As more and more of our world is digitised -- sales, maps, encyclopaedias, books, music, phone calls, radio, TV, you name it, it travels digitally -- companies constantly have to choose what to automate and what has to be done by human beings. In oth...
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...
Although difficult to define accurately, alternative media can be seen as the use of tactile and non-mainstream media options in an effort to reach the increasingly elusive and all-important consumer.
On hearing the word "alternative", the first ...
Context is a hell of a thing. That point was driven home to me today when Muti deleted a link without explaining how or why the post was deleted. A social book making site inspired by reddit and Digg but dedicated to content of interest to Africans o...
This week I Let Charl Norman Talk to me about Blueworld, big media and his goal to work in Silicon Valley.
What exactly do you do Charl?
I’m a internet strategist with a variety of skills for every aspect of a internet business including sear...
I have been following the series of Direct Marketing articles by Kieth Wiser published on Marketing Web with interest. I have noticed with particular interest, some defensive views from the Above The Line (ATL) crowd who are laying claim to the digit...
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...
Everyone knows that it’s about who you know and not what you know.. Being someone who is heavily involved in the online market, I’m continually dropping tweets, answering friend requests and plugging away at my keyboard on myriad instant messagin...
It’s taken me more than a little while to get round to breaking the seal on this blog. For openers, I'm taking the easy way out and plumping for a rant about two South African business sectors whose digital incarnations leave a lot to be desired.
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One of the primary goals of any serious journalist is to take whatever they are writing about, and cover it in plain, simple English so that anyone, regardless of prior knowledge, can understand the story. Journalists are, after all, communicators, a...
