New York, Part 1
So I’m in New York.
I’m no travel noob, but there is something about visiting New York that is different to visiting any other city. It’s almost as if it is “The.City”. And in a way I guess it is.
Last time I was here (eons ago) I was a student in Boston, about 4 [...]
Travel Agents: it’s time to pack your bags
I’ll be flying to New York shortly, and on a whim walked into a travel agent this morning to see what kind of fares an expert could get me. After typing for a good 20 minutes while I twiddled my thumbs (and twittered), this is what she offered:
SAA: R10,252
Delta: R10,432
Air France: R9,652
Not bad, but [...]
Who’ll get your passwords when you die?
I have a lot of online accounts to 3rd party services. Some of them are irrelevant to me, and some not. Many of them have content that I have created, and that cannot be found anywhere else (such as this blog). When I die, and especially if my death is going to be unexpected, my [...]
Gmail.co.za launches….uugh!
So by now you probably have heard that Gmail.co.za launched as a free webmail service in South Africa. Previously, the few times I typed that url instead of the .com one, I got the front page of the Gardale website, which I thought was opportunistic and annoying.
But, as it turns out, the www.gmail.co.za [...]
The importance of handling criticism well
The era of user generated content is, of course, well upon us. And the one thing that users generate more than almost anything else is criticism. So it make sense that we learn how to deal with it effectively. And yet, the way criticism is given, and the way it is received is still a [...]
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