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We might have a paperless office, but what about all the boxes that our devices and appliances come in? That pesky warranty wants you to keep them!

Government officials have been talking about AI again. Not so long ago, they talked about preparing South Africa for 4IR. And before that, the political IT buzz word of the day was digitization. I suspect government digitization has only been a little more successful than fixing Eskom. It’s 2023 Digitization

My get-up-and-go is MIA and in deep hiding under an assumed name. Here are some time management techniques I find useful when I feel this sluggish.

The stores in the nearby mall are already setting up for Christmas. My favorite part of this season is the coloured lights. Years ago we put a string of coloured LED bulbs around an outside building for Christmas, and we’ve never taken them down. So it is no surprise that

Pascal Bornet is a LinkedIn Top Voice on tech and AI. (Top Voices are members of a small, invitation-only group of experts.) He posts interesting videos of tech used in industries, from pollution control to manufacturing. This week he posted a video of “smart” shoes. The shoes store the kinetic

Moore’s law has been a staple of the tech industry for 50 years. Other tech predictions have been horribly wrong. And a few photos of old computers from our collection.

Technology can do many things, but here’s one that we need and didn’t think of before: improve our empathy.

It was a double-whammy in SA this week: stage 6 load-shedding and fuel price hikes. It’s like a slow-motion apocalypse that’s developing our prepper skills. Problem-solving and basic maths are skills every survivalist needs.

Disclaimer: there is nothing about tech or coding in this post. I am not used to the cold weather that we’ve been experiencing in Gauteng the past few weeks. And I’m not enjoying it. I’m too cold to exercise. By the time 16:30 rolls around, all I want a book