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An Empirical Analysis Of The Creation, Use And Adoption Of Social Computing Applications

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

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Social Networking: A Quantative and qualitative research report into attitudes, behaviours and use

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

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South Africa: Telecoms ‘Gold Rush’ Leaves Nothing for Masses – ICASA

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

This press release was widely distributed online and appeared on Allafrica.com amongst others, from where I reproduce it, with full credits intact. This of course ties in with my previous posts regarding the fragile socio-political dynamics of the South African internet/web 2.0/technology sector and the many challenges faced by all ...

Why Social Media Will Fail in South Africa

Friday, July 18th, 2008

I stumbled on a very interesting post which is an elaboration on Tuesday's theme, entitled The Internet's Hierarchy Of Needs. The author also superimposes Maslow's Hierarchy of Basic Needs on the internet. As we can see, at the very base of the pyramid is 1. Existence needs: The most basic ...

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and Social Media Strategy in South Africa

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

I came across a very insightful post over at Experience: The Blog where the author uses Maslow's hierarchy of needs to tease out some of the reasons for online behaviour, in this case why people join online communities. It is a very good analysis of the motivations behind people's behaviour ...