“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.“ — Mark Twain I won the parent lottery, and mine took me to discover the mountains of the Western Cape before I could even walk. It has always been a place where I could reflect and rediscover...
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“The music IT recruitment business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There’s also a negative side.” — Hunter S Thompson
You’re bored with your job and your boss is driving you nuts. With the year coming to an end, you’re...
With only days to go before the opening game of the soccer World Cup in South Africa, the country is absolutely buzzing with excitement, and I’m very happy to be back here to witness it.
In November 2009 I left my position as CTO of mobile instant messaging company MXit Lifestyle to take a much anticipated sabbatical. I’ve climbed some...
MXit Lifestyle is a world-leading mobile social network, rapidly expanding its userbase with over 16 million users currently. I joined MXit as CTO in May 2008.
It’s been a fantastic experience being part of this team, and a rare privilege to work with so many extremely gifted people. A couple of months ago though I decided that come end...