Lecturing and Facilitating Media Design and Technology Diploma at Damelin Bramley MDT2 2006

I have been invited to facilitate the final-year Media Design and Technology Diploma students at the Bramley Campus of Damelin’s School of Media and Design Technology this year. Some comments from my 2005 students at the Centurion campus here.

The set menu for the year ahead in this course includes: Continue reading

eyespySA update log001

“I’ve made some changes to the EYESPY disclaimer-help page. Some of these changes are noted in the code of the page.

An interesting related discussion to note is at 419legal.org, a SAPS related online forum concerned about scams…”

Some ideas, perhaps to accommodate a leisurely cup of coffee?
Ideas emerging for me regarding the site at the moment concern the commodity
value and characteristics of Intelligence in a general sense, specifically
personal and public aspects involving security and accountability (FOI, as
highlighted in the diclaimer-help link) being a potentially potent marketing
premise). These seem relevant to the release of a contact number via the site
and related advertising, and I imagine this will have strategic implications
for the EYESPY identity, credibility and its growth.” (If EYESPY were to choose to aim at capitalising on it)

Disclaimer and Help Links page for eyespySA.co.za

EYESPY Disclaimer and Additional Help, doubling as Contact Information

We at EYESPY, www.eyespysa.co.za, our advertisers and service providers and for that matter everyone else on our bankroll, does not condone or accept any responsibility for harmful, malicious or illegal activity, damage or injury to persons or property based on or caused by the information and services provided by EYESPY.

Capiche?

SMS Cost R 20 | Errors are billed

Our technical support centre’s number will be released as soon as we are sure that it is secure and reliable, in the meantime you can email our web goon [webmaster@eyespysa.co.za], or for more serious problems consider the following resources:

Lifeline’s 24/7 services which include Free Confidential Counselling at 0861 322 322 (National Crisis Number)

The South African Police Service on Missing Persons, or their Flying-squad call centre at 10111 – for urgent and life-threatening emergencies.

South African Depression and Anxiety Group

Narcotics Anonymous South Africa

Nar-Anon Family Groups – support for family and friends affected by drug abuse.

Council for Relationships – non-profit counseling, education and research center (American)

PsySSA directory of South African psychologists.

Failing the above, as a last resort, there are always these guys…

[ ! Advertising Space Available to Divorce Lawyers! ]

The Ethics of Intelligence, and spying…(www.EYESPYSA.co.za)

Sexy Girl in Film Noir Ad for EYESPY (click for full-size)
(See full-size)
Sneak a peek! TV ads launching 13 December 2005, 9pm on e.tv.

Interesting moral issues involved in this one. Is it an invasion of privacy? Perhaps, immoral? I don’t think so. Legal? I’m not qualified to judge on that but I can’t see why it shouldn’t be – information is a commodity, isn’t it?

Binary Film Works : 21st century cinema
Pieter, Gary and co. Binary Film Works, have done some really great film-noir work on the series! I am intensely gratified and pleased to be involved, and proud to be associated with this. Also a bit shocked at how incredibly enjoyable this is, especially in view of my concerns over the ethical aspects of the challenge of advertising.

There is something inherently pornographic about the whole business, I mean pornographic in the semantic sense of the term, not just porn or porno, but real sensational candid-ness behind the gloomy cloak and dagger stuff. Go figure, very little is as it seems at a glance.