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The industrialization of software production

October 12th, 2009 · No Comments

I completed a research paper on the knowledge management aspects of software industrialisation last year.

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Category: Society · Technology · knowledge management

Buying my way out of a democracy

October 2nd, 2009 · 4 Comments

I strongly believe that democracy is not the optimum way of choosing a government. No – I do not have a viable alternative, but the evidence suggests that there should be a better way of determining who is fit to govern.

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Category: Politics and Religion · Society

A busy time

May 24th, 2009 · No Comments

I have had a very busy two months – traveling, learning, and dealing with new responsibilities.

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Category: Daily Stuff · Travel

Snow Trip – Siberia in Spring

March 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment

I have just returned from yet another two day trip to an unusual destination. This time it was Siberia – to be more precise, the city of Novosibirsk, or “New Siberia”.

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Category: Travel

South India in Animoto

February 5th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Our trip to South India as an Animoto video. Video rocks. The trip rocked.

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Category: Daily Stuff · Technology · Travel

Looking for a Luddite

February 5th, 2009 · 5 Comments

Looking for Charda van Schalkwyk! Where have you disappeared to ?

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Category: Daily Stuff · Society · Web

Random Friday night thoughts

January 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment

If you were the PR/Marketing person for the United States of America, who would you have nominated to be elected as the next president after Bush ?

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Category: Daily Stuff

Perceptions of education in South Africa..

October 21st, 2008 · 6 Comments

Based on the responses to a recent blog post, I have some observations on the way South Africans seem to view a tertiary education.

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Category: Society

Why you should Twitter

August 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

During a recent meeting, discussing the design and architecture of an upcoming product, we drifted into a brainstorming session with a great many big ideas floating around (the best kind of meeting!). The conversation led me to an insight into why Twitter and similar micro-blogging platforms should be used by everyone.
First – let’s take a [...]

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Category: Society · Technology · Web