At the moment there are an awful lot of people online who are not making money online! In fact, it is reasonable to assume that there are a significant number of people who lose money on the internet, daily – by not making enough to cover their bills (website hosting and suchlike). Making money online […]
[Continue reading…]Mechanical Turks, and 9 Other Jobs
November 17, 2008 by Leave a Comment
While computing technology continues to improve, there are still many things that human beings can do much more effectively than computers, such as identifying objects in a photo or video, performing data de-duplication, transcribing audio recordings or researching data details. Traditionally, tasks like this have been accomplished by hiring a large temporary workforce (which is […]
[Continue reading…]Of Flying Cars, Cyberbullies and Games That Make You Vomit
November 17, 2008 by 1 Comment
Where, exactly, can we draw the line between virtual and real? Here's a round-up of some thought provoking news: There's been a lot of talk about a new game: Mirror's Edge. The game is really nice and is action packed as you would expect of a 1st person shooter but that's not why people are […]
[Continue reading…]Remember The Milk
November 16, 2008 by 4 Comments
Is there anyone else out there who simply forgets to do stuff (that are rather importnat)? For example, I’ve been meaning to send an email to my friend in India for a few days now, but I just keep on forgetting to do this. So last night I set out to find a solution. I […]
[Continue reading…]The Nation Media Group, Plagiarism, An Apology, and Customer Service – A Case Study
November 13, 2008 by 2 Comments
This follows the article that I wrote yesterday regarding plagiarism by the Nation Media Group (NMG): Shameless Plagiarism at The Nation Media Group. If you read that article, you will notice that I wrote it while I was pretty upset at the NMG. I felt that they had been dishonest and, feeling that there was […]
[Continue reading…]Reaching for the Cloud with OpenGoo
November 13, 2008 by 3 Comments
I really like Google documents. I like the flexibility – I can access my information from anywhere in the world with an Internet connection. Also, it feels good not having to buy the pricey Microsoft Office. Actually, I'm one of those who is very excited about cloud computing so I pretty much use Google docs […]
[Continue reading…]Shameless Plagiarism at The Nation Media Group
November 12, 2008 by 4 Comments
I’m a new and proud member of a google group: Bidii Africa. It is a wonderful group made up of smart people – the kind of place where you learn new things everyday. What we talk about is probably helpful to everyone that I, and you, know. The Nation Media Group (NMG) thinks so too. […]
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