The social media buzz is barely dying down as more and more mainstream companies jump on the well-oiled bandwagon that has been created in the last couple of years. There is, however, one problem the social media gurus never told us -- harnessing the...
This story has captured my interest mainly because most people commenting on the post (link expires February 16) seem to be fairly misinformed about what is considered fair play on the web and the law.
To summarise the story it goes somethi...
In a multi-platform world where the news waits for no man or network, traditional media would do well to heed the call of the Beowulf that would consume them.
When long time host of NBC’s “Meet the Press”, Tim Russert, collapsed and die...
I found this interesting -- yet another example of social media being considered a viable facet of a marketing strategy.
Lenovo has sponsored this portal for athlete bloggers at the Olympics.
The site is well designed. Lots of bloggers wri...
It's fast becoming a bit of a cliche, but Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and Search Engine Marketing (SEM), really are changing the way we do business in South Africa. More and more enterprises are realising the value of strong web positioning, and...
I was in the hotel lobby waiting for my room to be ready and madly typing on my computer when a wide-eyed woman peeped around the corner, looked expectantly at me and smiled. I smiled back, and the penny dropped when I overheard her talking about her...
If you don't know what Wordpress is yet, just take a look around at the Tech Leader platform and see Wordpress in full swing. Tech Leader runs on the wordpress multi-user platform, one of the topics covered(by Ashley Shaw) at the Wordpress event I ha...
The South African blogging numbers for 2007 and the beginning of 2008 are in, and they tell a story almost as eloquent as do some of the blogs.
Just six months ago, blogging was the next big internet fad in South Africa. Seemingly from nowhere, in...
The "debate" about this year's SA Blog Awards has gone from irrational to hilarious to just plain stupid. Fuelled by a tiny community of self-proclaimed experts who doubtlessly feel left out of the action, the war of words has labelled the awards as ...
I've been pondering, recently, the rise of narcissism as a disease of our world. Depression used to be the problem, everyone swallowing handfuls of Prozac and eating chocolate cake in their pyjamas. Now, I believe, fuelled by our inherent egomania an...
