I got into New York yesterday afternoon and the first thing I did was head down to Katz's Deli on East Housten for a sandwich. Check out the size of this Reuben!

We're Going Bald for Blankets...

After a slip of the shaver while giving Jason a trim yesterday evening. Which resulted in the loss of a chunk of hair, not to mention a very annoyed Jason. We decided to make the best of a bad situation.

Both Jason and I have gone bald to raise money for those less fortunate this...

I recently attended Global 360's launch event on Process Transformation at the Southern Sun in Sandton. It’s great to see Global 360 establishing a South African office and showing a huge commitment to the African region. Well done guys, we look forward to working with Tim and his team in the months to come.

During the event we listened to different perspectives and ideas on BPM and the benefits it can bring us during these challenging economic times, particularly with regards...

In the world wide web, one factor stands tallest on the online developers agenda and that is speed.  With the glorious invention of the internet came the many constrictions you would assume to see with sending data across large distances, as far as the globe surface could possibly stretch.  You see as the desktop application is confined by computer specifications, so is a web application limited by the speed of the internet connection and the power of the server.

In its...

Over the past months I have been really excited by the trend toward using software as a service and the potential saving our business could realise by adopting this model. What it means is that instead of purchasing software licenses, hardware and paying for people to look after the system we simply rent the software on a monthly basis.

Our first step into the world of software as a service was to try out an application called Basecamp from 37Signals. ...

I spent the evening in Bloemfontein last week and as usual stayed over at my favourite Guest Lodge, De La Vie.

It has been a while since I last spent an evening with there but as usual Oom and Elize went out of their way to make my stay really great. De La Vie is really like staying at home away from home.  Elize cooks a great meal while Oom looks makes you comfortable in his pub - just make...

Hi All,

Currenty in Knysna after coming back from Finland.

What a time I had.Went for training on a great document management application called M-files.

Drank a lot of Salmanyaki (local spirit drink) with the local folk. Myself and Jean has been declared the Fooseball champions Finland.

Cheers

Had a great week with the Emerge leadership team this week. We all went to see Robin Sharma talking about Leading Without Title. What a great experience! I truly believe he had a profound influence on each us. I would recommend Robin's events to anybody wanting to realise their dreams and achieve personal greatness. You have to find your own voice, that dream that you passionate about and move out of the shadow of other people. Once you've found it...

Today I made a concerted effort to use our new collaboration hub - Emerge Hub - as I am sure some of you must have noticed. Wow! Once I got into it I realised what a great tool this really is and how it has the potential to help us change the way we work.

During the day I was reminded...

Your love of paper is what keeps us in business. I was down in one of our warehouses the other day admiring the phenomenal growth we have experienced over the past few months and thinking to myself there seems to be no end to the amount of paperwork being produced. We store records for lawyers, businesses, banks, logistics companies, government...

Don't you really hate traveling sometimes? Air travel must be right up top there with biggest causes of stress. I was in Dar-Es-Salam this week with a business partner and we got to the airport to head back to South Africa and it turns out his travel company has canceled his ticket.

Now Dar airport hasn't got all the modern conveniences...

Finally, entrepreneurs have an alternative access to capital thanks to Kiva (www.kiva.org). This has got to be the best thing since sliced bread. Which indecently was invented in the 1910's by Otto Rohwedder and never really took off for the first 15 years not until Wonder could spread the word.

This has got to be one of the...

It's Friday morning and the power is off so I've decided to make the most of a beautiful morning and take my wife to breakfast at Ile de Pain. This wonderful Knysna bakery has an amazing menu and the best muesli breakfast.

While I was looking over the menu I noticed they are closing on the 28th of April through to...

I had a great weekend. After months of trying my daughter finally learnt how to ride her bike! It was a great accomplishment for both of us, given neither of us is the particularly patient and communication got frustrating at times.

This got me thinking about communication and how important open communication is regardless of the situation or environment. At work...

Last week I spoke at the AITEC East Africa Banking Conference in Nairobi, Kenya. I always look forward to travelling in Africa and I am constantly amazed at how African's are taking the lead particularly from a technological perspective. So, while my wife was enjoying a crisp Autumn morning at Nairobi National Park I was taking in the fantastic progress...