The Trouble With Tech
Can’t remember when or why I wrote this little piece. Might have been the start of a column. Found it on an old...
posted on: Jul 3, 2012 | author: Chris
10 TwitterTips
Ten Tips for making it happen as a Social Media startup, acted out by Biz Stone and Twitter. There are some very...
posted on: Apr 24, 2010 | author: Chris
Tech slapdown
I do love programmers from the old school, like Jason, our head of tech at the Mail & Guardian. Here’s his...
posted on: Jan 28, 2010 | author: Chris
Empire Tweets Back
I recently had the not-uncomplicated pleasure of dining with the US Ambassador to South Africa, Donald Gips, and a...
posted on: Jan 18, 2010 | author: Chris
Tech. Yawn.
My favourite quotation on technology comes from John Brunner’s Stand on Zanzibar, a scifi book published in...
posted on: Jan 5, 2010 | author: Chris
iPhone, youPhone
Does it take more energy to live life today than, say, twenty years ago when dinosaurs (the tv program) roamed free,...
posted on: Dec 18, 2009 | author: Chris
- You name your kid after an impending cyclone to appease the gods, and 15 people are killed? How's that kid ever going to get a date?
- You should prob turn up the treble on that Tweetwood Mac “@Anatinus: Doef-doef test with Flatwood Mac in the @Subaru_SA Forester.”
- It's crazy that useless bankers get paid millions and superhero nurses a pittance. The world sucks.
- @Amirmizroch ha. It's at least an honest assessment. Although some might even argue with 'most'.
- RT @MG_Reporter: Our #MGHangout has started, are you tuned in? We're discussing #Gupta intelligence dealings. http://t.co/yJJfoDVI04
- Alas. The finest mind I've ever worked with, in academia and media “@NicDawes: ad to be stepping down as M&G editor: http://t.co/ItG5gaRvgZ”