5G | That Opinion Guy

26/02/2019 That OG 1

Another Mobile World Congress has come and gone and the world has a new crop of flagship smartphones to agonise over. This year is a great year.

09/01/2019 That OG 0

All the tech innovation and trends from CES 2019 that are relevant to South African consumers. Look, I even used a hashtag in the title.

ep.12 | Uber is going green for clout
There were about 14,463 Uber trips made in each minute of 2022 across the 900 cities where you can get an Uber. Uber, however, doesn’t say how many of those trips were in electric vehicles, but does say that it saved over 18 million litres of petrol from the 25,000 EVs in its global fleet. […]
ep.11 | Green Hydrogen sounds like a scam.
You know the just energy transition South African president Cyril Ramaphosa is always talking about? It’s going to cost an estimated one and a half trillion Rand to get started. Of course the bulk of that money will be spent on overhauling the electricity sector, but it is an ENERGY transition, which means changing how […]
ep. 10 | Microsoft has been doing AI for years
Microsoft took the fight to its competitors in the consumer space when it added the OpenAI’s GPT engine into its search engine Bing, and its Edge browser and now everyone is in love with a moody chat bot… What a time to be alive. But this isn’t Microsoft’s first rodeo or even its first billion […]

Pentecost 2023 | Goodbye, for now.
COLLECT Almighty God, with wind from heaven and tongues of flame you poured out your spirit on the disciples: set our hearts on fire with joy and power, and send us out as witnesses to the wonder of your love; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, […]
Sunday 21 May 2023 | Ascension Day is one bridge too far.
7th Sunday of Easter COLLECT Triune God, Jesus prayed that we might be one: help us to transcend our differences and find our unity in Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever READING Acts 1: 6-14 6 When the apostles met together […]
Sunday 14 May 2023 | The patriarchy is based on fear.
6th Sunday of Easter COLLECT O God, you reveal yourself in love: pour into our hearts such love towards you, that we, loving you in all things and above all things, may obtain your promises, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for […]