The USA riots
Why haven’t we seen riots in the USA similar to what happened in the UK? First, the police in the States are not to be messed with. They have serious
- September 9, 2011
- Alan Knott-Craig
The importance of risking everything
To me, an entrepreneur is anyone who risks everything to follow his or her passion. Period. The key ingredient is “Risk everything.” All in, no going back, no plan B,
- August 10, 2011
- Alan Knott-Craig
Crazy days…
Sweetbabyjesus. Things are crazy out there at the moment. The USA is chasing Zimbabwe’s credit rating. London Bridge is burning down. Ireland, Greece, Portugal, Spain and Italy are bust. Nutty
- July 7, 2011
- Alan Knott-Craig
The future of data and social networks
Will voice traffic one day peak? Just as gas-guzzlers regularly panic over “peak-oil” theory, there are those that panic that the market for voice traffic will one day be saturated.
- May 7, 2011
- Alan Knott-Craig
The most important thing in life
Loyalty. A simple word. And yet one of the most complicated concepts in our world… What is loyalty? It is having your partner’s back. Always. It is going into battle
- April 4, 2011
- Alan Knott-Craig
The tyranny of mediocrity
Mediocrity is the cousin of relativism. “We’re not the fastest, but we’re not the slowest.” “We don’t have the best service, but we’re better than most.” “We’re not the market
- March 7, 2011
- Alan Knott-Craig
Twitter frees broadcasters
I’m not from the media industry. But I’ve come to learn that, in the jargon of the experts, a broadcaster is in fact not the network distributing the news. It
- March 7, 2011
- Alan Knott-Craig
Keep your eye on the ball
Did you watch the Proteas snatch defeat from the jaws of victory yesterday? For the umpteenth time, our national cricket side has caved in when victory seemed assured. Why? Most
- February 3, 2011
- Alan Knott-Craig
The next bubble?
1 February 2011 The next bubble Winston Churchill once said: “If there is one thing we can learn from history, it is that we do not learn from history.” Truer
- January 4, 2011
- Alan Knott-Craig
If, by Rudyard Kipling
If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make
- December 28, 2010
- Alan Knott-Craig
A dummy’s guide to interconnect rates
25 April 2010 The regulation of mobile phone operators can be used as a case study of how strong network bonds can be broken. First, some definitions: On-net: Calls
- December 28, 2010
- Alan Knott-Craig
The Web today
15 December 2010 Nowadays tech is not hardware. Tech is software, and the cutting edge is the Web. PC-based software is a bit like mustard jeans in the early 90’s.