About Us

Traveling Geeks is a consortium of entrepreneurs, thought leaders, authors, journalists, bloggers, technology innovators and influencers who travel to countries to share and learn from peers, governments, corporations, and the general public to educate, share, evaluate, and promote new, innovative technologies. The initiative was founded by Renee Blodgett and Jeff Saperstein in 2008.

Trips are funded by sponsorships from corporations, organizations and governments. The first tour was sponsored by the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a trip that successfully marked the proof of concept that could expand to other countries around the world.

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TED Talk: How Twitter users shaped Twitter

by on Mar 06, 2009 at 7:24 am

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The internet in South Africa: A tale of woe and hope

by on Mar 05, 2009 at 1:38 am

The tale of doom and gloom about the uncompetitive South African telecoms market is all too familiar. It’s kept a stranglehold on internet growth in this country, meaning the country has performed way below its potential in this sphere in comparison to the rest of the world.
Arguably we are now moving in the right direction, […]

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The meaning of it all, in XML

by on Mar 04, 2009 at 4:01 pm

Here’s a relatively new web service for publishers and developers that’s a different spin on the semantic web. Amplify is mostly a semantic web service, although it tries to differentiate itself from other semantic services by saying it focuses on understanding content rather than classifying content — which is what the semantic web has been […]

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New launch: Book publishing 2.0

by on Mar 02, 2009 at 5:09 am

Wow, this looks interesting. A new social media platform called Crink or “Creative Ink” has just launched, enabling amateur, budding and experienced authors to publish, sell, buy and market their books online. It allows authors to create social networks, personalised online shops, groups and forums around their interest areas and books.
Customers can order books from […]

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SA bank claims 1-million mobile phone banking users

by on Mar 02, 2009 at 3:17 am

Absa, the country’s largest retail bank, says it’s one of the first banks in the world to notch up a million cellphone banking customers, prompting it to call “2009 the year for Cellphone Banking”.
It was the first South African bank to introduce Cellphone Banking services in the year 2000. Absa says that over the last […]

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Rhodes University: My alma mater

by on Feb 26, 2009 at 6:32 am

I must say, I’m particularly proud that I went to Rhodes University. I have such amazing memories of studying and partying there. It’s an unusual campus, away from the big cities, situated in a small, relatively isolated town called Grahamstown. What this means is that most students live in residences and there is a tremendous […]

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Everything is amazing, nobody is happy

by on Feb 25, 2009 at 5:34 am

Hilarious… and too true. See myself in this video. (Received via Facebook from a friend.)

tags: crazy

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Musings: The 24.com blogs revamp

by on Feb 25, 2009 at 3:14 am

Here are some designs and thoughts around the new look 24.com blog platform. The designs are by Philip Langley, with Alistair Fairweather in the driving seat.

Our musings:
1. Less 24.com, more individual blogger. More blog-like 🙂
2. More viral, using contact and social network mining. Help bloggers build audience.
3. Rigid templates for best practice, yet open to […]

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Why Obama Needs A Special Envoy to Africa (and not just George Clooney)

by on Feb 24, 2009 at 2:58 pm

SA political party launches impressive, Obama-esque campaign site

by on Feb 20, 2009 at 1:53 am

The Democratic Alliance (DA), a local opposition party, has impressed with their new online strategy. Clearly inspired by Barack Obama’s web innovation, the political party has launched two websites, although only just squeaking in two months before national elections kick off. The sites are: a social media-type campaigning site, “Contribute to change“, (built on BuddyPress […]

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