Paul Jacobson

Category: Travel and places

  • Frustrated thoughts about broadband and road traffic

    I found myself stuck in traffic this morning on my way to a meeting and frustrated with the amount of time wasted on the road and how better and more reliable broadband could be a huge productivity boost. I basically found myself thinking about a similar issue I ranted about a year and a half…

  • A spiritual quest in a wooden canoe

    If you enjoyed the “Open Door to Solitude” video I posted the other day, take some time to watch this video titled “Spirit Canoe“: SPIRIT CANOE is the mystic journey of a man who is in search of himself and navigating through a passage with the memories of his once self and a special figure…

  • Pygmy hippo up close and personal

    I took our kids to the Johannesburg Zoo this morning for a little outing and we were treated to a relatively rare and close encounter with the pygmy hippos in their enclosure. We usually don’t see much of them when we visit the zoo. I also got a number of photos of one of them…

  • Gina's pasta maker and our culinary experience

    Gina won a pasta maker in a competition with Table 21 and The Culinary Table so we took a drive out to Lanseria so she could pick up her prize. We had a chance to spend some time in the restaurant which in a terrific space: She participated in a short photo shoot with Sharon…

  • Sandton, a work in progress

  • Flowers and blue sky

    Just a couple shots from my walk to work this morning. One of the advantages of walking is that I have an opportunity to pay closer attention to my neighbourhood.

  • Rediscovered @WolvesCafe moments

    I was scrolling through my VSCO Cam library and came across these photos, these Wolves Cafe moments I captured a while ago. I love the colours.

  • An intriguing Uber platform play

    Imagine Uber, the on demand driver service, that has been gaining traction here in South Africa wasn’t just about being able to call a car to get somewhere pretty much at a whim? What if that is just a proof of concept for a broader platform strategy? This thought came to me during my introductory…