About

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Simon Dingle is a technology journalist, writer, broadcaster and professional speaker.

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Simon Dingle is a technology journalist, writer, broadcaster and professional speaker. He is technology editor at Finweek magazine as well as Live Out Loud and contributes to Fin24.com. Simon also hosts (tech)5 on 5FM and the ZA Tech Show Podcast.

Simon has been published in Brainstorm, iWeek, G.E.A.R., Digital Life, Unwired, Net.Work and other titles. He is a columnist for Fin24.com and used to be for SA Computer Magazine (SACM) until the publication was recently retired. You can find his blog at http://simon.co.za.

Simon started his career in broadcasting at Tuks FM where he was a presenter and later became programme manager and then station manager. He went on to host talk shows on Talk Radio 702 before moving over to 5FM to host the (tech)5 show on Thursdays at 14:00 (UTC+2).

For more information on Simon’s professional speaking, see the speaking page.

Before moving to technology coverage, Simon used to be involved with music and entertainment and worked on the editorial team of popular lifestyle publication SL Magazine where he was Arts and Entertainment editor.

Simon used to contribute to the iCommons NGO and served as a moderator on Mandrivausers.org – a large online community of Linux and open source users.

Simon has extensive experience in corporate communications having been involved in public relations strategy for several major technology companies internationally via the firm Hypertext Media Communications where he worked from 2005 until 2007.

To get in touch with Simon check out the contact page.

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