Arthur Goldstuck |
Arthur Goldstuck (born 1959) Grew up in Trompsburg, Free State, South Africa. Currently resides in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Aside from his role as a leading South African journalist over the past 25 years, Arthur Goldstuck is one of Africa s most respected commentators on Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Internet and mobile communications, technologies and possibilities. He regularly provides strategic insights and guidance on trends at conferences and corporate events across Africa.
He led the earliest research into the size of the Internet user population and the extent of Web commerce in South Africa, which for the first time established the trend lines for Internet growth in this country.
Today Arthur heads the World Wide Worx research organization, and has led groundbreaking research into critical ICT issues like the impact of IT on small business, the role of mobile technologies in business and government and the technology challenges of the financial services sector. He provides the market with key statistics on the size of the Internet user base, online banking and online retail sectors, and is establishing World Wide Worx as the countrys leading researchers into mobile communications and technologies.
Arthur established the first benchmarks for web strategy and web site evaluation in South Africa, and leads a team of usability experts that advises on web site usability and strategy. He represented South Africa as a judge for the Interactive category of the Cannes International Advertising Festival in France in June 2002, and as a judge in the online category of the 2003 London International Advertising Festival.
Arthur is author of, among other works, South Africas best-selling IT book yet, The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Internet , the definitive guide to the Internet in South Africa, as well as The Art of Business on the Internet . He has written four books on South African urban legends, and has contributed as a writer to numerous South African and international publications, including The Times of London and Billboard. He was winner of the online category in the Telkom ICT Journalist of the Year awards for 2003, and was runner-up in the lifestyle category for 2002.
He contributes to a number of South African publications on technology and business strategy issues, including a monthly columns for Intelligence magazine. He is editor of The Big Change, an electronic newsletter on business strategy in the high-tech economy, and editor-in-chief of Gadget, the online consumer technology magazine.
He also lectures at universities and other institutions on trends in technology and business strategy.
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*http://www.legends.org.za/arthur/welcome.html Legends from a small country *http://www.theworx.biz World Wide Worx *http://www.gadget.co.za Gadget online magazine|
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