The topic of online romances is in itself is both stupid, fantastic and fascinating. Apparently one in every eight couples meets online and they are happy. In my teenage years I met a lot of people online. And not in that creepy “Hi, ASL? What you wearing?” kind-a-way. But in that meeting of minds. I had a string of romances which started online. Sure they were all brief. But I was a teenager,...

< rant > Let us start with this: IT IS NONSENSE! You are in a relationship or you aren’t.  Life is complicated. Relationships are complicated. Stop stuffing around. Put in the effort and make it real. If it isn’t working and you’ve done your best with zero results, get out! Why make it more complicated when its complicated enough? All you idiots with facebook relationship...

Facebook launched their new layout in stages across the world.  Whilst many have ridiculed the change, which is often the case when people face change, many have also praised the change.  Myself being one of them. I believe the latest change is a case of form follows function, and clearly shows that Facebook are moving more towards making the site easier and more accessible.  With the new changes,...

So the auction is well on its way and people have been asking me how the charity will be getting all the funds to them.  You can do it the old fashioned way by depositing directly into their account once the bids are finalized, or there’s an easier, more convenient way. Pocit will be facilitating a simple and convenient method for paying your pledges – directly from your cellphone! For free!...

I am not sure if you are on tweeting/emailing/IMing terms or a BFF with an academic, if you are then you’ll understand this post perfectly, perhaps you yourself are a budding academic. The problem with academics and I am not exempt from this, is that they re constantly nagging about the ‘must publish issue’. Academics at any institution of higher learning are required to publish academic papers...

The first 27Dinner in Durban for 2010 will be taking place on 27 February. I am very excited for this year and what it has in store for us. Last year was a fantastic year for 27Dinner itself and for the online community in general. Lots has happened, and changed in the past year and will lead to great topics of conversation. We have Rohland De Charmoy from Clyral who will be discussing what they...

As an academic lecturer there is lot more to what is expected of you than just delivering lectures on a daily basis and with some institutional policies requiring that lecturers to deliver more lectures it’s become impossible to keep up with the day to day. Enter online teaching, most institutions around the world are already using the web simplify their lives and also making their teaching strategies...

 Is your laptop your best friend and do you feel like you need life support if you don’t have your cell phone with you? Or if you are a workaholic, computer genius or IT technician permanently glued to your computer screen and unable or unwilling to leave your desk there is now a new way to spend money and stay where you are! Mimoney is the financial solution that will allow you to maintain...

We’ve all heard the bitching and the whining about people who use twitter as IM. We’ve all been annoyed by *that* person who tweets incessantly and randomly (I promise, I try not to do it anymore!) We’ve all been followed by someone, and known that if we don’t follow them in return, feelings are going to get hurt and shit will turn messy. We’ve all seen a squillion updates...

 Finally, a competition aimed just at us geeks! Virgin Atlantic are running a  “25 Years and Still Red Hot” competition and showing some love to the geekisphere by making it only available online. So take that you people who read those antiquated things called newspapers and listen to the radio in your car. We who subscribe to RSS feeds and download podcasts are claiming this one!   So...