Finally put this up onto YouTube:

Check it out: A message to all members of The Silicon Cape Initiative Hello there exquisite people of the Silicon Cape. We are now only one day away from the Silicon Capes second Networking event which is taking place this coming Wednesday at the Old Biscuit Mill from 6pm, and do we have a rock star line up [...]

My blog was hacked recently, resulting in pharmacy links in RSS feed readers& So took the time today to clean it up and do an upgrade.  Still lots to do, but at least now its not going to irritate folks So, does everything look OK to you? If you spot anything dodgy, would you [...]

Will be on a panel discussion focussing on Entrepreneurship, where the emphasis is on economic growth and unemployment in South Africa through entrepreneurs creating real jobs. Check it out at: www.homecomingrevolution.co.zaHope to see you there!

I havent blogged here for a while. Thats been for two reasons: 1) Ive just been pre-occupied with getting the next chapter started; and 2) I was deciding what I was going to be writing about. For a long time this blog focussed on technical stuff with a few other distractions here and there, but for the [...]

The last two years have been interesting, to say the least. Full of lessons, incredible journeys, and all kinds of growth. Ive been quiet here for a while now, as Ive been super busy laying foundations for next steps, so just wanna say Happy Christmas for 2009, and Merry New Year for 2010. See you on [...]

Yesterday was a good day. As an aspiring social entrepreneur and increasingly part time geek, Ive had my theories on why technical / programmer / geek / web type people stick to certain kinds of focus areas when trying to make a living for themselves, and yesterday an intuition Ive had for some time now was [...]

w00t! Pretty excited to see that my panel submission has been highlighted by the folks at ReadWriteStart /ReadWriteWeb& If youre going to SxSW and youre into bootstrapping / building a startup, then this is a great place to start finding great talks / panels& _ For Your Voting Pleasure: Ten Startup-Related Panels [...]

This is an in-depth post, which is part of a series on Building a Startup You Love. The original (short) version is at: Building a Startup You Love is Hard. The first post was written for ISLabs, and is at: Starting up is a state of mind. Which is also linked to from this blog. So Ive [...]

Location: London, UK Description: Do you believe in user-focused, web standard design and development, driven by simplicity? Kublax is a financial services SaaS start-up based in London, looking for a motivated UI person to help deliver a compelling product for a venture-backed project. This is an opportunity to play a significant role in a forthcoming site relaunch, using page [...]

If youve got a few mins, would appreciate your vote for my panel submission for SxSW next year Starting and Selling Startups  Lessons From the Coalface This session looks at finding that ‘right idea’ and following it through the phases of building a company, building the product and selling it on. It covers people, [...]

Check it out, some good ones: _The TechCrunch Europe Guide to Bootstrapping  Your Advice This week TechCrunch Europe interrogated your hive mind on the subject of bootstrapping your startup. Most startups bootstrap for at least part of their lifetime and how it’s done can determine whether you make it as far as exogenous funding. We also [...]

If youve got the Dell 2130cn color laser printer, Ive found the following driver works on Ubuntu: Generic PCL 6/PCL XL Printer Foomatic/pxlmono Source: forums.linux-foundation.orgHope that helps someone