Ease your frustration and learn how to improve your online searching

Many people have a problem in finding the correct or most suitable information on the web, this leads to frustration and ‘Google-hate’. The ability to search quickly and to filter information effectively is reliant somewhat on common sense and scanning but is mostly dependant upon using the most effective search techniques and basic rules.
The guys [...]

Seduction101 selected as a finalist at MIPCOM

South Africa’s first cross-platform minisoap Seduction101 has been selected as a finalist in the Cross Media Screenings category of the Mobile and Internet Screenings event at (MIPCOM08).
MIPCOM is the global content event for creating, co-producing, buying, selling, financing and distributing entertainment content across all platforms. It provides the key decision-makers in the TV, film, digital [...]

Digital closeness and access produces ambient awareness

The post below is featured on iLearn and I felt it was worth repeating here as the NYTimes article the post links to is very insightful and interesting.
We’re in an age where the average person is exposed to more information than ever before. Consider that one weeks worth of the New York Times contains more [...]

links for 2008-09-08

Whizle: A Simple Guide and Tutorial Making Tool
(tags: Screencasts Guides Demos)

How to take your PR and marketing content from available, to shareable to social
(tags: Content travel share onlinePR socialmedia)

RSS Mixer launches – making RSS Mashups easy

While clearing my RSS feeds I sometimes stumble across really interesting and exciting stuff – RSS Mixer is probably one of the most exciting sites I have found. I know it sounds dead geeky but I am *that* excited and had to tweet it immediately!!

I’ve been making RSS mashups for a number of years now [...]

You have until 1 Oct to enter your Makhulu Polane

A reminder that you have until 1 Oct to enter the 08 Makhulu Polane T-Shirt design competition.
Winner gets 20k in cash and your design will be sold in all Big Blue and Kitsch+Kool stores for two months.
Theme is ‘Funny Galore’ – funniest designs win, anyone can enter, you can enter multiple designs – just register [...]

Stick to your knitting

I am not a carpenter – if I need a bespoke coffee table I’ll find an experienced carpenter to make one.
My Dad is the vet, not me – I can’t heal my sick dog.
Just because I understand my own company balance sheet doesn’t mean I’m a financial or accounting expert.
I’m not a singer, if you [...]