SA Blook, Chapter 9: Making the most of SA’s creative talent and abilities

Eve Dmochowska    Think about it, Uncategorized    

The greatest resource possessed by a nation is the imagination of its people
It is no secret that South Africa has high levels of unemployment, severe poverty and lack of adequate education. These shortcomings are even more evident in our rural areas. And yet, and maybe because of the extra burden of hardships that those who [...]

Holy cow! Telepresence is magic

Eve Dmochowska    Think about it    

The more time I spend playing online, the more innovations just blow me away. But this one takes the cake.

It’s called “telepresence”, and in this video it was used to create a 3D virtual, live, image of a presenter, who could not physically attend a conference, but presented anyway. His image was [...]

Ouch!

Eve Dmochowska    Think about it    

I came across this post, on Marlene Paynter’s website:
Last week the web hosting service I had relied on for over 6 years disappeared suddenly, without warning taking my site and all contents with it.
The company, Lifetimehosting.com, sent a letter of apology stating that their harddrives and backups were compromised by a hacker.
So now it’s all [...]

A local gem with global potential

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You’ve heard of Mark Shuttleworth, you’ve heard of incuBeta. Now hear this: Gareth Ochse and Craig Corte have finally released their new baby BuzzFuse* to the market.
Created in South Africa, BuzzFuse* is a very nifty, very clever and very needed application that

allows content creators (think music, cartoons, blogs, photographs) to spread their wares
allows [...]

How much TV do you watch?

Eve Dmochowska    Think about it    

According to a somewhat outdated copy of Fast Company that I recently managed to get my hands on, active Internet users spend 9.1 hours less watching TV than those who do not or choose not to have Internet access.
That got me thinking.  I never surf the Tv box.  I always know exactly what I want [...]