Twitter Power User Series – Part 1

By now most people have at least heard of twitter.com, though don’t assume that everyone knows what twitter is or how it can be used. Research has shown that most twitter users rarely tweet and usually have very few followers. Mention the word twitter in a public space and you might still get a few [...]

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Foller.me – The Sherlock Holmes of the twittersphere

As most of us know twitter has very much entered the mainstream with just about every kind of web user setting up their own account. New twitter apps seem to be arriving on the scene on a daily basis and the platform has seen it’s fair share of extension and adaptation of late. To Follow [...]

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Does Google Friend Connect deserve a beta test?

So you might have noticed the box to the top right of this post with some friend avatars in it. I signed up to be whitelisted as a google friend connect beta tester and then as usual when signing up for these types of things forgot all about it. Google sent me a notification a [...]

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Salam BC, an impressive new business network

A few months ago I posted some designs on crowdspring.com for the re-brand of the social network which targets Muslim, Arabic and Middle-eastern interest groups. I won the contest and went on to complete a logo design according to the client’s very strict specifications. See Salambc.com Logo Design below: I signed up on the network [...]

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Quirk launches another great online venture – Ideabounty.com

What are these guys eating for breakfast, it’s like around every corner they have something new up their sleeves. That’s what I admire about Quirk, they keep one step ahead and aren’t shy to be daring. I think the tagline says it all, “the best ideas get paid”. So what is this all about then? [...]

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Blog Action Day 08 Tackles Poverty

Some of you might have heard about Blog action day last year. It’s an annual event setup by Envato (ex eden creations) to motivate bloggers to focus on a specific issue on a specific day by blogging about it in whatever way they see fit. By doing so bloggers worldwide created hype around environmental issues [...]

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What I learnt about networking from Shane Dryden

Shane the “Maven” of Ideate tipped us off on this excellent list of tips for surviving networking events. In fact I have first hand experience connected with Shane who recently rescued from feeling like the odd one out at a recent SA Bog Awards ceremony. Shane quickly introduced himself and started a conversation which sparked [...]

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WordPress Meetup Cape Town #2 takes wpcpt meets a step up

Yesterday’s wordpress meetup at the Bandwidth Barn was a step up from the first one held in Feb. Because of my huge workload right now this post will be written one sentence at a time. For now if you don’t yet know about the wordpress meetups check it out at http://wpcapetown.wordpress.com or just google “wordpress [...]

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What’s the whole buzz about WordPress 2.5?

As you may have heard WordPress 2.5, the much hyped upgrade from 2.3 skipping 2.4 has been delayed for more than the promised week. I don’t know much about what they’ll be doing with the new release and took a little peak at the demo site. So what is really different about WordPress 2.5 Admin [...]

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The Official WordPress Meetup Cape Town Logo

That is of course if anyone disagrees in and provides something better. I did a few roughs and seems this one was the favourite, so in the spirit of moving forward, I’m planning on whipping up an I’m attending button for you to put onto your blogs. Lets hope this will stimulate a little more [...]

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Yesterday was one Great day to remember- Open Coffee and all

Whfew! What a day, been getting birthday wishes(I’ve just turned 30) from all sides, messages of congratulations related to so many great things that have been happening lately and business looks set to boom in the coming months. I have to say thanks to all of you out there who have been keeping in touch [...]

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Care to join me on a Journey of Self Discovery and Creative Development

Like most professionals who also blog, I’ve wondered what steps to take to make what I do really rock so to speak; take it to the next level if you know what I mean. This post kicks off my nomadic blogumentary, a journey through the world of the web, creative thinking, social networking, business strategy, personal brand building and self discovery.

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