Posted on January 9th, 2008 by Carel
Filed under Blogging, Technology
I’m using tumblr.com to blog about interesting web items. These are typically a link with one or two sentences of text. Do you have a tumblelog? How do you use it?
Posted on January 3rd, 2008 by Carel
Filed under Blogging, Business, Technology
I attended SoCon07 last year and really enjoyed it. SoCon08 will be held at the University of Kennesaw, just North of Atlanta from February 8-9, 2008. You can register here. It’s not free like ‘07 — this year it’s $43 for the full 1.5 days (including a Networking Dinner) or $15 for the Saturday. It’s […]
Posted on December 24th, 2007 by Carel
Filed under Business, Technology
Skype is not the only game in town anymore for free or cheap local and international calls. I use Skype a lot for making international calls when I’m connected to the Internet with my MacBook Pro. When I only have my Blackberry, I use VIP’s local and toll free access numbers to make international calls. […]
Posted on December 10th, 2007 by Carel
Filed under Business, Entrepreneurship, South Africa, Technology
Recently Vinny Lingham stepped down from his post as chief strategy officer of IncuBeta, the online marketing company he co-founded, to concentrate on the interests of his venture capital company, Lingham Capital and more specifically on Synthasite. Lingham, along with his wife, Charlene, and […]
Posted on December 7th, 2007 by Carel
Filed under Blogging, Technology
Well, not really…
I recently started to see that many blog URLS omit the www. prefix, e.g., using only blog.beyond438.com instead of “www.blog.beyond438.com”, or “jeffnolan.com” instead of www.jeffnolan.com.
Read all about the deprecation (I had to look up the word) of “www.”. The no-www.org site seems to be the definitive source. It’s a quick read and I […]
Posted on December 6th, 2007 by Carel
Filed under Green Energy, Leadership, South Africa, Technology
Jeff Nolan posted on the ousting of Tesla’s co-founder Eberhard. The San Jose Mercury broke the news. Here is the Tesla Motors press release, and the rumors on the Tesla Motors Club forum. In a previous post I mentioned that Elon Musk is the main investor and chairman of Tesla Motors. I want […]
Posted on November 29th, 2007 by Carel
Filed under Technology
Google (GOOG) recently announced a new version of Google Maps, called Google Maps with My Location. It’s still in beta. I installed it on my Blackberry 8700g (T-Mobile, no GPS) and tried it out this morning. It uses your service providers’ cellphone towers to approximate your location. My accuracy ranged from between 600m to 1700m. […]
Posted on November 26th, 2007 by Carel
Filed under Business, South Africa, Technology, Venture Capital
Laurence (Laurie) Olivier, an Atlanta VC and ex-South African, was recently profiled in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Laurie is a partner in Veritas Venture Partners. Veritas has investments in the following Atlanta based companies: Clickfox, CytoDome, and Asankya. Laurie serves on the board of these companies. He is the Chairman of the American-Israel Chamber of Commerce […]
Posted on October 24th, 2007 by Carel
Filed under Apple, Business, Entrepreneurship, SAP, Technology
I think that the exponential increase of on-demand video (youtube.com, Yahoo! video) will allow entrepreneurs to learn on-the-fly from some incredible sources. The problem with Youtube is that it takes time to find quality videos, like this Sellingpower interview of SAP Americas CEO, Bill McDermont.The Stanford’s Educations Corner is an entrepreneur’s best friend. It contains […]
Posted on September 27th, 2007 by Carel
Filed under Business, Entrepreneurship, Green Energy, Leadership, South Africa, Technology
Even though Lyndon Rive is the architect and builder of a successful IT company and now serves as CEO of a growing solar power operation, the most interesting thing about this 30-year-old South African may be that he plays mid-mid position on the (and I’m not making this up) U.S. Men’s Underwater Hockey Team. The […]
