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Internet | Meet Internet Super-User Debs Saunders
Blog - Internet and Technology
Monday, 06 September 2010 11:45

By The Newsletter Team

Debs Sanders is a teacher who is passionate about educating both her learners and herself. She is also a vocal proponent of GetSmarter’s UCT Internet Super-User course, where she was in the first group of students. Debs shares a bit about herself, and about why she thinks anyone can benefit from the course.

 
Internet | The revolution of the internet
Blog - Internet and Technology
Thursday, 02 September 2010 10:01

By Masha Du Toit

"The internet is the world's largest library. It's just that all the books are on the floor." John Allen Paulos

We speak about the internet as though it were a place: a place where we can educate our children and ourselves, keep in touch with old friends or find new ones, manage our finances, shop, share knowledge and find entertainment. But can you find your way around this brave new online world – or are you sitting on the edge of the information highway, watching others speed by?

 
Internet | Legal challenges in your social media blindspot
Blog - Internet and Technology
Thursday, 02 September 2010 09:45

By Paul Jacobson
The social web has a playful feel to it. Users are encouraged to share their photos, home movies, thoughts, experiences, locations and more with their friends and family. We build up followings on Twitter and “friend” schoolmates, family members, colleagues and, well, friends on Facebook. Facebook users spend hours developing and managing virtual farms and taking care of each other’s virtual fish tanks. It can be a lot of fun, but there is a serious side too.

 
Internet | Something for law students: theory versus practice
Blog - Internet and Technology
Tuesday, 17 August 2010 09:36

By Paul Jacobson

I just read a terrific article by Mirriam Seddiq, an American defence attorney, titled “The Law, a Love Affair of Sorts” about her love affair with the law and the difference between how law students experience legal practice and what it is like when you are actually at the front lines. It is the sort of post law students should read because law school rarely prepares students for what legal practice is like after they graduate. Seddiq writes from the perspective of a criminal defence attorney but her observations are relevant to virtually all areas of legal practice:

 
Internet | Cell C and its new logo: trade marks and copyright
Blog - Internet and Technology
Monday, 16 August 2010 17:35

By Paul Jacobson

Cell C recently revealed its new logo at a press conference in Johannesburg. According to its press release:
"At a press conference in Johannesburg yesterday, Cell C which for the past nine years has been associated with a red logo and spotted “C”, revealed a refreshing new black and white logo with the “C” in the latter part of Cell C, placed within a solid circle."

 
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