Africa is one of the richest continents in terms of natural resources, yet most of it is steeped in poverty. In the third world countries there are many basic things needed as a priority over Internet infrastructure (like food, water, shelter), however in a “semi-first-world” country like South Africa, the economy would benefit immensely from [...]

Thanks to my good friend Bill Makwani for sending me this pic along with his caption…

“Down with capitalism and financial bail-outs! Gee I’m glad to be wearing my snug Adidas sweater on this chilling March day in a 1st world capital”

I’m looking for a freelance web deisgner with experience in Joomla, for a possible short term piece of work. If you know of anyone please leave a comment (which would be publicly visible and might also lead to other work for them), or if you want to send me a private message find me on [...]

I’m now able to cook steaks to perfection thanks to this great video at LookandTaste.com
Since I’ve been cooking steaks like this, I’ve started to frown upon most restaurant steaks.

Very hot griddle pan, steaks salted with coarse salt.
I add peppercorns to mine.
Use grape seed oil as it has higher smoking point.
2 mins x each side at [...]

There is an amazing collection of photos on the boston globe site – they are in 3 parts and here are the links to each of them:

Part 1

Part 2
Part 3

There are many amazing shots, some disturbing, most are stirring.
Here’s a sample from part 3 – quite a memorable event from 2008….

What:
Groundswell from Harvard Business School Press, written by Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff.
Summary:
This book does a good job of explaining “web 2.0″ and social media technologies, what the implications are for your organisation, and how to take advantage of them.
Who should read it
Business owners/CEOs, marketing people, communications people, entrepeneurs, and anyone who is interested in [...]

I’ve just finished reading a great book called The Myths of Innovation by Scott Berkun

I really learned a lot of things that I didn’t know about how some innovations have materialised, and some of the factors that do and do not contribute to an innovative idea actually being brought to fruition.
Not only did I find [...]