Monthly Archives: June 2007

Jun07
07

Youth Day

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Life, etc.

On 16 June we celebrate Youth Day in South Africa - as we pay homage to the young revolutionaries who rose above the crowd to be exceptional, and paid dearly for their passion.
Many of you know that. What you don’t know, is that it will also be the launch date for the fourth edition [...]

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Jun07
06

Cerebra Gets A New Look, Finally

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

When Cerebra launched a while back we set up a website that served more as a digital presence than a truly cool asset to us.
What I’m trying to say is that it was a bit kak (forthe US readers - kak is crap). Many of you, in the interest of being nice, [...]

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Jun07
03

Google Acquires Feedburner

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Web 2.0 and Social Media

I rave about Feedburner - it’s one of the most intuitive and powerful Web 2.0 services I’ve come across, is often a case study I cite in preso’s and is the first thing I add to a new blog installation.
Basically, Feedburner helps make sense of RSS feeds. Not only does it help you create [...]

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Jun07
02

links for 2007-06-02

Posted in Random Thoughts

beret.net » BlackJack as bluetooth modem on Mac OS X
Getting connected to my i600 for mobile connectivity is a lot easier than I thought
(tags: Samsung BlackJack i600 MacBook OSX connectivity bluetooth HOWTO)

matthewbuckland.com » The media should take note of bloggers
Poignant thoughts from the Mail & Guardian’s online editor
(tags: media news bloggers blogging citizen journalism)

Facebook Toolbar
Someone [...]

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Jun07
01

27 Expands

Posted in Entrepreneurship, South Africa, Web 2.0 and Social Media

On the back of repeat successes in Jozi and Cape Town, the 27 Dinner movement is expanding into Pretoria and Durban.
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Jun07
01

Afrigator iPod Competition Winners Announced

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

Check it out…

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Jun07
01

Something’s Phishy, Unless You’re A Nedbank Client

Posted in Life, etc., South Africa

I’ve been a Nedbank client for, well, since my very first Permlazer card. It’s been a relationship of up’s and down’s, more up’s otherwise I wouldn’t still be banking with them. As it stands, my entire business and personal banking portfolio, except for my bond, is with them.
Lately they’ve been irritating [...]

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Jun07
01

Facebook Frenzy

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

Without wanting to regurgitate everything else that’s been said about Facebook - two thoughts on why, in my honest and humble opinion, this particular social network tool is succeeding where others have failed (or succeeded qickly and then failed).
1. The best of everything else
I think of a single thing I’d add to Facebook (or [...]

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Jun07
01

links for 2007-06-01

Posted in Random Thoughts

Dave Duarte Marketing Geek - Marketing in the Post-Cluetrain Era
Dave picks up on a beaut
(tags: marketing Cluetrain Web2.0 advertising consumerism customer)

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