When thinking gets too expensive
What luck for rulers, that men do not think. – Adolph Hitler The Internet is a copy machine. At a fundamental distribution level, but also at the human content level. Copying what we see and like, or realise gets results, is one of the keys to how humans have been such a successful species. What...
Out where social media isn’t a vanity sport
There was a time not too long ago, when the bit that followed Marlon Parker‘s name on a speaker’s list was “Cape Peninsula University of Technology”. One of those times was at a dinner to wrap up the 4th iteration of Nomadic Marketing. Marlon was introducing the Reconstructed Living project (RLabs), using that most loved-by-teens|vilified-by-teachers/parents...
Learn to sell your art, so you don’t have to sell your soul
And I use “art” very loosely here when I mean the creative products of your head and your hands and the tools you use to extend the reach of both. Whether writers, filmmakers, musicians, webdesigners, potters, poets, dancers, landscapers, crafters, carpenters, architects, hatters; whatever the avenue for the creative imperative to realise itself, these endeavours...
You’re in Facebook country now
Emissaries of Facebook have paid South Africa an official visit. As Facebook.com’s 29th ranked country, with 2,322 million unique monthly visitors [track the latest figures on Facebakers.com] we have cracked the nod, and now gently herded into the fold to meet the business end of Facebook. The Emerging Market EMEA diplomats sent to charm the natives;...
Astronomy quick.fixes for starry.eyed wannabes
One of the delights of living in the Southern Hemisphere has to be its dense, dazzling night sky. Meandering to open spaces where the urban light veil falls away, yields a blaze of stars, the Milky Way (the Galactic Centre and magellanic clouds, a southern sky speciality), even man.made space objects twinkling back at us....
INTELLIGENT LIFE: social learning adventures
memorable learning experiences, urban games and unusually powerful travel experiences for the slim minority that take delight in learning rather than just looking cool and together.
Gathering some Jedi Masters >> the magic of mentorship
Charged with creating a strong support system for one of the most progressive programmes that UCT’s Graduate School of Business offers, I’ve gathered some of the brightest, biggest-hearted people I know, to offer back their battlescars and brilliance to a small band of artists going on a powerful learning journey. .. 26 Mentors have stepped...
Creative Capitalism : Business Acumen for Artists
An extraordinary learning opportunity comes around but once a year. A very special business school programme that I am so moved by, that I support it wholeheartedly and recommend it wildly. Back for its 3rd year: BUSINESS ACUMEN for ARTISTS It’s a dream.manifest of Director of UCT’s GSB Executive Education, Elaine Rumboll, also a published...
Big Heads, Big Day in the BigBadCity
Thanks to the generous invitation of logistics.meister Dean Carlson who organised the event.. coveted VIP tickets to the Discovery Invest Leadership Summit are in hand! (yup, THAT one with Gladwell and Branson on the bill – if you’re in Jo’burg you’re sure to know what I’m on about). Forgive the selfish rejoicing -sharing is one...
TED (x) spark catches in Jo’burg
AT LAST! The TEDxJoburgNorth programme, launching on the 15th July 2009, will be the beginning of many more such TEDx events in the city. I’m helping to gather the forces for a city.size TED Johannesburg in November with TEDsters and fellow raving fans, under the passionate leadership of publisher Alicia Woolf [want to get the...
Inaugural ZA GeekRetreat ’09
On the weekend of the 19th of June, 2009, about 40 South African Internet personalities will gather for a weekend of informal conversation about the South African Internet. We’ll talk about what would make it better, how to stimulate innovation locally and what role there is for a more formal industry-wide body to carry on...
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