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	<title>The Mysteries Of Consciousness&#187; General</title>
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		<title>Time to choose your side &#8211; Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last month or two has been distinctly cloudy, every hosting , telecommunications or commercial company I have spoken to had a single topic on their mind ,cloud computing and what the potential impact will be on their future.The most interesting discussions are with enterprise hosting related companies and shared enterprise data-center operators, where the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Evolution and Revolution</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 09:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the outside any observer would easily think that the IT industry is a string of revolutions, each distinctly new , different and unique in its own sense. Little does an outsider know that it is actually just one long evolution cycle. The confusion comes in when a set of technologies and usage scenarios that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ITEX Kenya, Nairobi in the news</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the ITEX Kenya event in Nairobi I had the opportunity to speak to Rebecca Wanjiku from the IDG News Service. It was a bit of a hasty affair, we planned to meet after lunch but the schedule was running late and lunch turned out a much shorter affair than planned.
In between sessions we managed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Operating System</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:49:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently gave a talk on operating systems, not from a technical perspective, but more around some of the softer issues with the purpose to raise some questions around practices in this market. The ones I decided to include are listed below with a few key questions and ideas on what each point is about.

 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Passion + Simplicity = Excellent Presentation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I first saw this presentation on the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) site a short while back. It must be one of the best examples of using passion for a subject, combined with simplicity, to deliver a message. This presentation by Bill Strickland was filmed during February 2002 but only recently uploaded at TED.

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		<title>Presentation Skills</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I spend an extra ordinate amount of time either giving or attending presentations all over the world on a wide range of subjects. The saying “death by powerpoint” is something I fully understand and have suffered through more than just a few times, possibly even contributed. Luckily a great array of information is available to [...]]]></description>
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