Author: Paul

So I was browsing through the newer posts on Coffee-Shop Schmuck and I noticed a reference to the 2005 South African blog awards.  And there I was labouring under the mistaken belief that the local blogging scene was grossly under-developed and limited.  It turns out that there is quite a number of South African blogs…

I found three interesting looking sites this morning.  The first is one I have visited before and I got a mail from the owner of that site so I thought I’d take another look. The Coffee-Shop Schmuck is run by a local blogger and is basically a journal of his coffee-shop and other social discoveries…

Well, today is day one of my two week vacation.  I am sure it will only really hit home that I am on vacation on Tuesday morning when I don’t have to go to work (Monday is a public holiday so no work anyway).  It has been a very slow start to the morning.  It…

Now here is a gadget that ranks right up there on the ‘Cool Gadget’ scale.  we make money not art has published a post titled "Wearable hub for communications in the home" which looks remarkably like a round comm badge from Star Trek. This little device is intended to help you control your digital home:…

The team responsible for the development of Internet Explorer 7 (and previous versions) is talking quite openly about Internet Explorer and standards on the Web.  Apparently this is quite an open discussion from them.  I haven’t been tracking this blog and I have now added it to my subscriptions.

Here is another good thing to come out of Yahoo! (and I suspect Ben Goodger’s move there).  CNet News has reported that Yahoo! has pledged full Firefox compatibility in new products.

I really understand what motivates some bloggers to post about their employers and what costs them their jobs.  I am so angry with my boss and fewer things would give me greater pleasure than to name him and my employer and tell everyone who reads this blog what my employer has been doing and saying…

After much speculation, Yahoo! has entered the blogosphere.  Yahoo!’s offering is called Yahoo 360 and seems to go beyond blogging to encompass a range of services through one portal.