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	<title>The Mysteries Of Consciousness</title>
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	<description>Random Thoughts About Random Things</description>
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		<title>Time to choose your side &#8211; Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.heinvandermerwe.name/2009/06/time-to-choose-your-side-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hein</dc:creator>
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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>
		<link>http://www.heinvandermerwe.name/2009/03/evolution-and-revolution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 09:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hein</dc:creator>
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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>
		<link>http://www.heinvandermerwe.name/2008/07/itex-kenya-nairobi-in-the-news/</link>
		<comments>http://www.heinvandermerwe.name/2008/07/itex-kenya-nairobi-in-the-news/#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.heinvandermerwe.name/2008/07/the-operating-system/</link>
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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>Pleasant surprise in a positive Kenya</title>
		<link>http://www.heinvandermerwe.name/2008/07/proof-of-positive-change-in-africa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.heinvandermerwe.name/2008/07/proof-of-positive-change-in-africa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hein</dc:creator>
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When you have not seen relatives or friends for a long time it is always striking how one can see changes that people who visit them regularly do not notice. How much their children have grown is exaggerated by the time lapse or how gray someone has become.
I had this same experience in Kenya today [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why corporate presentation skill courses fail to deliver</title>
		<link>http://www.heinvandermerwe.name/2008/07/why-corporate-presentation-skill-courses-fail-to-deliver/</link>
		<comments>http://www.heinvandermerwe.name/2008/07/why-corporate-presentation-skill-courses-fail-to-deliver/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have seen many “presentation skills” courses arranged by large product centric corporates to assist their staff in gaining the skills and experience  necessary to portray an offering in a compelling way. I have unfortunately  not seen too many of these sessions bear any real fruit. If one take a few steps back, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Passion + Simplicity = Excellent Presentation</title>
		<link>http://www.heinvandermerwe.name/2008/06/passion-simplicity-excellent-presentation/</link>
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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>
		<link>http://www.heinvandermerwe.name/2008/06/presentation-skills/</link>
		<comments>http://www.heinvandermerwe.name/2008/06/presentation-skills/#comments</comments>
		<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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		<title>Interesting take on &#8220;The Open Storage Revolution&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.heinvandermerwe.name/2008/06/interesting-take-on-the-open-storage-revolution/</link>
		<comments>http://www.heinvandermerwe.name/2008/06/interesting-take-on-the-open-storage-revolution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jeff Bonwick (Sun Microsystems) speaks on &#8220;The Open Storage Revolution&#8221; at CommunityOne, May 5, 2008.
Have a look at the full 1 hour presentation here &#8230;&#8230;


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		<title>Open source and software bloat</title>
		<link>http://www.heinvandermerwe.name/2008/06/open-source-and-software-bloat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.heinvandermerwe.name/2008/06/open-source-and-software-bloat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 13:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hein</dc:creator>
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An interesting side effect of community developed open source software is that, in general, it produces less bloated and more modular software packages that their binary , commercial only counterparts. Multiple factors are at play that bring this about. These differences can be summarized in three main areas, the development, distribution and deployment models.
Development model
The [...]]]></description>
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