Monthly Archives: August 2006

Aug06
02

Brick Walls and Yindees

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

Undoubtedly the highlight of my long overdue trip to Cape Town yesterday and today was a dinner with my (up until very recently) digital friends at Yindees yesterday evening.
I learnt some stuff.
Tania loves Bladerunner and her dad is in the amateur porn business.
Rafiq suffers from OCP - Obsessive Compulsive Photography - and does [...]

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Aug06
01

Paramount Needs Transformation

Posted in Random Thoughts

Remember Snakes on a Plane? Well, you wouldn’t. Snakes on a Plane, a movie successfully marketed in the US by ordinary citizens through social media for the better part of this year, still hasn’t been released. That’s right, with all the hype and buzz around it, it is a full-fledged web meme [...]

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Aug06
01

Caffe Neo

Posted in Life, etc., Marketing, Advertising and Branding

Situated directly opposite the lighthouse in Moullie Point, Cape Town, Caffe Neo is a revelation.
They have thought carefully about how to sink wells that attract the most networked, interesting, talented, bright individuals in the Mother City - and it seems to be working.

Sink wells? The story is told:
Some years ago a person who had [...]

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