Comments for Mark Horner http://www.markhorner.net A blog about mixing technology, education, openness, and experience in South Africa. Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:58:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Comment on Internet Service Providers – Advice?? by Mark http://www.markhorner.net/2010/07/15/internet-service-providers-advice/comment-page-1/#comment-480 Mark Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:58:30 +0000 http://www.markhorner.net/?p=594#comment-480 Hi Candace Thanks for the update. You are 100% correct and I was comparing my old pay-as-you-go account with WebAfrica with the AfriHost deal I moved to where I agree to purchase 5GB upfront with the option to top up. Definitely not an apples to apples comparison. Thanks for pointing out the updated WebAfrica numbers - definitely cheaper and I'll update the blog to that effect! Cheers Mark Hi Candace

Thanks for the update. You are 100% correct and I was comparing my old pay-as-you-go account with WebAfrica with the AfriHost deal I moved to where I agree to purchase 5GB upfront with the option to top up. Definitely not an apples to apples comparison.

Thanks for pointing out the updated WebAfrica numbers – definitely cheaper and I’ll update the blog to that effect!

Cheers

Mark

]]> Comment on Internet Service Providers – Advice?? by Candace http://www.markhorner.net/2010/07/15/internet-service-providers-advice/comment-page-1/#comment-479 Candace Fri, 16 Jul 2010 08:50:19 +0000 http://www.markhorner.net/?p=594#comment-479 Hi Mark, Thank you for mentioning us in your blog post. I would just like to clarify 1 thing about Web Africa. You say: "My typical internet usage is 5 gig per month so on Web Africa thats a bit more than R300 per month for my data." This isnt exactly true as we have data accounts from R59, where you can top up for as little as R15 per gig. So, in essence, if you had a Data 1 account for R59 (1GB) and recharged with 3GB's at R45, that would only cost you R104. You can see the options here: http://www.webafrica.co.za/adsl/standard/ Our line speeds are also super fast if you are looking for a speedy connection. :) Good luck in finding the right option for you! Kind Regards, Candace Newton Web Africa Hi Mark,

Thank you for mentioning us in your blog post. I would just like to clarify 1 thing about Web Africa.
You say: “My typical internet usage is 5 gig per month so on Web Africa thats a bit more than R300 per month for my data.”

This isnt exactly true as we have data accounts from R59, where you can top up for as little as R15 per gig.
So, in essence, if you had a Data 1 account for R59 (1GB) and recharged with 3GB’s at R45, that would only cost you R104.
You can see the options here: http://www.webafrica.co.za/adsl/standard/

Our line speeds are also super fast if you are looking for a speedy connection. :)

Good luck in finding the right option for you!

Kind Regards,
Candace Newton
Web Africa

]]> Comment on Crowdsourcing vs. Traditional Design: The Results by Jason Aiken http://www.markhorner.net/2010/07/14/crowdsourcing-vs-traditional-design-the-results/comment-page-1/#comment-476 Jason Aiken Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:52:13 +0000 http://www.markhorner.net/?p=576#comment-476 Hey Mark, Thanks for sharing this detailed account of your experience - glad you liked 99designs! Cheers, Jason Aiken 99designs.com Hey Mark,

Thanks for sharing this detailed account of your experience – glad you liked 99designs!

Cheers,
Jason Aiken
99designs.com

]]> Comment on North West Province and Siyavula by Mark Horner » Internet Service Providers – Advice?? http://www.markhorner.net/2010/02/19/north-west-province-and-siyavula/comment-page-1/#comment-467 Mark Horner » Internet Service Providers – Advice?? Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:39:37 +0000 http://www.markhorner.net/?p=380#comment-467 [...] or Connexions we require internet access which has proven to be quite a challenge at some venues (read more about our favourite solution here). This particular challenge always elicits one particular question from the audience: “What [...] [...] or Connexions we require internet access which has proven to be quite a challenge at some venues (read more about our favourite solution here). This particular challenge always elicits one particular question from the audience: “What [...]

]]> Comment on Crowdsourcing vs. Traditional Design: The Results by Tweets that mention Mark Horner » Crowdsourcing vs. Traditional Design: The Results -- Topsy.com http://www.markhorner.net/2010/07/14/crowdsourcing-vs-traditional-design-the-results/comment-page-1/#comment-460 Tweets that mention Mark Horner » Crowdsourcing vs. Traditional Design: The Results -- Topsy.com Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:53:13 +0000 http://www.markhorner.net/?p=576#comment-460 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Mark Horner, Mark Horner. Mark Horner said: Read about our cover design content for #FHSST books: http://www.markhorner.net/2010/07/14/crowdsourcing-vs-traditional-design-the-results/ [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Mark Horner, Mark Horner. Mark Horner said: Read about our cover design content for #FHSST books: http://www.markhorner.net/2010/07/14/crowdsourcing-vs-traditional-design-the-results/ [...]

]]> Comment on Crowdsourcing versus Traditional Design by Mark Horner » Crowdsourcing vs. Traditional Design: The Results http://www.markhorner.net/2009/10/28/crowdsourcing-versus-traditional-design/comment-page-1/#comment-459 Mark Horner » Crowdsourcing vs. Traditional Design: The Results Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:32:56 +0000 http://www.markhorner.net/?p=159#comment-459 [...] idea of testing crowdsourcing against a more traditional design process came up last year (you can read about it here) and we decided to do an experiment as we needed new covers for the two sets of Free High School [...] [...] idea of testing crowdsourcing against a more traditional design process came up last year (you can read about it here) and we decided to do an experiment as we needed new covers for the two sets of Free High School [...]

]]> Comment on Helping Educators Share – 200+ Science Presentations by Mark http://www.markhorner.net/2010/06/09/helping-educators-share-200-science-presentations/comment-page-1/#comment-367 Mark Thu, 10 Jun 2010 05:22:07 +0000 http://www.markhorner.net/?p=560#comment-367 Hi Karen Thanks, I'm really glad the content can be useful. I'll be sure to relay that to the teachers sharing it. Cheers Mark Hi Karen

Thanks, I’m really glad the content can be useful. I’ll be sure to relay that to the teachers sharing it.

Cheers

Mark

]]> Comment on Helping Educators Share – 200+ Science Presentations by karen http://www.markhorner.net/2010/06/09/helping-educators-share-200-science-presentations/comment-page-1/#comment-361 karen Wed, 09 Jun 2010 22:17:58 +0000 http://www.markhorner.net/?p=560#comment-361 Thanks for this post and especially for all the great content. I am currently working on a large correlations of OERs to U.S. state content standards, and we are including Siyavula. These new science PPTs are a great addition! Thank you again! Thanks for this post and especially for all the great content. I am currently working on a large correlations of OERs to U.S. state content standards, and we are including Siyavula. These new science PPTs are a great addition!

Thank you again!

]]> Comment on The DSTV Bouquets I Want by Mariette Verryn http://www.markhorner.net/2010/05/05/the-dstv-bouquets-i-want/comment-page-1/#comment-311 Mariette Verryn Wed, 12 May 2010 07:23:09 +0000 http://www.markhorner.net/?p=547#comment-311 I wholeheartedly agree with Mark. We are currently on the most expensive bouquet but NEVER watch sport, other than rugby - which is on MNet. We also never use the TV to listen to music.We would like a bouquet consisiting of the following; MNet; SABC TV 1,2,3 AND E TV All Movie channels (103-1090 ALL BBC channels (entertainment,lifestyle,Knowledge,CBeeBees,) KYKNET Nat Geographic History Sky News E-News We are both pensioners. Is there no discount for this large section of viewers? Channels like Rhema; Parlementary and Weather are surely not sustainable. I wholeheartedly agree with
Mark. We are currently on the most expensive bouquet but NEVER watch sport, other than rugby – which is on MNet. We also never use the TV to listen to music.We would like a bouquet consisiting of the following;
MNet; SABC TV 1,2,3 AND E TV
All Movie channels (103-1090
ALL BBC channels (entertainment,lifestyle,Knowledge,CBeeBees,)
KYKNET
Nat Geographic
History
Sky News
E-News

We are both pensioners. Is there no discount for this large section of viewers? Channels like Rhema; Parlementary and Weather are surely not sustainable.

]]> Comment on The DSTV Bouquets I Want by Tweets that mention Mark Horner » The DSTV Bouquets I Want -- Topsy.com http://www.markhorner.net/2010/05/05/the-dstv-bouquets-i-want/comment-page-1/#comment-282 Tweets that mention Mark Horner » The DSTV Bouquets I Want -- Topsy.com Wed, 05 May 2010 19:05:16 +0000 http://www.markhorner.net/?p=547#comment-282 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Mark Horner. Mark Horner said: http://www.markhorner.net/2010/05/05/the-dstv-bouquets-i-want/ <- I think @dstv could easily give consumers much more choice! [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Mark Horner. Mark Horner said: http://www.markhorner.net/2010/05/05/the-dstv-bouquets-i-want/ <- I think @dstv could easily give consumers much more choice! [...]

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