Getting stuff done is not easy. Sometimes life just gets in the way of being productive. Sometimes we are our own worst enemy when it comes to killing our own…
Louis Nel
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Scams, MLMs and crypto – in conversation with Jon Walsh
I recently started a podcast and my very first guest was Jon Walsh. John is SVP header of strategy Europe for a digital company called AMX digital that does programmatic…
10 things I’ve Learned By Working From Home
With the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19), there is a fundamental shift happening in the world. Technology has made it possible for us to work from almost anywhere unless your…
Not Everything That Glitters Is Gold – The Crash of the Gold-Backed Coin
Gold company Karatbars promised investors a stable, gold-backed cryptocurrency. But the KaratGold Coin (KBC) has lost massive value since December 2019. It seems that not everything that glitters is gold.…
How PayPal Ghosted Me
I’ve been using PayPal since at least 2006 for shopping on eBay. This online buying and auction bidding turned into a serious addiction. By 2010 I was mostly over it…
Fuel loyalty programmes push small retailers out of business
The Fuel Retailers Association (FRA) said this week that the rise of loyalty programmes at fuel stations are pushing independent fuel retailers out of business. In light of this, they…
Facebook glitch exposes Greta Thunberg’s account administrators
Wired reported on Friday, 10 January of a Facebook bug that exposed the identities of anonymous Facebook Page administrators. The glitch, that has since been patched was accessible for at…
Karatbars International – Review Of The Company And Its Products
Karatbars International made headlines this week in South Africa, after having been flagged by the financial regulator the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA). Whenever the company appears in the media,…
Breaking the two-hour barrier
Breaking 2 – What this means for the rest of humanity Have you ever experienced the feeling of watching something so significant that it would alter the course of human…