Monthly Archives: November 2006

Nov06
20

Vinny with TT100 Awards

Posted in Random Thoughts

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Vinny with TT100 Awards, originally uploaded by Mike Stopforth.

Well done IncuBeta!!
Vinny with IncuBeta’s numerous awards. How does he get that pose right every time??

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Nov06
20

Camp Out

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Camp Out, originally uploaded by Mike Stopforth.

Taken in Heidelberg Kloof? The Drakensburg? Warmbaths?
Nope, taken at 80km/h while whizzing thru Gillooly’s interchange in Jozi - arguably the busiest interchange in Gauteng. This clearly [...]

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Nov06
17

Aston Martin Evangelism

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

* This post also appeared at Biz-Community on 22 November 2006 [Link].
I felt like a Reach for a Dream candidate. I kept looking over my shoulder to check whether or not I was being followed by a Candid Camera crew. What am I going on about?
A few weeks back I wrote [...]

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Nov06
14

Cafe Fino Midrand - Another Talent Hub

Posted in Web 2.0 and Social Media

Ok, so maybe it’s because they have free wifi. But Cafe Fino, like Caffe Neo in Cape Town, is a really cool spot to chill out and get some work done if you are a mobile worker.

Unfortunately there’s a distinct lack of power points (which Neo has got right), but the vibe is cool, [...]

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Nov06
14

links for 2006-11-14

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TED Blog: 2005 TEDPrize winner Bono on TEDTalks
Another gem from TED - this time U2’s Bono speaking on our moral obligation toward Africa and Africans.
(tags: TED video Bono U2 Africa activism activist poverty)

Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Intel “SuiteTwo” Product Suite Launches
Intel’s SuiteTwo combines Movable Type, SocialText, Simplefeed and Newsgator into one enterprise offering.
(tags: Software [...]

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Nov06
13

Mail & Guardian Launches Podcast

Posted in South Africa, Web 2.0 and Social Media

Matt Buckland notified me earlier today that the Mail & Guardian Online has launched a weekly podcast - showing once again that they are keen to push the boundaries of MSM (mainstream media) and adopt new social vehicles for engaging readers (and in this case listeners).
From the site:
Between the pages, with Tony Lankester
Well-known South African [...]

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Nov06
12

The Stork Margarine Blogging Advert

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

* This post appeared in Biz-Community on 14 November 2006 [Link].
Rafiq has delivered again! He and fellow AddiCT Miguel managed to video and record the Stork blogging television ad I was raving about just the other day. They’ve uploaded it to Google Video. Here it is for your viewing pleasure:

Here is [...]

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Nov06
12

Crime Expo South Africa Finally Exposed

Posted in Life, etc., South Africa

A while back I wrote about Crime Expo South Africa, a website set up by a man who calls himself Neil Watson, attempting to dissuade the rest of the world from visiting South Africa by telling them ‘the truth’ about our country. I was concerned that the website was taking a rather extremist angle [...]

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Nov06
12

links for 2006-11-12

Posted in Random Thoughts

Cognitive Edge: Selling new ideas to an organisation
Dave Snowden (again), this time with some helpful tips for selling innovative new ideas into corporate constructs
(tags: strategy sales IT informationtechnology)

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Nov06
11

Creating Passionate Users

Posted in Web 2.0 and Social Media

I kid you not, this post has taken two weeks to get done. Here are the reasons:
1. I’ve been hellish busy, struggling to wade my through through an ever-expanding list of unread RSS feeds. Yikes.
2. I so badly wanted to come up with a decent title for the post, and alas, [...]

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