On January 20, 2025, during President Donald Trump’s inauguration festivities at Washington D.C.’s Capital One Arena, Elon Musk made a hand gesture that ignited…
Q&A with SpeakZA founder
Sipho Hlongwane is one of the more popular contributors on the Mail & Guardian Online’s Thought Leader blog. At the end of March, he…
The colour of your shit can matter
We have been talking about “digital” for a while now. Mostly about the tools. Right now it’s Apps and iPad, Twitter and Facebook, measuring…
How people use social networks: an anthropological view
I recently read an article on Scientific American about the relationship between loneliness and depression and people’s use of online social networks. The scientists…
Are we becoming Firefox icons?
A few weeks ago in a very bizarre dream, I was a beautifully customised icon on my Firefox browser, adorned in bright colors with…
