by Pamela Whitby | Jan 22, 2014 | Stories
At 10pm on December 5th 2013, at Johannesburg’s strangely quiet OR Tambo Airport, I found the only open outlet where I could buy a much-needed coffee – The Mug & Bean. Here I began transcribing the recordings from a two-day conference on why public-private...
by Pamela Whitby | Mar 15, 2012 | Stories
At 4am the day after my Gmail account was hacked over a month ago now, I penned a blog, Google’s Very Dark Cloud (see below if you didn’t get a chance to read it before I binned it). Sleep was elusive and there was little else to do while I waited for two hours to run...
by Pamela Whitby | Jan 25, 2012 | Stories
Yesterday afternoon as I am loitering in the playground a friend tells me she has read my blog ‘Our Monsters on Moshi’ – . “Wow really good,” she says. “It even prompted me to ask [daughter’s name] if she ever talks to people she doesn’t know online. Of course...
by Pamela Whitby | Jan 12, 2012 | Stories
Last night my six-year-old son signs in to MoshiMonsters, the popular online children’s game, which now has over 50 million users worldwide. He is very excited because he got a monthly membership for Christmas so he can now do more with his pet Monster. So while I get...
by Pamela Whitby | Nov 8, 2011 | Stories
When we were growing up our parents told us that sharing was something good children did. Children who didn’t share were spoilt and would end up with no friends. Today, the more you share the more friends you are likely to have — on Facebook that is. Facebook...
by Pamela Whitby | Nov 2, 2011 | Stories
On the evening of Friday 28th October my dear friend Basil sends me a text: “Congratulations on the publication of your book. Well done.” I respond quickly: “Thanks for remembering the date but has it actually been published? There have been no...
