Spreading the Word

This is the period beginning in October of 2008, shortly following my decision to shut down 2dots Media. This was mostly a period of self reflection, introspection and discovery.

What humbles me about this period, which I will always remember, is the fact that I was able to reassess my life; specifically my priorities. Having really decided, subconsciously, that software development and IT in general were nearing their end of life as a career; it was most important to decide on what my next career will be. And having gone through a process of identifying all possible careers, it was a tough and hard realisation to me.

I learned about myself that I am most comfortable doing the arts, of all things! Things I used to look at as possible occupations to follow my role as a technical person, were clearly out of place with the person that I am. Spending my time being a manager or project leader became meangless. Even the investment world did not appeal to me anymore. I now view investments purely from a private investment perspective and have no ambitions whatsoever to work in any such technical capacity. This made me understand that technical or scientific choices were really out of question as these added no value in my life as a person.

The true value of science and technology can never be individualised. These are industrial type solutions to mass production and major contributors to air pollution. This coming from a software developer who has written software for a living for twelve years to date!!!

Knowledge vs skills vs wealth vs nation building.

I have come to agree and accept that wealth is a myth and holds no value to the quality of life an individual lives. A person's quality of life is determined by their choices and habits, money plays a very subtle role. Knowledge and skills are the key to a growing nation. The more skills you can develop in your people, the more likely your country will succeed. It is this view that fuels my argument that most of us should spend our time building the country than counsciously trying to build wealth. Wealth is a by-product of knowledge and success. This is one of the reasons why we have such poor service delivery and corruption in government. Public servants are too busy creating wealth to bother providing a service to the people. Many of us have left the public service for the private sector as either employees or entrepreneurs. The moment the majority of citizens of a country focus on themselves more than they do on the issues affecting their country, the harder it becomes for the country to progress at a maximum.

So what's this about spreading the word? My interest in the arts is on writing. Putting thoughts and feelings down is my passion. And let me add that creative work comes naturally to African people. It is our nature to communicate our inner thoughts through expression. Our forms of popular expression are music, poetry and dance. I unfortunately lack on the dance side. Music touches my soul. Poetry is my self expression.

It is therefore my aspiration, goal and intention to become a writer of some form.

My current platforms of expression are; www.futhwa.org.za, www.nalane.org.za, www.qwaqwa.org.za and Facebook.

Since I must still live and pay bills, I continue to work as a software developer, recently employed by Avusa Media.