Die spammer scum!
We all hate spam (except for the Monty Python “Spam” skit, but that was, well, completely different). And there’s been very little way to fight back…until now! The Blue Frogs are pioneering a way to stop spammers – by shutting down their websites if they don’t stop sending spam.
Have you found your "Flow"?
I read this interesting article on the Fast Company website (click here to read the article.) The article talks about "flow" - that state of being when you are completely immersed in doing something you love. And the question: how do we achieve that it business? Hmmm...
FedEx blows it
Thanks to Steve Rubel for an awesome link. The FedEx Furniture dot com guy (Jose) loves FedEx. So much so, that his entire apartment is furnished with FedEx packaging. He raves about it online and has an eclectic readership who are fascinated by his obsession. As...
The Referral Economy…
...is Time Europe's phrase-of-choice when describing word-of-mouth networks and tagging in this article entitled Taming the Wild Web, published on the 14th August. A great quote from the article states, "...companies are banking on the notion that, in the aggregate,...
Selling body parts
Today, in Durban, South Africa, 5 doctors gave themselves up to the police after warrants of arrest were issued for them (read News24 coverage). In short, they are part of a global network that buys and sells human organs, especially kidneys. The story as it stands is...
The Business Experiment: Watch this space!
Ooooh, this is a goodie. Possibly the best example of the Connection Economy I have seen at work. The Business Experiment is an open-source business adventure. Check out this blog entry from the site which gives a short explanation of the concept. Go and read it, I...
Wikipedias as cultural references
Wikipedia is an open source, free-to-use online encyclopedia built by people like us for people like us. In order to cater for cultures across the globe, Wikipedia offers it's content in hundreds of different languages. Problem is, content is not simply translated...
Book Review on Cause Related Marketing – Who Cares Wins by Sue Adkins
I attended a breakfast this morning where Sue Adkins an international expert on Cause Related Marketing did a presentation . See more about her book at Kalahari.net or Amazon.com ISBN 0 7506 4481 8 What struck me was how technology is changing the global consumer . We...
Ever read the EULA?
EULA = End User License Agreement. That annoying scroll-down window of text you always ignore when installing new software. I must've installed software hundreds of times, and never once read the agreement. My indifferent attitude has never come back to bite me,...
Christopher Walken for President in 2008?
I can't make out if this is for real or a hoax web site? I guess with all the Hollywooders that make the apparently obvious transition from movies to politics you can't be too sure? Check it out for yourself. Would you vote for Christopher Walken? (click here for the...
The Feedster Top 500 – blogs of the month
If you're interested in the month's top 500 blogs then check out Feedster's list (click here) Each month they list 500 'interesting and important' blogs. It's based on how many hits a blog gets. To be honest though I think I agree with Robert Scoble, the writer of the...
Banks – make you think, doesn’t it?
Pete Carruthers is one of my favourite commentators (he needs a blog!). He sends out a regular email (click here to sign up for free), and is a great advocate (he calls himself a Warrior) for small business (mainly in South Africa, but his stuff is great for...
Blogging as a career
I picked up a kewl post on CherryFlava today (click here) about Blogging becoming a paid career opportunity in some companies on the globe.(click here for full article at Courier-Jornal.com) Companies employing bloggers are seeing it as an opportunity to use a...
The WaybackMachine
Here's a post that you'll all thank me for. You know how sometimes (well actually most of the time) you wish you could see what a web page looked like last year, or the year before that, or even way back in 1996, but you neglected to save it to your hard drive? NOT!...
I C E Campaign launched
So you're involved in an accident. The paramedics arrive. You're unconscious, but there's a cell phone in your pocket/bag. Who do they phone to work out who you are, or who needs to be notified? That's the idea behind the In Case of Emergency (ICE) campaign. Prompted...
Back to school Gap
Red Nova News reports today from the San Jose Mercury News that as Northern Hemisphere students look forward to the opening of a new school year, a generation gap emerges - "what to buy for back to school?" Largely its a matter of what technology purchase will be most...
The Difference
What is the difference between good and bad service? The 11th of August was a big day for me. It was Biannual Cellphone Upgrade day. Time to trade in my outdated (and somewhat worse for wear) Nokia 6100 for a shiny new handset. I'd checked out all the specials, seen...
Negative Connections?
The UK holiday season has been left reeling with the Industrial Crisis at British Airways. Tens of thousands of travellers stranded at Heathrow and tens of thousands more left stranded in other countries trying to get home. More than 500 flights cancelled due to the...
Communicating in the connection ecomony
A few days ago I got a bit of flack on the Quality debate. I’m bored with that topic, so I won't go there, but a few interesting things came out of that posting (and a few in the past that have been turning over in my mind), that I felt I wanted share with you as a...
Podcasting goes mainstream
Podcasting, according to Wikipedia, is a method of publishing audio broadcasts via the Internet, allowing users to subscribe to a feed of new files (usually MP3s). It became popular in late 2004, largely due to automatic downloading audio onto portable players (like...