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Slush pile blues
A cautionary tale for frustrated modern scribblers
People still give the “rabbit look” – that wordless upward wrinkle of the nose – when you confess to the solitary act of self-publication.
Read moreCrowdfunding. More proof that everything is hackable. Even money.
Joseph Pulitzer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Alexander Pope and the history of crowdfunding
The collective financing an outcome is not a new concept.
11.2020 | Nicole Wills
Reward hacking: Moving beyond goal-driven behavior
At the risk of significantly over-simplifying the field, software development is achieved by articulating a certain goal or objective and mapping out a logical, algorithmically-based method of getting there.
11.2020 | Barry Morisse
Why the obsession with zombies?
What is a zombie anyway?
According to pop culture, a zombie is a reanimated corpse with an insatiable hunger for human flesh.
11.2020 | Athalie Russell Besseling
Witty with a dash of sweet acid
Steven Boykey Sidley’s fourth novel, Free Association, is quite simply brilliant. It also has its finger pulsing on the heart of all that is topical
20.2020 | Arja Salafranca
Did Hollywood become a cash cow business without anyone noticing?
No industry has been more involved in shaping trends and informing the masses; nor has any industry been the topic of near constant conversation around the water cooler more than Hollywood.
10.2020 | Alistair Duff
Sharing positive - can good news save the planet?
Albert Schweitzer, a German physician and Nobel Peace Prize winner, coined the phrase “Happiness is the only thing that multiplies when you share it”.
10.2020 | Jon Stilwell
Trivia that will make you seem smarter
It may be a while before we can safely sit down at a dinner party but when we do, we certainly don’t want to be talking COVID-19.
10.2020 | Ingrid Wood
Moral Money Series: Christianity
“Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought. If with an impure mind a person speaks or acts, suffering follows – like the wheel that follows the foot of the ox.
09.2020 | Peter van der Walt
The dark side of leaf blowers, the windscreen effect and insect extinction
Imagine this.
You are in the grounds of a leafy upmarket South African housing estate.
09.2020 | Athalie Russell Besseling
The Ivy League and other elite schools- can you get in?
There is no obvious, fail-safe method to being accepted into a school in the Ivy League, but there are some definite patterns exploited and strategies adopted by top performing, successful candidates.
09.2020 | Rachel Edelstein
Pyramid schemes and multilevel marketing
How many people feel completely assured that they will retire comfortably?
09.2020 | Nicole Wills
Anger Series: When domestic violence comes to the office
Anger and male-perpetrated violence are a pandemic in this country. How do companies approach the sensitive issue and are there policies in place to help employees who are victims of violence?
08.2020 | Martin Scheepers
In defence of millennials: Speak to us, dammit
Another day, another article about the supposed habits of millennials written by older generations, with contributions from other members of the same generation. It is hilarious.
08.2020 | Moyagabo Maake
Detecting forgery, down to the letter
Before the commodification of art as a store of wealth, forgeries were not as big a deal as they are today.
08.2020 | Debra Shepherd
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