When I read the write up on Ping I was excited to try it out. I already use last.fm as a way of exploring new music based on recommendations of friends. iTunes is my main music player, so it made sense to have that sort of functionality built in to the tools I’m already using. My first issue is that [...]

Don your tin-foil hat and indulge in a fanciful conspiracy theory. Have cigarette companies found a new way of marketing to us?

If the me from 10 years ago had known the me now, I probably would have beaten myself up. How my perspective and attitude to technology has changed.

Changing over to the new Tweet button from Twitter may not be as obvious a decision as I initially thought it would be. Here’s where I ran into some troubles:

Auto-suggesting folders for filing mail with a nice shortcut to move the mail to the suggested folder would massively streamline my mail workflow.

Mxit is a dominant mobile channel within South Africa and learning how to get the most out of it is an ongoing experience. Here’s some key learnings we made on a recent campaign.

Last weekend while driving through Scarborough we saw that the Stop signs had been modified somewhat. This was the first one that we saw: Naturally we then had to stop and check out all the others. Not all had and some were just bizarre – “Stop for snails”. We need more of these around.

The latest reinvention and consolidation of my online stuff.

Jack Kruger from Old Mutual made some great points at the UCT Graduate School of Business’ Nomadic Marketing course that really put into context the impact and potential consequences that social media may have.

While the PS3 Gaia visualization may be eye-catching, it quickly loses interest and misses a few tricks that could make it really useful and engaging.