Tech Writing in the Age of Speed: How to Catch Up and Stay Relevant

Jan 16, 2024 |

In another lifetime, I was a tech writer. I obsessively followed what was happening, attended countless launches in South Africa and around the world, and wrote about technology and innovation on my blog (for example, this very old review of the Samsung i8910) and in magazines. When I joined Destiny Man magazine as the editor in 2010, I had to start cutting back on writing specifically on tech because of the demands on my time. Plus, I was writing more across the board. After a few issues, the magazine hired someone else to write the technology pages. And, gradually, I stopped receiving...

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The Future Of Work In Technology

Mar 7, 2017 |

The flaws in our collective education systems globally have been widely documented, in particular how we are educating our children for jobs that will not exist in the near future. In the World Economic Forum Regional Community Briefing document: Human Capital Outlook (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) 2016, it was stated that “By one popular estimate, 65% of children entering primary school today will ultimately end up working in completely new job types that don’t yet exist. In many industries and countries, the most in-demand occupations did not exist 10 or even five years ago, and...

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Intel Powers Convergence

Jan 11, 2016 |

Convergence. A word that has, over the last decade or so, taken on added meaning as technology has evolved and we have made the transition from single-purpose devices to multiple purpose devices. The PC, followed by the laptop, and the birth of the mobile device, whether smartphone or tablet, have created proper confusion when it comes to how we divide up our time because everything purports to do everything, just not always well. Not too long ago, I struggled with the idea of watching video on a laptop or reading books on a tablet.  The screen felt too small for video and I still preferred...

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Huawei Launches The Mate S

Nov 19, 2015 |

Why do you choose one smartphone over the other? What influences your purchasing decision? Is it the specs? The design? As these little devices have taken over all aspects of our lives, I believe that simply specs become less important. The reality is most, if not all, smartphones do the same things, have the same apps, etc. Apple showed the world how design in the tech space drives many of our purchasing decisions because it is about how you connect with something emotionally. When you buy a pair of jeans, you may take note of the stitching but the decision to purchase is influenced more by...

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Contextualising The Opel Adam

Apr 9, 2015 |

2015 started with work on the launch of the Opel Adam, which is the ‘first shot’ in the German manufacturer’s (although it is owned by General Motors) repositioning of the brand, under the theme ‘New Germans’. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9c-rgtEbJ8 We (Project Fable) were involved in hosting and developing the content for the partner, consumer and media/entertainment launches of the Adam. Being of German roots, there was a kind of synergy to being involved as well as with Opel’s reconnection with its German engineering heritage. As part of hosting the various events, I explored Opel’s...

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To Print Or Not To Print?

Aug 21, 2014 |

What’s your relationship with printers? There was a time when they were purely office devices for those with funds. I remember having an argument with a business partner, many moons ago, about whether it was worth getting a printer that could also fax, scan and make copies, because of the cost, plus we already had a fax machine and making copies using the printer just wasn’t cost effective (and that serves as my last word on that argument, although we did actually buy the one he wanted). A decade later, I was giving printers away because it was cheaper to buy a new printer than buy an ink...

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