Monthly Archives: February 2007

Feb07
21

How To Use del.icio.us To Take Over The World

Posted in Web 2.0 and Social Media

I tried many titles for this post. If I had used “Why del.icio.us Is Better Than Sex” I might have upset someone. So I didn’t. Either way I got you reading…
The value of del.icio.us is often misperceived, and it’s potential underestimated. del.icio.us is a social bookmarking application - an tool you [...]

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Feb07
18

links for 2007-02-18

Posted in Random Thoughts

Tips for Starting a Forum
More useful tips and hints from the Freshbooks stable
(tags: forum advice community startup tips hints howto)

ThinkFree Online beta
As online productivity suites go, this looks to be the shiz niz - love to hear your views?
(tags: office web2.0 online software tools free ajax)

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Feb07
17

Mike Scott Comes Through!

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

Mike Scott, apparent Ruler of the Free World who draws comics in his spare time, came up with a concept logo for Amplitude, our new marketing podcast, a while back. This was the original…

And then Mike sort of well, disappeared with some bonny lass in Sweden or something. Or maybe he just went [...]

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Feb07
17

Don’t Pull It Your Box

Posted in Random Thoughts

Hee hee. This from Shaun. Best part is when the British commentator asks Hutchinson to translate…

It was easy to translate… “Don’t pull it your box”!

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Feb07
17

FreeGeek.org - Open Source Brilliance

Posted in Random Thoughts

Discovered FreeGeek.org thanks to StumbleUpon Video, which I got addicted to this very morning courtesy of Henk Kleynhans.
Watch the Free Geek Video at StumbleUpon
Free Geek has been ‘helping the needy get nerdy since the beginning of the 3rd millennium”.
From their site:
FREE GEEK is a 501(c)(3) not for profit community organization that recycles used [...]

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Feb07
17

Lessons Learned From Social Software Implementations

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

It’s been almost eighteen months since I decided to give social media consulting, development and implementation in corporate South Africa a go. It’s been tough, I’ve paid school fees and then some, but I’ve also learned some really valuable lessons that may help you if you are wanting to get into this space, are [...]

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Feb07
17

The End Of Audioslave

Posted in Life, etc.

I’m a big fan of Audioslave. I never enjoyed Rage Against the Machine as much (apart from the few very angry songs I play on those days), but Audioslave is progressive, solid rock - satisfying to listen to most of the time thanks in the most part to Chris Cornell’s awesome vocals.
I [...]

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Feb07
16

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Posted in Random Thoughts

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Feb07
16

links for 2007-02-16

Posted in Random Thoughts

trig.com - Revolution can be simple!
MySpace 2. Simple as that. Good luck
(tags: social community web2.0 music networking design inspiration)

Your identity online - personal, memorable, lifelong
From Chilibean - nice intuitive use of the .name domain service
(tags: openid identity name web2.0 domain service .name)

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Feb07
16

27 Wiki Re-Organised, March List Open For Additions

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

In the interest of long-term sanity I’ve re-ordered the pages and flow of the 27 dinner wiki. Check it out, you’re all stakeholders in the process, but I think it’s more intuitive, with the respective Jozi and Cape Town pages being the hubs of activity as opposed to the main page, which now serves [...]

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