Disclosure: Tim Britz, the brand manager at Clarins who kindly gave me this interview is a personal friend, and is probably on Foursquare because of my incessant hounding. I have no current commercial ties to Clarins South Africa.
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I had a very strange experience today. It was a warm winter's day, and we had a fire going outside. Glass of wine in hand, I was fiddling around with my iPhone (as one does -- usually to one's wife's discontent) -- specifically a cult favourite app o...
"The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving."
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes
Writing this post has taken a long time (and it's a long post). It's one of those opinion pieces that moves dangerously be...
The Banking 2.0 panel was so good, I thought I'd pull all the thoughts together into a post. This is more a list of trends and themes, but it's well worth a read. Banking, gambling and porn are going to be the dominant industries on the internet (you...
Just attended the Banking 2.0 panel with my colleague from FNB, head of digital strategy in the personal banking segment at FNB. The following is an interview style summary of some of the amazing content that was discussed.
The Panel comprised of ...
In the last post, I was quite excited by the application of location-based services in a community that has the infrastructure to generate enough traffic. I'd like to temper that exuberance with some considered thinking. It involves a good story, and...
Checked into my first hotel in Austin, a little one night stop before hitting the Hampton Inn and Suites with the rest of the SA delegation. My bag didn't arrive -- which carries on a long and stormy relationship I have with baggage. And airlines. Ah...
So I'm winging my way off to Austin, Texas for the SXSW Conference. I'm on the connection flight via Atlanta, blogging this while 30000 feet or more in the air. Yup. Go Go Wifi on Delta flights. I'll do a speed test ;)
(Update: Speed Test gave me...
And we're off. I'm sitting at OR Tambo airport, having a farewell Castle Draught before embarking on a mind-numbing, Stillnox induced flight to Atlanta and then Austin. Bumped into Mike Stopforth. He was having lamb shank. Something I don't know?
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I do get tired of the frantic "trending" that occurs at the beginning and end of every year. Hence, I tend to sit back, take it all in and try give a summarised, more considered view a month or so later. Call it cutting through the clutter, if you wi...
Andy Hadfield is a digital guy from South Africa. He runs a bunch of online and mobile stuff for a bank, consults a bit, speaks a tad, drinks wine and proudly represents Johannesburg's greatest 20/20 cricket side - The Fine Legs.
