Elezea // B-sides

The Cape Winelands looking quite lovely today. on Flickr.

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:51:20 +0300

The Cape Winelands looking quite lovely today. on Flickr.

booksdirect: “Grammar: The difference between knowing your shit...

Sat, 11 May 2013 13:03:41 +0300

booksdirect:

“Grammar: The difference between knowing your shit and knowing you’re shit.”

When people from Bellville say they're from Cape Town

Mon, 06 May 2013 17:37:54 +0300

I love this site.

mothercitymazing:

Thanks PuellainAfrica

How Apple Accidentally Revolutionized Health Care

Mon, 06 May 2013 13:46:54 +0300

How Apple Accidentally Revolutionized Health Care:

I like this article. But then there’s this part:

It used to be said that an apple a day keeps the doctor away. That could still be applicable, but the opposite is true for doctors and Apple. Physicians love their iPhones and iPads.

That made me go,

(via UNICEF: Likes don’t save lives. Money does.)

Sat, 04 May 2013 17:15:58 +0300

(via UNICEF: Likes don’t save lives. Money does.)

"Remember that you are a leader not to the degree that you are an expert, but to the degree that you..."

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:00:08 +0300

“Remember that you are a leader not to the degree that you are an expert, but to the degree that you effectively work with those around you.”

- James Shelley

The pain when children fly the nest

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:59:47 +0300

The pain when children fly the nest:

What I wonder about is why we love our children so asymmetrically, so entirely, knowing that the very best we can hope for is that they will feel about us as we feel about our own parents: that slightly aggrieved mixture of affection, pity, tolerance and forgiveness, with a final soupcon - if we live long enough - of sorrow for our falling away, stumbling and shattered, from the vigour that once was ours.

Great essay.

Africa on Flickr.

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:40:25 +0300

Africa on Flickr.

"The problem is not that television presents us with entertaining subject matter but that all subject..."

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:18:51 +0300

“The problem is not that television presents us with entertaining subject matter but that all subject matter is presented as entertaining, which is another issue altogether.”

- Neil Postman

Here she comes

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:03:00 +0300

My favorite moment from Game of Thrones S03E04. It just doesn’t get more badass than this. It’s the moment you realize that she’s been in control the entire time, and is about to inflict some serious pain.

"Talk to the people around you (in classes, at conferences, at bars). Be kind to them. You never know..."

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:48:34 +0300

“Talk to the people around you (in classes, at conferences, at bars). Be kind to them. You never know who will think of you at the exact right moment and set you on a path you would never have found otherwise.”

- Cap Watkins

The Winelands on Flickr.

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 20:57:22 +0300

The Winelands on Flickr.

"You can drug yourself digitally with almost any pursuit, and at the end find yourself nano-famous..."

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:41:02 +0300

“You can drug yourself digitally with almost any pursuit, and at the end find yourself nano-famous and alone.”

- Geoff Livingston

"Remember that the next time you take to the Internet to let off a little steam. You may think you’re..."

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:39:13 +0300

“Remember that the next time you take to the Internet to let off a little steam. You may think you’re standing outside the building, harmlessly yelling at the front door, but you’re really standing next to someone’s desk embarrassing them in front of their colleagues.”

- Jay Fanelli

This is the scene I think of when I see sentences like “I...

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 14:07:57 +0300

This is the scene I think of when I see sentences like “I was an early beta tester for this app…”

Via whenincapetown

wtfqrcodes: Absolutely brilliant. via @CristinMcGrath

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 14:04:36 +0300

wtfqrcodes:

Absolutely brilliant.

via @CristinMcGrath

"There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all."

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 14:01:01 +0300

“There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.”

- Peter Drucker

Wait, what? The main website? And we’re talking about an...

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 20:19:00 +0300

Wait, what?

The main website?

And we’re talking about an article with text and images — nothing fancy. Why doesn’t it exist in both places?

Learning to live a better story

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 16:00:21 +0200

Learning to live a better story:

In which I revisit a post I wrote 3 years ago, before we moved back to South Africa:

But I also know that there is no right answer, and that whatever story we tell with our lives has very little to do with our actual location, and everything to do with our attitude and worldview. So today we celebrate 3 years back in South Africa. And we’re thankful for the story we have here and now.

Tay-Sachs

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 07:31:00 +0200

Tay-Sachs:

Gut-wrenching story, good advice from a mom who lost her baby to a terminal illness:

But you don’t know what’s going to happen to your children, so you better enjoy them now. They could drown in a pool or get leukemia or shoot themselves in the head when they’re 30. People don’t want to hear that. But don’t look at me and put that sympathy on me, because you don’t know when chaos will hit you. And it will. I have a great life. It’s a sad, complicated, beautiful, strange life. It’s mine.