Life

Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

11 minute read | Written on 2018-05-25 15:49:48 +0200

Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That’s it. No big deal. Just three stories.

The Day My Father Died

5 minute read | Written on 2018-04-03 21:05:28 +0200

At around midnight on 18 May 2010 my father passed away after a long battle with Cancer. I was 15 years old when he was first diagnosed w...

Since You’ve Been Gone…

1 minute read | Written on 2016-05-18 23:12:47 +0200

I’ll never forget the 18th of May for as long as I live. Today symbolises not only the wedding anniversary of my parents, Carine and Rodn...

My Digital Life?

less than 1 minute read | Written on 2007-06-25 17:59:29 +0200

Found on iburst this afternoon. Anyone know what the relationship is because I don’t see any other advertising anywhere on the site…

The end of a football era

1 minute read | Written on 2007-06-25 12:57:42 +0200

Football is a way of life for me and Thierry, over an eight year period, played a integral part in my teams success and my admiration for...

What to do with 1,300 images?

1 minute read | Written on 2007-06-11 02:48:12 +0200

Picture the scenario: thousands of personal pictures located across three machines, a multitude of CDs and DVDs and so many duplicates on...

Afrigator at TED

less than 1 minute read | Written on 2007-06-07 20:46:19 +0200

The following pic was taken at TED and features Ory Okolloh from kenyanpundit.com talking about the cool things happening in Africa.

27-5 yet another success

1 minute read | Written on 2007-05-28 11:25:28 +0200

One of the first things Nic Haralambous had to say to me on arrival at the 27dinner was - why are you not at home working? My response wa...

SA Top Sites and Blog Top Sites clarified

1 minute read | Written on 2007-05-28 10:29:08 +0200

The time has come for me to make a public statement about the current status of SA Top Sites, Blog Top Sites and Blog247.

The big Cameroon domain conspiracy

1 minute read | Written on 2007-05-24 20:34:12 +0200

People say that this blogosphere is boring and to an extent I agree however I must admit I am finding some serious value in reading all t...

Show me the Gatorlove

less than 1 minute read | Written on 2007-05-24 12:49:40 +0200

Some things just tickle my fancy but I have to admit Gatorlove is really blowing my hair back! It’s such a simple yet cool new feature to...

The new Afrigator hits the block

less than 1 minute read | Written on 2007-05-21 10:58:21 +0200

On a very cold and windy morning here in Johannesburg I’m comforted by the latest version we just released for Afrigator.

Bullardgate: A very interesting twist

less than 1 minute read | Written on 2007-05-09 19:49:23 +0200

Now I was one of the first to react to David Bullard’s rant and I still maintain rightfully so however tonight I found an intersting twis...

Shirley, Goodness and Mercy

less than 1 minute read | Written on 2007-05-09 10:38:24 +0200

So last night I did something I haven’t done in more than six years - I went to the theater. Zane Meas of 7de Laan and Twac fame stars in...

Bullard responds - now even a bigger wanker

1 minute read | Written on 2007-05-07 16:53:42 +0200

So Bullard has responded via video and while bloggers all over South Africa may have asked for an apology from the Sunday Times all we go...

Is David Bullard an utter wanker?

1 minute read | Written on 2007-05-07 00:44:59 +0200

If you haven’t read it already David Bullard, Sunday Times journalist and holier than thou author, has published an article today in the ...

KillerStartups.com thinks we’re hot

less than 1 minute read | Written on 2007-04-07 01:51:24 +0200

The coverage of Afrigator, it would seem, doesn’t stop within the African borders. I was notified via email on a few minutes ago that Afr...

The power of Afrigation

less than 1 minute read | Written on 2007-04-05 19:57:48 +0200

With Afrigator only a couple days old I’ve already noticed the power of content Afrigation.

The Cleaners Revenge

less than 1 minute read | Written on 2007-03-29 10:11:31 +0200

So there’s this really cool clip I came across yesterday on the Twac website which I thought I have to share with you. It lacks a little ...

I lost my virginity

less than 1 minute read | Written on 2007-03-28 10:40:22 +0200

Well it’s official - I’m no longer a virgin and my first introduction into the real-world geek community was fab.

Kudos to Mike Stopforth

less than 1 minute read | Written on 2007-03-27 14:00:24 +0200

I have personally never seen a personal recommendation in the South African community as what Mike’s just done and it is an amazing thing...

Twac.co.za - my new baby

1 minute read | Written on 2007-03-08 10:10:35 +0200

I was hoping to hold off a little on blogging about Twac as we’re still working through a list of changes/bugs/feature requests but my ar...

Technology Thursday kicks off

less than 1 minute read | Written on 2007-03-01 09:30:59 +0200

Today sees the launch of my new weekly contribution I’ll be doing for SA Rocks. Technology Thursday, will focus on South African technolo...

Social Networking = hard work!

1 minute read | Written on 2007-02-22 23:02:45 +0200

I love Web 2.0 stuff and more importantly I love community involvement but hell it’s hard work to keep up with the various subscriptions ...

How I spent my Valentines Day

2 minute read | Written on 2007-02-15 20:44:06 +0200

As is the trend lately my current news seems to be stale news by the time I get around to blogging about it but nonetheless it’s one post...

Apple is promoting the idea of ending DRM

2 minute read | Written on 2007-02-07 01:42:57 +0200

Apple’s Steve Jobs is encouraging the music labels to sell their digital music without any protection at all. If the labels stopped wrapp...

Of 9/11 and being pessimistic

1 minute read | Written on 2007-02-06 23:20:36 +0200

So the new job is going great (thanks Carls for asking) but I’ve had little time to blog recently. I really wanted to share my experience...

Ja! Productions decided to hire me

less than 1 minute read | Written on 2007-01-26 15:23:39 +0200

A special thanks must go out to Mike Stopforth and Dave Duarte for helping me to find a new job. Mike and Dave introduced me to Johan Rey...

Seriously, Google is starting to scare me

2 minute read | Written on 2007-01-09 10:19:52 +0200

I know I run a competing website to Google however it has to be said that I am growing very worried at some of the decisions being made a...

Words that end in gry

4 minute read | Written on 2007-01-09 02:37:00 +0200

Yesterday I received a riddle sent to me via email without a solution and while I had seen this riddle before I had completely forgotten ...

I’m looking for a new job

less than 1 minute read | Written on 2006-12-27 15:22:54 +0200

It’s a little sneaky of me posting this on my blog but I am in the process of looking for new employment. Someone has to pay the bills se...

Is bad publicity good? and why i do grabble

3 minute read | Written on 2006-12-20 02:55:30 +0200

It has been said that any publicity, good or bad, is good either way. Well I experienced my first bit of ‘bad’ publicity today with Grabb...

In Loving Memory - Kevin Sweidan

1 minute read | Written on 2005-09-16 03:26:00 +0200

It’s that time of year again when I remember that horrible day on September 15th 2003 when my best friend and business partner, Kevin Swe...

It’s A Good May Day!

2 minute read | Written on 2005-05-22 00:56:00 +0200

Well things are certainly looking up. I’m writing my first blog entry from a new Apple Mac which was kindly given to me.

The Up Side Of Anger

2 minute read | Written on 2005-05-15 02:19:00 +0200

It’s been a while since I last posted something on the blog and with good reason. The last month and a bit I’ve been hectic with adding n...

I’m a Business Warrior

1 minute read | Written on 2005-04-17 01:54:00 +0200

It’s been a while since I last posted something on the blog and with good reason. The last month and a bit I’ve been hectic with adding n...

Luke’s First Day of School!

less than 1 minute read | Written on 2005-04-04 14:12:00 +0200

It’s been a while since I last posted something on the blog and with good reason. The last month and a bit I’ve been hectic with adding n...

Terri Schiavo Right To Die Case

3 minute read | Written on 2005-03-25 01:07:00 +0200

Since March 18th I’ve been following the American case about Terri Schiavo and her right to Life, or death depending on how you look at i...

What is an Entrepreneur?

4 minute read | Written on 2005-03-04 01:11:00 +0200

This has been a very interesting question to me lately. I recently read two fantastic articles about this exact question (sorry I can’t r...

Asia Tsunami

2 minute read | Written on 2004-12-29 01:53:00 +0200

I’m sure that most of you have all been shocked by the recent events that have taken place in Asia as have I. More importantly a close fr...

My Website

less than 1 minute read | Written on 2004-11-06 01:57:00 +0200

For those of you who are remotely interested you can view my companies website Hartman Productions for a brief understanding of what I do...

My New Blog

less than 1 minute read | Written on 2004-10-09 01:02:00 +0200

Well after months of having the service available to me I have finally decided to go ahead and begin using blogs properly for the first t...