Allowing information to find you

In a blogpost by Mark Cuban, he discusses how Twitter and Facebook compete with Google in an era where social media are becoming more and more significant in business and social life. As is discussed so often, we partake in so many social networks that the idea exists that it is no longer necessary to [...]

Freedom Toasters the toast of the digitally divided town

 

At a time when the trend is to download and share information; music; video; documents; and software, a Cape Town-based company has come up with a creative way to bridge the gap between those who have access to the tools necessary to do so and those who don’t.
Freedom Toasters, as Breadbin Interactive has branded its [...]

Let it all out online

I’ve recently discovered two amusing websites that I find interesting to browse through from time to time: AngryJournalist.com and F*** My Life. Both provide a platform for people to anonymously confess and rant about things that they may not be able to in the offline world.
F*** My Life  invites people to share their humiliating and [...]

OFF=ON – making the offline world more webby?

“OFF=ON | More and more, the offline world (a.k.a. the real world, meatspace or atom-arena) is adjusting to and mirroring the increasingly dominant online world, from tone of voice to product development to business processes to customer relationships. Get ready to truly cater to an ONLINE OXYGEN generation even if you’re in ancient sectors like [...]

The Movement for Good – it starts with you

The Movement for Good is a network of organisations that have come together to inspire and mobilise South Africans to become active citizens for good, with a vision to build a country that lives its constitutional values, is safe, and offers the opportunity for all to build hope in our future. This is an ideal [...]