I believe that there is a dearth of insightful, incisive yet irreverent and witty social commentary on these shores. Look, our publishing houses churn out enough political commentary and biographies. And of course there is a market for that type of w...
Our eyes and ears are attentive to the mainstream media as the most influential platform in the coming elections. But it's also important that there are also many other smaller players adding to the diversity of coverage.
Some of these enterpr...
Charlene Smith wrote an honest, truthful and soul-baring piece on the lot of the 21st-century writer. But more than anything else, it was really intelligent, well thought out, credible and well researched with references to literary icons such as Mar...
My friend Mike and I have been working on a plan for a new product. Mike likes to look me in the eye and say: "Arthur, we are not geniuses." This is his way of reminding me that we need to get a move on, because somewhere, someone else has already th...
There is a new technology in our midst, and once again old-school thinking is about to get a serious shake-up.
Kindle is a new gadget, available from Amazon.com, that allows digital books to be downloaded and read on the go. The device is sexy, s...
The other day, I downloaded an entire book from the internet. For free. It was an incredibly empowering act.
In a society where knowledge is costly and education requires financial sacrifice, it was refreshing to find that someone had decided the ...
We can all agree that due to increased bandwidth availability over the past years, online media quality and quantity have grown substantially. So why the hell are local online publishers dragging their feet and being so schnoep with their bits an...
Look, I'm just going to be honest here. I don't know anything about politics, I don't care for sport, I have the merest fleeting interest in entertainment (and then only if the stars are wearing pretty dresses) and I'm completely out of the loop when...
