot of what I’m going to write about for the foreseaable future:
business & entrepreneurship & startups, health and fitness, personal growth, photography, product development and management, search, the tech landscape in London and Southern Africa, tech and particularly Ubuntu, web stuff.

Thank you, the one reader I have, for reading thus far, and I hope you’ll join me for the next chapters ;-)

Oh, and I think this blog needs a facelift and an upgrade!

Onwards and upwards

The last two years have been “interesting”, to say the least. Full of lessons, incredible journeys, and all kinds of growth.

I’ve been quiet here for a while now, as I’ve been super busy laying foundations for next steps, so just wanna say Happy Christmas for 2009, and Merry New Year for 2010.

See you on the flip side ;-)

Ten Startup-Related Panels from the SxSW Panel Picker on ReadWriteStart

w00t! Pretty excited to see that my panel submission has been highlighted by the folks at ReadWriteStart /ReadWriteWeb… ;-) If you’re going to SxSW and you’re into bootstrapping / building a startup, then this is a great place to start finding great talks / panels…

_ For Your Voting Pleasure: Ten Startup-Related Panels from the SxSW Panel Picker - ReadWriteStart

When you think about South by Southwest Interactive, your memory may serve up warm recollections of open bars, awesome booth swag, and the occasional keynote worth remembering. But amid the festival atmosphere, thousands of would-be entrepreneurs, web developers, and VCs mill around looking for (or pitching) the Next Big Thing.

It comes as no surprise, then, that the SxSW Panel Picker is replete with startup-related panels. Ladies and gentlemen, for your consideration (and votes and comments), here are ten could-be-awesome proposed SxSW panels all about the space we love best. Look closely, and you just might see some themes, such as bootstrapping, revenue models, and life outside the Valley.

Seeya there!