Paul Jacobson

Category: Events and Life

  • Mostly Bullshit

    I’ve rethought a lot of my life in the last 6 months or so since I was diagnosed as diabetic. It wasn’t so much that my diabetes was so out of control that I was facing imminent doom (at least I realised that when I got over the initial surprise and learned more about it)…

  • Ze Frank's message: It's getting better

    Ze Frank published an episode on 1 October titled “Getting Better” which is important for anyone who feels overwhelmed by their pain and their life experiences, whether they are gay or straight. His video is a response to a gay boy’s suicide and its a message that still seems to be as critical as it…

  • Speed Kills and going Amish at Heavy Chef

    I finally attended a Heavy Chef event this evening and listed to Don Packett talk about similar themes to Joe Kraus’ talk recently. One of the comments I made after Don finished his talk was that our approach should probably be more about better choices when it comes to our technology rather than becoming Amish.…

  • Work equals Play equals Purpose

    I just watched a terrific video titled “All work and all play” which contrasts attitudes towards work Baby Boomers, Generation X’ers and Millenials have. All work and all play from Box1824 on Vimeo. I am definitely a Generation X person (at least my roots are there and that is the generation that influenced my ideas…

  • The Great Foreskin Debate

    A debate erupted on Twitter yesterday about a German court ban on infant circumcision last week. This ban affects cultures that practice circumcision, particularly Jews and Muslims. The ruling received a fair amount of support from a number of people on Twitter who expressed views that circumcising an infant is cruel, anachronistic and, in one…

  • The Samsung Galaxy S3 launches in South Africa

    The Samsung Galaxy S3 launched in South Africa with a spectacular event in Sandton this evening. I was invited to attend as a blogger and I took my camera along for the evening. With my time constraints at the moment, I’m not going to give you a review of the phone (well, I haven’t used…

  • Ze Frank's Invocation for Beginners

    Once in a while there are inspirational messages which are worth repeating and keeping. This is one of them. If you are starting something, you must watch this at least twice. The first time is just to expose yourself to the hope and the optimism and the second time is to listen to the message…

  • Crazy lingo. It's sick!

    This is from my Old Fart Department. I just had a conversation with Nastassja on Skype (we use Skype for internal and external comms): I’m apparently “so old school” …