Long time no chat. It has been a good day – we released SA’s first Social Media Press Release for Standard Bank’s Pro20 cricket tournament. Basically, it is a blogger and internet savvy journo-friendly press release that consolidates all the social media activity that is happening around the Pro20 in 2008. Getting the SMPR together… [Read more…]
November 22, 2007
Ok, I know I have been slack. No blog posts in 3 months is poor, but hey – I’ve been busy. Social media in South Africa has certainly had a shot in the arm with initiatives like Thought Leader, My Digital Life (although I am not a huge fan), and product blogs like Auris and… [Read more…]
August 6, 2007
In what we think is a first in SA, we have succeeded in getting a couple of bloggers invited to the media launch of the Toyota Auris in Durban. Mike and I have been working on the Auris blog project for a while – and are impressed with the open-mindedness that Toyota has shown in… [Read more…]
June 25, 2007
I’ve just set up my first Skyrove hotspot using our iBurst desktop modem as the connectivity option. It was a fairly easy setup, with great support from the Skyrove team. After some initial dead ends, the Reset button set me free. We are now able to use our underutilised iBurst subscription at home without using… [Read more…]
June 8, 2007
Knowing that the Johnnic was launching The Times to Sunday Times subscribers, I opted to get a years subscription as a gift. The saga starts on 2nd April. After many calls and after wrong credit card details, wrong prices, speaking to supervisors, calls not being returned (by supervisors), etc – the first Sunday Times was… [Read more…]
June 6, 2007
Webware.com has great survey going at the moment. It asked for nominations for entries into the Webware 100 – the best 100 Web 2.0 apps/sites on the web. All the nominations have been whittled down to 250 ‘possibles’. Now, web users are being asked to vote for their best in each category – and these… [Read more…]
June 5, 2007
I’ve been using Meebo for months (previous post). For those that don’t know, its a web-based IM consolidator that allows your Google Talk, MSN Messenger, ICQ, AIM, and Yahoo IM apps to be used in one place – without having to download software. Its also uses Ajax well. Since we had Telkom ADSL installed –… [Read more…]
May 31, 2007
Here’s the official email from the CEO of Eskom, Jacob Maroga: Thursday, 31 May 2007 Dear Colleagues UNIT 2 OF KOEBERG POWER STATION NOT GENERATING ELECTRICITY This morning at 06:24, unit 2 of Koeberg Power Station stopped generating electricity following a fault on the generator side. The nuclear reactor of the unit was… [Read more…]
May 30, 2007
Its so good to see the response from JD Group to the accusations from Carte Blanche that their lending practices are dubious. The original story The follow-up The response from JD Pity there is nothing on the JD Group website that deals with the issue. The most recent news is an article from 2005. Surely… [Read more…]
May 21, 2007
Ouch. What is happening? Article on IOL details how the ID leader is asking for blogs to be regulated: “De Lille has also indicated the ID will ask the National Intelligence Agency to try to track down the author of defamatory statements made about the ID’s Simon Grindrod on an internet blog.” “The only way… [Read more…]
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