I attended the 27 dinner last night, and have to say it was disappointing. Swimgeek and Jacques Marneweck Marnewreck can tell you just how disappointing they found it. I have a sightly different perspective though. It wasn’t a geek dinner, and was never meant to be. The 27 dinner describes itself as a get-together for… Continue reading 27 dinner Cape Town off to rocky start
Month: February 2007
On happiness
I enjoyed reading Ethan Zuckerman’s post Who’s happy and why?. I suggest you read it first before continuing here. A country/person’s happiness has always seemed immensely more important to me than other measurements, such as GDP, possessions, and so on. I remember playing a game called Careers as a child. At the beginning of the… Continue reading On happiness
Organ and tissue donation
If anyone’s wondering whether their organs can be put to better use than worm food (or more ashes in the sky) after they die, take a look at the Organ Donation Foundation (South Africa only). They have a nifty Web 2.0 site and a vibrant community. OK, not really, but you can register online. If… Continue reading Organ and tissue donation
Humanising brands, and Telkom the mugger
I was thinking today about Telkom, and the perception that so many of us have of this company. If you ask most people in my circles about the company Telkom, the words that come to mind would be ‘scum’, ‘hell’ (ah, the effectiveness of Hellkom and Telscum), ‘uncaring’, ‘inefficient’ and so on. Personally, I vowed… Continue reading Humanising brands, and Telkom the mugger
Irie Irony on Wikipedia
I’m taking a Wikibreak. That this rather insignificant event should become breaking-news on my frequently-updated, hugely-popular, blog, should surprise no-one. After all, compared to our American friends planning another invasion, my comings, or rather goings, on Wikpedia, are clearly of paramount importance. One of my final posts was perhaps wasted on Wikipedia, and has been… Continue reading Irie Irony on Wikipedia
An encounter with Lama Yeshe Rinpoche
I attended a talk today between Lama Yeshe Rinpoche and Rob Nairn, hosted by Cape Town Samye Zong, otherwise known as the Tibetan centre. Lama Yeshe is of the Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, and is the retreat master at the well-known Samye Ling centre in Scotland, the largest of its kind in the West.… Continue reading An encounter with Lama Yeshe Rinpoche
Origin Festival Workshops
Last weekend I attended the Origin Festival, which billed itself as an electronic music, art and holistic lifestyle festival. I was invited to give a talk, my choice of topic being quite broad. It was put down in the programme as Web2, IT technology and applications for greener living, but would have been better titled… Continue reading Origin Festival Workshops