Nathaniel and I met at the Creative Commons conference in May and had been planning a cross-blog thing since then, which due to some very bad interference from the world never realized. The worst of which was of course Nathaniel falling ill, and of course everyone here will agree that we’re really glad he’s better now. A lot of what you need to know about Nathaniel you can determine from the fact that he posted his own welcome on silentcoder.co.za, a lot of what you need to know about me, you can determine from the fact that I’m not going to post a welcome. Having given you this short bit. Let’s jump right into something. Tonight I am invited to a cocktail party in Sandton as a speaker for the ACT summit(my slot is Friday morning, drop by if you wanna meet me). I have never been to a cocktail party. The invitation says, "Wear business dress" What exactly IS business dress ? Well I suppose a suit right… erm until a month ago I didn’t even OWN a suit, and the one I have now I only bought because I was best man at a wedding and did not wish to offend anybody. My typical style is a funky slogan t-shirt and black jeans, simple, and in my own way stylish (or at least, unique which is quite probably better) Being (by choice) rather unfamiliar with the upper echelons of the business world, I am thinking of it as a sort of exploration. Like Indiana Jones and the temple of doom except with free drinks. What do the owners of multimilion dollar corporations discuss over social drinking ? I volunteer to venture forth into their domain and find out. Should I not make it back, please tell Silvia I love her, and the little bottle with the coloured sand pictures is hers no matter what my parents say. If I survive, I’ll report back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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