Traveling Geeks

Times election site

The local Times launched their elections play today. It’s pretty basic (although I’m lead to believe this is just phase I), but here’s what I think is really clever and innovative about it:
1. They’ve launched it on a completely new domain called “SA elections“. That says, “we own election coverage”, not to mention the fabulous […]

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How stupidity can lead to innovation

It sounds crazy, but it’s true.
There’s a famous philosophical phrase that goes along the lines of “The more I know, the more I realise I don’t know”. I first came across it in my Philosophy II class as a freshed-faced student at Rhodes University. It speaks to the realisation that the more we discover […]

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Amazing keyboardless laptop introduced by Apple

tags: apple, Mac, onion

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YFM create iPhone app

Just got a release from YFM, a Joburg radio station, that says its “the first radio station in Africa and among the first in the world” to release a custom application for the iPhone. (By “among first in the world” I presume they mean amongst radio stations.)
This is due to the influence of its CEO […]

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Green Sheen for 2010

South Africa is working hard to make the 2010 World Cup environmentally friendly, reports John Gartner in (or is it on?)  the Huffington Post.  John was on the Brand South Africa bloggers tour. Read more of his reports from South Africa here. To the right is a picture of John on the way to the Richtersveld.

The Top 100: Traditional media losing out to people power

Here is a list of the top 100 sites from Alexa. Today, I count three traditional media sites (BBC, CNN and NY Times — just squeaking in at number 100). The web of five years ago would have shown a different picture all together. It begs the question: Will there be any traditional media sites […]

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“SA companies beat internet giant to the pinch”

Um, received this rather surreal press release yesterday. Not sure I would have sent this out as a piece of public relations, myself. It’s likely that Google will respond, either with a polite phonecall or a legal letter. Or in all likelihood, they just won’t care. Be interesting to see how it plays out.
After chatting […]

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Obama Needs to Watch “Gossip Girl”

Blogging about tweeting about podcasting about blogging

This made me chuckle. And by blogging it I’m acutely aware of the infinite irony loop I’ve created. It follows a similar meme theme raised recently, criticising the incessant over-analysis and navel-gazing in the “social media marketing” “sector”. (Intended separation of double quotes).

From Costpernews, via Vinny Lingham.

tags: social media…

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Why Microsoft will eventually win on the web

I’m no Microsoft fan boy. In fact I don’t think there is anything like a “fan boy” when it comes to Microsoft products. I’m a recent iPhone convert and I curse the years I’ve had to put up with the clunky and often-buggy Windows for Mobile and PC.
It’s no secret that Microsoft is a poor […]

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