TED Africa

OK. Good News.I have been accepted to attend TED Global Africa, hosted at Tanzania in June 2007. My primary aim is to network with country leaders about their enterprise programmes and see how best they can be helped.
Now the bad news.They need a cheque from me within the next 14 days for £1800. Err..hello!
Anyway…am working [...]

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Hopes for 2007

This morning after my devotional I was reading a post by Brant Hansen. The quote that stuck out most for me was this one.
We are NOT done with the church. We’re done attending one. We are not done trying to follow Jesus — quite the opposite — and we are not doing what [...]

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SNAP

Ok this has got to be the coolest tool in the blogosphere for a while now.I just found this when browsing another bloggers site. It’s called SNAP.
It is a search enginge optimiser thingy (I am tired!) and it is also a good way of people previewing links on your blog before they click the [...]

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Playing Big

“There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.” – Nelson Mandela

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Made in Britain Campaign

I can’t believe I have not come across this sooner, but the Made in Britain Campaign, is an awesome project that totally compliments this project. In fact a number of the gentlemen profiled on their are on my list of those who I wish to contact for interviews.
From their media section it seems that [...]

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Looking forward

This has been a good but challenging year for me. I have once again met a lot of new people . Some wonderful people and some downright weirdos (I need to change my mobile!!)
From a personal perspective this year has seen some real ups and downs. I have seen a number of friends and [...]

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V for Vendetta

I watched this film a little while back and forgot to post a review on it.
Quirky but brilliant. Have been a fan of Natalie Portman’s acting since Leon.
I just loved the 1984esque (is that a word?) nature of the film.
PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE AFRAID OF THEIR GOVERNMENTS.
GOVERNMENTS SHOULD BE AFRAID OF THEIR PEOPLE.
The final scene [...]

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Chacaronn

Ok this is too funny. For those who really dislike rap or dancehall reggae this song is probably what they hear (should that be see!) when they see a video on MTV. I find the chorus absolutely hilarious and what makes the song so great is because he was just messing about, yet it’s so [...]

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Quotes: Excellence

We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent. – Barack Obama, US Senate

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The Covenant

I am really looking forward to the release of the Pursuit of Happyness. I am thinking that impatience might get the better of me and I might have to get the DVD before the film hits the mainstream here.
In fact I am going to get a group visit to the cinema for this one.
The [...]

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