Monday, October 25, 2004
Emulated Learning
Greetings and salutations on this marvelous Monday morning – you are listening to Cybersurf – the program where the web matters – and I am your Cyberhost Steven Lang.
This morning – emulated learning is the subject. Danie Du Plooy of the da vinci institute for the management of technology, tells us that almost eighty percent of the knowledge in any corporation is not documented – the most valuable information is stuck in the heads of people who do the job – and when those people leave the organisation – so does the information.
In order to get some of that undocumented information to stay with the company, Danie has begun a process of capturing what he calls “tacit knowledge” This knowledge is then linked to a system – a virtual classroom – that is used to train company employees.
INSERT: Interview with Danie Du Plooy
Danie Du Plooy of the Da Vinci institute – telling us all about emulated learning in virutal classrooms. To find out more about this concept – go to
www.davinci.ac.za – that is davinci one word – davinci.ac.za
That’s it for today – thanks for listening and be sure to join me again next Monday for more Cybersurf.
This morning – emulated learning is the subject. Danie Du Plooy of the da vinci institute for the management of technology, tells us that almost eighty percent of the knowledge in any corporation is not documented – the most valuable information is stuck in the heads of people who do the job – and when those people leave the organisation – so does the information.
In order to get some of that undocumented information to stay with the company, Danie has begun a process of capturing what he calls “tacit knowledge” This knowledge is then linked to a system – a virtual classroom – that is used to train company employees.
INSERT: Interview with Danie Du Plooy
Danie Du Plooy of the Da Vinci institute – telling us all about emulated learning in virutal classrooms. To find out more about this concept – go to
www.davinci.ac.za – that is davinci one word – davinci.ac.za
That’s it for today – thanks for listening and be sure to join me again next Monday for more Cybersurf.
Monday, October 18, 2004
Wikipedia - the online, free encyclopaedia
Hello, good morning and welcome to Cybersurf, your weekly window where web matters – I am your Cyberhost Steven Lang – taking you this mad Monday morning to one of the most interesting sites on the whole of the Internet.
An extravagant claim? You be the judge.
The online – free – yes you heard right – the online free encyclopedia known as WIKIPEDIA – can be found at wikipedia dot org – now I am not sure that my pronunciation is correct so let’s spell this one W.I.K.I.P.E.D.I.A – WIKIPEDIA and it is dot org O.R.G
The big surprise with wikipedia is that any internet user can contribute to the online encyclopedia – if you supply or modify an entry you don’t get paid – which is not so good – but you can use it as much as you like - which is very good since the quality of the entries is very high.
When you log onto the front page – there is a welcome message telling you that Wikipedia is a free content encyclopedia and that the English editorial staff are currently working on more than 37 thousand articles.
It has a section telling you how to edit articles yourself, and another section where you can – as they say “experiment in the sandbox” in other words practice submitting a real article.
One of the features of all the entries is that each one is linked to many others – in fact every single word in the text of the article that can be linked to another entry is linked.
So for example, let is say I want to find information about Entebbe, I type in the word “Entebbe” and zappo there is an interesting article about the city – and there are linked references to Lake Victoria, Uganda the country, the famous raid that took place some years ago - And it tells you that the name Entebbe means “seat” in the Luganda language.
All the information you get is in a context and it is very easy to extend the context.
Features that I like – built for a real “information-for-the-sake-of-trivia” junkie – is the random entry button. Press it and any article just pops up and you suddenly find you are reading about the back-stabbing English courts of the twelve hundreds or aboriginal art in Australia.
Another great feature – every single year in the past few millennia has its own entry. You want to find out what happened in the world in 1746? Bash in the number and you have a quick reference to the main events of that year.
Now as one would expect – the overwhelming majority of entries have an overwhelming Eurocentric or USA centric bias – no problem – let’s stop moaning about it. You can make your own entries on Wikipedia. Let’s fill it with information about our own country so that the people out there can find out about South African history, geography and culture.
And there you have it – wikipedia dot org – a must have site – but it is also a site that we South Africans must bring up to speed with information about our country.
Thank-you for listening and please, please tune in again next Monday for more Cybersurf.
An extravagant claim? You be the judge.
The online – free – yes you heard right – the online free encyclopedia known as WIKIPEDIA – can be found at wikipedia dot org – now I am not sure that my pronunciation is correct so let’s spell this one W.I.K.I.P.E.D.I.A – WIKIPEDIA and it is dot org O.R.G
The big surprise with wikipedia is that any internet user can contribute to the online encyclopedia – if you supply or modify an entry you don’t get paid – which is not so good – but you can use it as much as you like - which is very good since the quality of the entries is very high.
When you log onto the front page – there is a welcome message telling you that Wikipedia is a free content encyclopedia and that the English editorial staff are currently working on more than 37 thousand articles.
It has a section telling you how to edit articles yourself, and another section where you can – as they say “experiment in the sandbox” in other words practice submitting a real article.
One of the features of all the entries is that each one is linked to many others – in fact every single word in the text of the article that can be linked to another entry is linked.
So for example, let is say I want to find information about Entebbe, I type in the word “Entebbe” and zappo there is an interesting article about the city – and there are linked references to Lake Victoria, Uganda the country, the famous raid that took place some years ago - And it tells you that the name Entebbe means “seat” in the Luganda language.
All the information you get is in a context and it is very easy to extend the context.
Features that I like – built for a real “information-for-the-sake-of-trivia” junkie – is the random entry button. Press it and any article just pops up and you suddenly find you are reading about the back-stabbing English courts of the twelve hundreds or aboriginal art in Australia.
Another great feature – every single year in the past few millennia has its own entry. You want to find out what happened in the world in 1746? Bash in the number and you have a quick reference to the main events of that year.
Now as one would expect – the overwhelming majority of entries have an overwhelming Eurocentric or USA centric bias – no problem – let’s stop moaning about it. You can make your own entries on Wikipedia. Let’s fill it with information about our own country so that the people out there can find out about South African history, geography and culture.
And there you have it – wikipedia dot org – a must have site – but it is also a site that we South Africans must bring up to speed with information about our country.
Thank-you for listening and please, please tune in again next Monday for more Cybersurf.
Monday, October 11, 2004
Fullhouse Imaging
Hello good morning and how do you do? This is Cybersurf your very own weekly glimpse into the latest on the Internet. I am your Cyberhost Steven Lang.
Today we look at a site that will give you a notion of what is really possible in terms of digital photography.
Fullhouse Imaging – which you can find at FHI.co.za – explores the realms of the possible, and sometimes the impossible, in terms of three dimensional photography.
Mike Rumble is here in the studio to tell us what is it that you see when you log on to FHI dot co dot za.
INSERT: Interview with Mike Rumble
Mike Rumble of Fullhouse imaging telling us about some of the innovate pictures you can find on the fullhouse web site. The address of the site is easy enough – fhi dot co dot za.
And so we wrap today’s edition of Cybersurf.
Thanks for listening – till next Monday – remember to keep on surfing.
Today we look at a site that will give you a notion of what is really possible in terms of digital photography.
Fullhouse Imaging – which you can find at FHI.co.za – explores the realms of the possible, and sometimes the impossible, in terms of three dimensional photography.
Mike Rumble is here in the studio to tell us what is it that you see when you log on to FHI dot co dot za.
INSERT: Interview with Mike Rumble
Mike Rumble of Fullhouse imaging telling us about some of the innovate pictures you can find on the fullhouse web site. The address of the site is easy enough – fhi dot co dot za.
And so we wrap today’s edition of Cybersurf.
Thanks for listening – till next Monday – remember to keep on surfing.
Monday, October 04, 2004
SAITEX - Online Trade Fair management
Broadcast script
Hello, good morning and welcome to Cybersurf – a weekly window on what’s happening on the Internet. I am Steven Lang.
Later this week, SAITEX, an international trade show opens at Gallagher estate just outside Johannesburg. The fair organisers say that normally, the logistics and services in putting such a fair together can be a nightmare. Lesley Perkes, a manager at SAITEX says that in the past, she had to make do with spreadsheets and word processing which resulted in a disjointed, time consuming system which compounded mistakes and costs.
This year, Perkes says thay are using the latest Internet technology.
IN:
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Lesley Perkes, Manager of SAITEX an international trade fair taking place near Johannesburg later this week. For more information – go to saitex.co.za – let me spell that one for you S.A.I.T.E.X – SAITEX dot CO dot ZA.
Thanks for listening and till next week – keeeeep on surfing
SAITEX - Press release
Internet Technology set to revolutionise organisation of trade exhibitions. The leading international trade platform in Southern Africa, South African International Trade Exhibition (SAITEX), has employed internet technology to revolutionise both the front-end and back end of trade exhibitions.
"The logistics and services involved in putting together an international trade show of this size is normally a nightmare," says Lesley Perkes, manager SAITEX. In the past we've had to make do with spread sheets and word processing which resulted in a disjointed, time consuming system which compounded mistakes and costs."With the use of internet technology we've created a marketing and management online platform which will enable us to book services, collect information in a data base and extract and deliver services against it.
"Visitors based in India and China can now pre-register live and obtain bar-coded tickets, which will dramatically cut down on queuing. Exhibitors can put service requests on-line and the processing of the service requests can be monitored by management anywhere in the world. So in effect we can manage the whole show internationally, provide relevant information , distribute and store data and information, all in real time and all at a touch of a button.
"There is no doubt we have the best global online strategy of any international trade show in Africa. We will effortlessly be able to check data with each individual exhibitor down to the smallest detail, such as the right tone of the right colour of carpet being ordered which will enable us to improve transparency and accountability. If an exhibitor gives us the wrong information or if SAITEX makes a mistake we'll be able to check for accuracy and rectify the problem in a second.
Says Perkes, "SAITEX\'s cutting-edge technology, resources and infrastructure \r\nenables us to successfully position ourselves as the gateway for global trade to \r\nthe rest of Africa. And we intend to become a milestone for Africa trade relationships with the world.
"For both visitors and exhibitors the biggest advantage is that under one roof and for one price traders can do \r\nbusiness across the world in a very sophisticated, efficient environment," she says.
Says Perkes, "SAITEX's cutting-edge technology, resources and infrastructure enables us to successfully position ourselves as the gateway for global trade to the rest of Africa. And we intend to become a milestone for Africa trade relationships with the world."For both visitors and exhibitors the biggest advantage is that under one roof and for one price traders can do business across the world in a very sophisticated, efficient environment," she says.
SAITEX is the only multi-sector trade fair of its size and kind on the continent and annually plays host to hundreds of exhibitors showcasing products, services and opportunities from all over the world.SAITEX, originally owned by the National Exhibition Centre, was taken over by Kagiso Media Limited on 1 February 1999. Kagiso Exhibitions was formed in February 1999 as a wholly owned subsidiary of JSE-listed Kagiso Media Limited.Kagiso Exhibitions has become the leading exhibition company in South Africa and owns top exhibition brands such as the Rand Show, Auto Africa and SAITEX. It is the only exhibition company that is wholly owned by South African shareholders and 100% owned by a black economic empowerment group. It provides an end-to-end exhibition and event management service.
SAITEX 2004, 5-8 October,
at Gallagher Estate,
Midrand,
South Africa
SAITEX 2005, 4-7 October.
www.saitex.co.za
Issued by: Jane Sussens, Communications Advisor
Tel: (011) 483 2687 Cell: 082 920 0875 Fax: (011) 483 2686 E-Mail: jane.sussens@mweb.co.za
On behalf of: Lesley Perkes Manager SAITEX Tel: (011) 661 4020
Cell: 083 654 2009 E-Mail: lesley@kagisoexpo.co.za
Hello, good morning and welcome to Cybersurf – a weekly window on what’s happening on the Internet. I am Steven Lang.
Later this week, SAITEX, an international trade show opens at Gallagher estate just outside Johannesburg. The fair organisers say that normally, the logistics and services in putting such a fair together can be a nightmare. Lesley Perkes, a manager at SAITEX says that in the past, she had to make do with spreadsheets and word processing which resulted in a disjointed, time consuming system which compounded mistakes and costs.
This year, Perkes says thay are using the latest Internet technology.
IN:
OUT:
Lesley Perkes, Manager of SAITEX an international trade fair taking place near Johannesburg later this week. For more information – go to saitex.co.za – let me spell that one for you S.A.I.T.E.X – SAITEX dot CO dot ZA.
Thanks for listening and till next week – keeeeep on surfing
SAITEX - Press release
Internet Technology set to revolutionise organisation of trade exhibitions. The leading international trade platform in Southern Africa, South African International Trade Exhibition (SAITEX), has employed internet technology to revolutionise both the front-end and back end of trade exhibitions.
"The logistics and services involved in putting together an international trade show of this size is normally a nightmare," says Lesley Perkes, manager SAITEX. In the past we've had to make do with spread sheets and word processing which resulted in a disjointed, time consuming system which compounded mistakes and costs."With the use of internet technology we've created a marketing and management online platform which will enable us to book services, collect information in a data base and extract and deliver services against it.
"Visitors based in India and China can now pre-register live and obtain bar-coded tickets, which will dramatically cut down on queuing. Exhibitors can put service requests on-line and the processing of the service requests can be monitored by management anywhere in the world. So in effect we can manage the whole show internationally, provide relevant information , distribute and store data and information, all in real time and all at a touch of a button.
"There is no doubt we have the best global online strategy of any international trade show in Africa. We will effortlessly be able to check data with each individual exhibitor down to the smallest detail, such as the right tone of the right colour of carpet being ordered which will enable us to improve transparency and accountability. If an exhibitor gives us the wrong information or if SAITEX makes a mistake we'll be able to check for accuracy and rectify the problem in a second.
Says Perkes, "SAITEX\'s cutting-edge technology, resources and infrastructure \r\nenables us to successfully position ourselves as the gateway for global trade to \r\nthe rest of Africa. And we intend to become a milestone for Africa trade relationships with the world.
"For both visitors and exhibitors the biggest advantage is that under one roof and for one price traders can do \r\nbusiness across the world in a very sophisticated, efficient environment," she says.
Says Perkes, "SAITEX's cutting-edge technology, resources and infrastructure enables us to successfully position ourselves as the gateway for global trade to the rest of Africa. And we intend to become a milestone for Africa trade relationships with the world."For both visitors and exhibitors the biggest advantage is that under one roof and for one price traders can do business across the world in a very sophisticated, efficient environment," she says.
SAITEX is the only multi-sector trade fair of its size and kind on the continent and annually plays host to hundreds of exhibitors showcasing products, services and opportunities from all over the world.SAITEX, originally owned by the National Exhibition Centre, was taken over by Kagiso Media Limited on 1 February 1999. Kagiso Exhibitions was formed in February 1999 as a wholly owned subsidiary of JSE-listed Kagiso Media Limited.Kagiso Exhibitions has become the leading exhibition company in South Africa and owns top exhibition brands such as the Rand Show, Auto Africa and SAITEX. It is the only exhibition company that is wholly owned by South African shareholders and 100% owned by a black economic empowerment group. It provides an end-to-end exhibition and event management service.
SAITEX 2004, 5-8 October,
at Gallagher Estate,
Midrand,
South Africa
SAITEX 2005, 4-7 October.
www.saitex.co.za
Issued by: Jane Sussens, Communications Advisor
Tel: (011) 483 2687 Cell: 082 920 0875 Fax: (011) 483 2686 E-Mail: jane.sussens@mweb.co.za
On behalf of: Lesley Perkes Manager SAITEX Tel: (011) 661 4020
Cell: 083 654 2009 E-Mail: lesley@kagisoexpo.co.za
