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We had another 'human get together' tonight for the Think Sync!community tonight. The group decided to explore what connections really translate into, from a value perspective, in an emerging world in which connections are becoming critical. There's still no agreement...

Today, TomorrowToday.biz hosted a blogging seminar. To be honest, it went further than blogs to social software. Newbie (to TmTd and presenting), Mike Stopforth did a great job. So did the old lads, Barrie and Graeme (if I say so myself). "And a fun time was had by...

Maybe you like reading comments. In which case, why not subscribe to our comments feed? I’ve just updated it so that each entry not only contains the comment, but also the title of the post the comment was made on (our most requested feature for the comments feed as it makes for much better readability).

Scenario: you’re a Windows user who buys a new cd distributed by Sony. To play the cd you *have* to install Sony’s software (the cd works fine on Mac or Linux) – and an extra programme called a rootkit which hides itself from your system and doesn’t let you make more than 3 copies of the music. Good for Sony, bad for you, because they neglect to mention anywhere in the license agreement about the rootkit (which essentially has a signature like a virus). What’s more, you can’t uninstall it. And if you delete the files it installs on your systems you mess up Windows. Mark Russinovich – who discovered the rootkit on his machine – details this on his blog. And he’s mad with Sony. As are the many people who left comments at his site.Why did Sony do this? Perhaps they weren’t aware that people wouldn’t want hidden software installed One of the comments refers to MP3tunes.com, a site which pays royalties to musicians without the traditional distribution channels. A better idea, methinks.

For the past four years TmTd have been invited to participate in the Asia Pacific Leadership Program (APLP) hosted by the East West Center and based in Honolulu. Recently Keith was asked to write something to the participants on how best to write ‘leadership...

The war A CEO’s performance is generally measured on two things: share price and shareholder value. This is the plight of a business leader in a capitalist society, and most of his/her time is dedicated to these criteria. However there is a pain that is pulling...

First published in Convergence Journal, Vol 6 no 4 (South Africa), November 2005, www.axius.co.za It has been nearly 10 years since Francis Fukuyama published his work ‚Trust‛ discussing the possibility that high levels of social trust, especially the kind of...

This article was first published in ‘Your Child’ magazine, September 2005 Children are not merely young versions of their parents. This may seem an obvious statement, yet many parents make the mistake of under-estimating the generation gap that exists between them...