Episode 50: The Best Until Now
Listen (33 min, 17 seconds)In our 50th and final episode for the year we take a short retrospective at the last six months of our favourite episodes.
First up, we listen to our quiz show to hear the chaos and madness that was the quiz show. That episode we were joined by Toby Shapshak as the quiz master, Anna Vaulina, Justin Spratt, Craig Rodney and Rich Mulholland. To call them loud and raucous may be the understatement of the year.
Next we delve into the issue of why the online space in South Africa is still so dominated by white males and what can be done to solve this issue. We spoke to the Chairman of the Mail & Guardian, Trevor Ncube to get an understanding of the the issue.
Then, as the fight between pirates and copyright lawyers continues to grow, we took a look down the rabbit hold that is piracy online. We spoke to both Christian Engstrom, leader of the Pirate Party in the European Parliament and Carlo Lavizarri, a copyright lawyer for the recording industry. The debate was heated and that was just between Saul and Jarred.
Continuing the topical and controversial theme, we took a look at the growing issue of privacy online. We spoke to Lillie Coney, a director at the Electronic Privacy Information Center in the USA as well as locally, Dominic White, a security expert. Remember your tinfoil hats.
As digital continued to grow in South Africa in 2009 so to did the awards to rewards the work done. We look at The Bookmark Awards where we speak to organisers, judges and winners of awards.
Finally, a short look into a recent topic of Online Dating. We speak to David Burstein of The Dating Lab and Jane Collachio, an online dating expert.
We're also joined by the extremely patient Kerry-Anne Gilowey and the show ends with a Twit of the week.
Guests:
Toby Shapshak:
Toby is the editor of Stuff, the South African edition of the world’s largest-selling gadget magazine. He writes a column for The Times newspaper and is a contributing editor for Business Day’s Wanted magazine. He regularly appears on CNBC Africa and Talk Radio 702 to discuss technology trends.
Rich Mulholland:
Richard Mulholland is the founder and owner of Missing Link, South Africa's largest presentation firm, and co-owner of Thunk, a perspective lab that changes the way companies think and innovate. You can find out more about these at www.missinglink.co.za and www.thunklab.com.
Craig Rodney:
Craig is the "PR Rockstar" at Emerging Media, a team of media experts with the experience and ability to deliver traditional, social and integrated media campaigns
Justin Spratt:
Justin is an Australian, living in South Africa, working for network service provider, Internet Solutions. He manages the Wi-Fi and VoIP Mobile business. He is also involved in a web start-up called Vottle.com and helped found and manage the ISLabs incubator.
Anna Vaulina:
Anna is the Marketing manager for DSTV.com at Multichoice Johannesburg
Trevor Ncube:
Trevor Ncube is the owner of M&G Media in South Africa, which publishes the Mail & Guardian newspaper and the M&G Online, among others. He is also the publisher of the Zimbabwe Independent and the Standard in Zimbabwe.
Christian Engstrom:
Christian is a Swedish computer programmer, activist and politician. He is deputy chairman of the Swedish Pirate Party. Engström was elected a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in the 2009 election.
Carlo Scollo Lavizzari:
Carlo is an attorney registered with the Basel bar, Switzerland and is an Intellectual Property & Entertainment Consultant
Dominic White:
Dominic White is an information security specialist currently working for Deloitte South Africa's Security & Privacy
Lillie Coney:
Lillie Coney is Associate Director with the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) in Washington, DC. Ms. Coney joined EPIC in 2004 to head up the organization’s voting and privacy project, and in 2005, she was named Associate Director.
Ben Wagner:
Ben has been at the helm of Stonewall+ Digital Marketing since 2005 and has rapidly grown the company into a formidable force within the South African digital marketing landscape. His role has encompassed a combination of overall client leadership together with creative strategy for key accounts.
Chris Colborn:
As Chief Experience Officer (CXO), Chris turns insights into innovations that result in meaningful engagements for consumers. With 20 years of design experience across multiple channels, he is an expert in aligning client business goals with customer needs by driving value and relevance–especially where product development blurs with marketing, creativity becomes inseparable from technology, and brand and business strategy converge.
David Burnstein:
David is one of the founders of Dating Buzz and The Dating Lab, South Africa's premier online dating service
Jane Coloccia:
Jane's first book, Confessions of an Online Dating Addict: A True Account of Dating and Relating in the Internet Age was published in April 2008. She has since appeared on CN8's "Your Morning" show and Australia's "Sunrise" morning show to promote the book and was also featured in a Reuters article which has been syndicated worldwide. Jane has also done radio shows from Ireland to Seattle offering do's and don'ts for online dating.
Jane currently lives in New Jersey with her dog, Sophie, and she is developing an online dating course for The Learning Annex.
Links:
Cape Town Daily Photo: http://www.capetowndailyphoto.com/
Jarred Cinman: http://jarredcinman.com
Saul Kropman:http://saulk.co.za
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