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...
Views: 32 | No Comments » | posted on Friday, March 12th, 2010 | Tags: sxsw, sxsw South Africa
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...
Views: 30 | No Comments » | posted on Friday, March 12th, 2010 | Tags: sxsw, sxsw South Africa
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...
Views: 24 | No Comments » | posted on Friday, March 12th, 2010 | Tags: sxsw, sxsw South Africa
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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Views: 29 | No Comments » | posted on Friday, March 12th, 2010 | Tags: sxsw, sxsw South Africa
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...
Views: 263 | No Comments » | posted on Friday, February 12th, 2010 | Tags: cellphone, digital, engagement, mobile, news, social media, South Africa, Strategy
Fleishman South Africa were kind enough to lend me a Nokia N97 for a couple of weeks. This phone was coming into focus for me as an upgrade competitor to the iPhone 3GS. Add to that, a fairly nifty digital marketing campaign and my interest was pique...
Views: 2887 | 12 Comments » | posted on Friday, September 25th, 2009 | Tags: cellphone, gadget review, iPhone, mobile, Nokia, Nokia N97, product review
I had the opportunity recently to have a text exchange (read: questions by email -- the interview style of the time-pressed blogger) with Jake Larsen, head of the Nokia Music Store (Middle East and Africa). I was interested in how the Music Store has...
Views: 521 | 6 Comments » | posted on Monday, September 7th, 2009 | Tags: interview, Jake Larsen, music, music downloads, Nokia, Nokia Music Store
We're really proud to announce the next step in our digital journey at FNB -- the launch of the brand spanking new website.
The website relaunch has been a project of mammoth proportions, with amazing collaboration between teams from all over the ...
Views: 262 | 4 Comments » | posted on Sunday, July 19th, 2009 | Tags: fnb, web 2.0, website
Nokia's Teach the Technophobe: Eight brave Nokia fans have signed up to help some close friends and family join the messaging generation using the E75. Their technophobes will negotiate various hurdles and challenges. The one who finishes this traini...
Views: 283 | No Comments » | posted on Friday, July 10th, 2009 | Tags: E75, Gmail, Nokia, Teach the Technophobe
I've been victim (stupidity or entrapment, I'm not sure yet) to a couple of mobile subscription services recently. Browsing any old half-decent mobile site only to be hit with a 5 euro/month charge that apparently I opted into once downloading the co...
Views: 389 | 2 Comments » | posted on Monday, June 1st, 2009 | Tags: advertising, digital, ethics, Google, marketing, mobile, Vodacom
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