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

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Mxit for marketing – some learnings
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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.

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Stop and think
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Tweet 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.

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Online organization
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The latest reinvention and consolidation of my online stuff.

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Social Media: Pause for thought
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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.

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PS3 Visualization
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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.

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Kindle Usability
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After using my Kindle for a month, it’s become my primary medium for reading. I’ve written about some of the things that make it such a comfortable experience, as well as some the reasons I still miss a proper book.

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iPad pricing for South Africa
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While we wait for the iPad to arrive in South Africa, I apply sketchy logic, debatable statistical methods and wild speculation in predicting the price of the iPad when bought locally.

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Alternate Reality applications
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Some thoughts on alternate reality applications, as spoken about at the 27 Dinner

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Shuuuuuun the unbeliever
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Charlie the Unicorn. At times annoying, at times hysterical. Always bizarre. Now as ring tone.

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