While glancing through LifeHacker feeds some time last week, my eye was caught by the headline "The pomodoro technique fights deadline anxiety with a timer". Not having heard of the technique before (although for all I know it may be old hat by now), and wondering how tomatoes fight anxiety, I read further. If you have not heard of the "Pomodoro Technique" before, I suggest you look at the Pomodoro technique site which gives a full explanation of what it is all about, and provides .....

Planning and development, as a function of local government, is experiencing difficulties in KwaZulu-Natal as a province of South Africa. This is mainly due to the critical shortage of experience and skills, lack of up to date information and limited recognition of the importance of this function in government. This discussion focuses on the question of information management and accessibility and identifies a concept which could be applied in improving the current situation. Com.....