This poor guy waited longer than I did at the bank to use the ‘Internet Banking’ facilities whilst the computer decided it was a good time to run a scan disk which evidently took longer than conducting conventional banking.
Can anyone tell me why you would want to go into a bank to do ‘Internet Banking’ anyway?
Go figure…
The Digital Citizen Indaba on Blogging (DCI) has sadly come to an end. It feels very strange (as do I after this relentless week) because it’s been part of my life for the last 5 months at least. Despite the various glitches, overall I think the Indaba was a huge success and there was a lot of backslapping going on this afternoon (mostly mine). The DCI blog and Wiki worked our really well and offer an excellent summary of the event. I didn’t blog over the last few days but there were a lot of other people that did. Possibly one of the best compliments came from Brett Davidson from IDASA who said that this was one of the best conferences he has been to in the last 5 years. Unfortunately Carly Ritz was not hear to receive some of this appreciation.
Tonight we have a private party planned at Olde 65 with a band and a spectacular bar-tab so I’m hoping this will be a good send off… then it’s time to sleep.
Last night was a cause for celebration at the 10th annual SABC/Highway Africa Innovative Use of New Media Awards (broadcast live on satellite) where two of our 4th-year new media students, Gregor Rohrig and Carly Ritz won an award in the Non-Profit category for their excellent local journalism portal Jo’s Toolkit.
I have spoken about Jo’s Toolkit before and as many of you will know there is a fair amount of personal pride attached to this project as I helped initiate it. I look forward to many more great things from these students.
On a slightly unrelated note, the Digital Citizen Indaba on Blogging kicks off in under 24 hours. A blog has been setup for the event, where we will be posting pictures and podcasting, along with a Wiki so check it out! The Indaba has received a lot of attention from the mainstream press and I’m fast becoming sick and tired of explaining what a blog is ‘to the audience’. The one exception was the live interview I had on SAfm last night with Tracy Going who had actually taken the time to research the topic and asked some very good questions.
Right now it’s back to arranging logistics and preparing my opening speech… wish us luck!
So I’ve haven’t blogged in a while due to an insane work schedule as a result of the DCI, but I can assure you that it’s all been worth it because with under a week to go until the event commences, we have a brilliant speaker line-up and a full house of delegates. The final draft is available here as a pdf download.
A summary of all the panels and workshops as well as additional resources will be posted by the speakers on the DCI Wiki.
And before I forget… in the name of transparency, at least one person doesn’t agree with what we are trying to do at the blogging Indaba and has posted a very controversial and sour rant here.
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