The Power of Social
Social media makes us less social. This is a common argument against social media and the digital world. And there is some accuracy to this. Many of us access the following on our smartphones: Twitter, Facebook, Email (with multiple addresses, Whatsapp, LinkedIn, sms, WeChat, BBM, Instagram,...
Q&A: Doing Good With forgood
I think I met Andy Hadfield at a tech launch somewhere. We’ve interacted digitally over the years and I gave his ‘social discovery wine app’ Real Time Wine a spin when he launched it. Truth be told, the disclaimer from my blog was inspired by his, drawn from Tim Ferriss’ blog. His latest venture...
Mind Your Words
Day One. We are curators of our lives, whether consciously or unconsciously. Our digital persona tells our individual stories as they unfold. If you take the time, regardless of how created it is, you can discern the root of a person simply by following them on social media from both what they...
Each Game Is A Moment
The Beautiful Game! How does one describe the full breadth of emotion that is born out of watching eleven versus eleven on a field in a battle for supremacy over a football where the weapons are skill, strategy, determination and passion? How do you articulate the feeling of pure joy when your...
Who Is Responsible For You?
A little boy does something his parents are not suitably impressed with. When he is reprimanded, his response is “but Thabo did the same” which is why he did it. He then gets – at least I hope he does - the relatively standard talk about how, just because someone does something, you shouldn’t do...
My First Time
As painful as it is to quote a former Manchester United player, French footballer Eric Cantona is quoted as having said, “You can change your wife, your politics, but never, never can you change your favourite football team.” As someone who has supported the same teams for as long as I can...
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Q&A: Doing Good With forgood
I think I met Andy Hadfield at a tech launch somewhere. We’ve interacted digitally over the years and I gave his ‘social discovery wine app’ Real Time Wine a spin when he launched it. Truth be told, the disclaimer from my blog was inspired by his, drawn from Tim Ferriss’ blog. His latest venture...
Mind Your Words
Day One. We are curators of our lives, whether consciously or unconsciously. Our digital persona tells our individual stories as they unfold. If you take the time, regardless of how created it is, you can discern the root of a person simply by following them on social media from both what they...
Each Game Is A Moment
The Beautiful Game! How does one describe the full breadth of emotion that is born out of watching eleven versus eleven on a field in a battle for supremacy over a football where the weapons are skill, strategy, determination and passion? How do you articulate the feeling of pure joy when your...
Who Is Responsible For You?
A little boy does something his parents are not suitably impressed with. When he is reprimanded, his response is “but Thabo did the same” which is why he did it. He then gets – at least I hope he does - the relatively standard talk about how, just because someone does something, you shouldn’t do...
My First Time
As painful as it is to quote a former Manchester United player, French footballer Eric Cantona is quoted as having said, “You can change your wife, your politics, but never, never can you change your favourite football team.” As someone who has supported the same teams for as long as I can...
Be Different, Happily
Pharrell Williams seems to have reached an interesting space in life. His work as a producer and musician has allowed him to venture deep into a range of diverse projects in ways that most of us wouldn’t be able to. Like many others, I am fascinated by his life’s trajectory but more so by the...