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THERE is a song by Hosiah Chipanga whose title I cannot recall but which has the following lyrics “inga doro rakanaka haridhake asingamwe, chero jeri rakanaka, hariziro rinokusunga, kana bhawa rakanaka, kumba kwenyu harisvike, munhu chete pasi pano ndiye ega akaipa”. These lyrics perfectly capture a Latin dictum that goes “abusus non tollit usum”, which means […]
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#Digital Dialogue with Delta Ndou DESPITE the steep cost of data and general expenses related to Internet access, a considerable number of locally based Zimbabweans manage to regularly go online, if the incessant Facebook and Twitter posts are anything to go by. While motives for desiring to be online differ, it seems there are very […]
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Digital Dialogue With Delta Milayo Ndou Using the hashtag #ThisPorkPie, some social media users mainly on Facebook have launched a spirited brand-bashing campaign targeting a much loved Colcom product — the pork pie. Much of the criticism has centred on the size, quality and taste of the current pie which some of the users feel […]
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Delta Milayo Ndou #DigitalDialogue Perhaps a more robust discourse around the value of truth telling and truth seeking on social media should ensue and a clear stand needs to be taken regarding whether freedom of expression means freedom to abuse others and infringe upon their rights.
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Delta Milayo Ndou #DigitalDialogue It is quite simply irresponsible to deliberately mislead, but on social media platforms the most basic standards of truth telling and truth seeking are rarely adhered to.
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With Delta Milayo Ndou NOTHING underscores the prudence of pondering our online activity than the fact that we now live in a time where you have the right to log on but anything you post, share and respond to can and will be used against you offline.
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Delta Milayo Ndou #Digitaldialogue The reason people can fall in love with strangers online is that they self-disclose to an extent that the person is no longer perceived as a ‘stranger’ but rather as confidante — as someone to be trusted.
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Delta Milayo Ndou Digitaldialogue There are two classifications of online conduct that have been the subject of scholarly research in recent years and my interest is in the category of online users that are referred to as “lurkers”.
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Delta Milayo Ndou Digitaldialogue We seem to trust so completely in the impenetrability of these mobile devices as to not have sufficient vigilance about what data we store in them. If someone stole your phone today, how much of your life and privacy would they have gained access to?
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#DigitalDialogue with Delta Milayo Ndou We shall be robbed blind until we create our own consumer protection mechanisms by naming and shaming entities that fleece us on a regular basis and while we keep quiet because we don’t want to swim against the tide of social proof.
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Delta Milayo Ndou #digitaldialogue In the words of Leigh Brackett, sometimes what appears as “witchcraft to the ignorant . . .(is) simple science to the learned”. Or to borrow from Arthur Clarke’s third law, “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”.
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Delta Milayo Ndou #digitaldialogue It is true that Zimbabwean children have many needs and many parents cannot meet them all. However, in attempting to give one’s child an advantage, it is important to anticipate the kind of world that child will have to compete in — my wager is that it will be a digital […]
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Digital dialogue with Delta Milayo Ndou In digital parlance, the phrase “disruptive innovation” often bodes ill for established industries but contrariwise it speaks of the bestowal of convenience to those who embrace innovations. Mobile money (i.e. EcoCash, Telecash, etc) is a great example of how an innovation can
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Delta Milayo Ndou #digitaldialogue Digital immigrants, especially those at the helm of industry, institutions and entities, simply need to catch up.
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Delta Milayo Ndou #digitaldialogue The fastest way to become redundant is to allow technology to get way ahead of you, your business model and your industry as a whole. It is the tech-savvy, forward-thinking strategists in any sector, who play by the digital rulebook where disruptive innovation is the order of the day, that shall remain
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