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COVID-19 Measures - What about Job Hunting?
On Sunday night, President Rhamaposa announced (Govt) measures to curb the Coronavirus outbreak. In short (DM): 1. Travel to South Africa...
David Baker
Mar 17, 20201 min read
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Amazon Go Grocery - Next Steps
In light of all the negativity and panic surrounding the Coronavirus, I thought we would look into the Amazon Go grocery stores. The...
David Baker
Mar 9, 20201 min read
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Coronavirus - Will it affect IT work?
Coronavirus. Will it affect tech work?
David Baker
Mar 1, 20202 min read
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Privacy Rights. Is it a losing battle?
The news that Jeff Bezos may have been hacked by Saudi Arabian Whatsapp malware has once again increased the focus on privacy. Of course,...
David Baker
Feb 2, 20203 min read
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Y2K Bug hits New York 20 years later
My IT career got going when the Y2K projects were in full swing. Fortunately, I escaped the effort, concentrating on new development...
David Baker
Jan 26, 20202 min read
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SA IT Sector - More Positive than others.
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David Baker
Jan 17, 20201 min read
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Black Friday and Cyber Monday - Did you crack?
It's that time of the year so I thought this week's post would be a little lighter and less serious. In the USA, Black Friday saw a...
David Baker
Dec 6, 20192 min read
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Unlimited Vacation - Not what it is cracked up to be.
No doubt you have read about American companies granting unlimited vacation time. A few years have passed and we have a better idea of...
David Baker
Nov 30, 20192 min read
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The Global Skills Gap
There is an undeniable tech skills gap all around the world. In South Africa the banks are fighting over scarce tech skills required to...
David Baker
Nov 8, 20191 min read
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5G - Benefits, Skills and More
We have all read about the 5G's imminent arrival, however many people think that 5G is just faster than 4G. It's much more than that and...
David Baker
Oct 18, 20192 min read
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Cloud Opportunities - AWS, Azure, Oracle and Google
When an IT skilled person asks what tech skills should they need to prepare them for the next wave, we always say Cloud skills. Cloud...
David Baker
Oct 11, 20192 min read
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How to get FTTH to your Suburb
One of the questions I get asked the most is how we got FTTH to our suburb. We have had FTTH for almost 5 years, and I was very involved...
David Baker
Aug 29, 20194 min read
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Age Bias in Tech
Are we too old? It's not the same everywhere. Age Discrimination in the USA The US tech news often has articles about how age may count...
David Baker
Jul 26, 20192 min read
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