I'm very proud of Thierry Breton, CEO of Atos and a former French finance minister, who recently announced that ATOS, a top technology company with 30,000 employees, would no longer use email internally between employees.

I personally get frustrated with long, inefficient email chains, that often break when another person adds to the conversation from the side, or forgets to repy with history, or can't find the previous email in the chain and simply creates one from scratch.

Social Media is way more effective in almost all situations.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8921033/Staff-to-be-banned-from-sending-emails.html

(Courtesy of Digital Inspiration)

The list primarily highlights the lesser-known or undiscovered websites and misses out all-time favorites like Google Docs, Wikipedia or IMDB that most of us are already aware of.

http://www.labnol.org/internet/101-useful-websites/18078/

Low Cost – New 125cc scooters go for anywhere between R8000 and R18000. I'd recommend the 2nd hand market for an even better deal. With a 5 litre tank it currently costs me R30 to fill up, at an average of 30km/litre

Weekend Shopping – Shopping is no longer a chore. An opportunity to go get milk or sugar for the wife means a fun trip through the suburbs, and a parking spot right next to Woolworths, everytime, guaranteed! With the “topbox”, space under the seat and at my feet, there is always more than enough space for everything. Traffic no longer ruins my weekends.

3^rd vehicle – My wife’s car went to the mechanic for a week recently. Ordinarily that would have been a huge inconvenience, but since I had the scooter and my wife could use my car, they could take as long as they needed.

No Hawkers - No unruly windscreen cleaners to worry about. Hawkers also leave me alone when on the bike.

Exercise – My wife and I go walking together a couple of kilometres from our house. It’s a lot of fun heading out to exercise together with my wife on the back.

Great weather – Nothing like that spin on the scooter to enjoy the excellent Johannesburg weather, especially at dusk.

Holidays – Nothing frustrates me more than going down to the coast for a relaxing vacation only to be confronted by all the Gautengers doing the same thing.... and that of course means more traffic, on vacation! Towing a small trailer carrying the scooter ensures we have a relaxing time, and also a fun time riding to the beach on the scooter. And you guessed it, traffic no longer ruins my holiday!

Interesting article I read recently on cutting edge technology.....

"Look closely and guess what they could be...

Are they pens with cameras?

Any wild guesses? No clue yet?
Ladies and gentlemen... congratulations!
You've just looked into the future... yep that's right!
You've just seen something that will replace your PC in the near future.

Here is how it works:

In the revolution of miniature computers, scientists have made great developments with bluetooth technology,
This is the forthcoming computers you can carry within your pockets.

This "pen sort of instrument" produces both the monitor as well as the keyboard on any flat surfaces from where you can carry out functions you would normally do on your desktop computer.

Say, 'Good-bye laptops!' "

http://www.thedailymaverick.co.za/article/2010-10-29-life-gets-even-better-for-google-employees

I ended 6th in the Gauteng Central Table Tennis League for 2010. I can't complain! 

http://gctta.atspace.com/league/2010/fi.html