May08
08

I Would Wet My Pants…

Posted in Life, etc., South Africa

If you look very carefully you’ll notice that the Golf is actually leaning, along with the people inside…

Ok so I’m kidding but heck, what a phenomenal photo…

Elephant leans on car in Kruger National Park

Hat tip to the Yellow Llama.

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May08
07

Vernon Koekemoer Graces Isidingo

Posted in Random Thoughts, South Africa, Web 2.0 and Social Media

After suffering the tragic loss of Ashley Callie earlier this year it’s good to see that the Isidingo production team and cast still have a sense of humour…

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May08
05

10 Guaranteed Tips For Driving Less Traffic To Your Blog

Posted in Random Thoughts

Stop posting for 10 whole days.
Use a boring generic WordPress theme as a placemarker while you take too much time redesigning your site.
Stop replying to comments.
Use all the free time you have over two consecutive long weekends to become a better Texas Hold’em player, instead of keeping track of what’s happening in the blogosphere.
Ignore Twitter [...]

TAGS: 17 Comments

Apr08
24

Danger: Men At Work

Posted in Random Thoughts

Ok so it’s been a long time coming but my blog design has needed a serious refresher. I’m in the process of doing so right now, so excuse the current bland-ness. This should only take a few days

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Apr08
24

Facebook Introduces Chat - I’m Using Facebook Again

Posted in Random Thoughts

I’d noticed that I’d become progressively less and less interested in Facebook over the last month or two. A bit like LinkedIn - which I discovered, indulged in, enjoyed, and then subsequently forgot, Facebook had somewhat lost it’s luster. From being the first thing I checked the first moment I got online, I [...]

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Apr08
23

Gino Cosme Updates His Free Social Media Primer

Posted in Marketing, Advertising and Branding, South Africa, Web 2.0 and Social Media

Gino Cosme, a colleague of mine at Cerebra, has managed to do what I so desperately want to do but lack the fortitude to accomplish - he’s not only published a free Introductory Guide to Social Media for download, but he’s keeping it regularly updated.
Gino is a huge asset to Cerebra as our account director. [...]

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Apr08
22

“Kill The Bastards” - The Collaterol Damage

Posted in Life, etc., South Africa

A few weeks ago Susan Shabangu, deputy safety and security minister, came under fire for her comment at a police imbizo when she encouraged police officers to shoot to kill criminals, or more directly - “kill the bastards”.
Family friends of ours are currently spending their days and nights in ICU at the Glynnwood hospital next [...]

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Apr08
21

Being A Better Blogger

Posted in Random Thoughts

I can’t believe I’ve never thought of this / done this before. In the process of catching up on my outstanding RSS feeds I found this interesting post by Adii where he poses the following question to his readers:
I’m regularly astounded by the number of you that take an interest in what I blog here [...]

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Apr08
17

Matthew Buckland Is Bolton Deventer

Posted in Life, etc., South Africa, Web 2.0 and Social Media

So it looks like the cat’s finally out of the bag. I have never written about Bolton the Magnificent, inventor of blogs and master of the Interweb Netsite on this blog before - at the time when the Bolton Deventer meme was at it’s peak I was pretty busy and missed out on the [...]

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Apr08
16

Spectactularly Dodgy Internal Microsoft Sales Video - Is It Real?

Posted in Marketing, Advertising and Branding

Erik Hersman pointed me to this video via his Twitter feed - apparently it’s an internal Microsoft sales video that covers an old Springfield tune, obviously with new lyrics (if you can even call them that) to educate staff on the major features of the platform. If it’s a joke, whoever pulled it has [...]

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