Team Mail and Guardian have gone public, somewhat earlier than i think they were hoping, with Amatomu. Aimed at being some sort of round up of the SA blogosphere, I think its a really exciting development.
I like the idea of being able to track mentions of keywords / phrases such as “BMW” within a South [...]

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I have no idea if this is old or new news. But I was really impressed to find an embedded audio player inserted by Google into a post by Tomorrow Today.
Just so convenient i tell you.
I’ve actually been using Google Reader as my RSS reader after my demo to FeedDemon expired. I was going to [...]

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A post on Dave Duarte (.co.za) points to technologyforafrica.org. They’re gauging interest in a web and technology conference.
From the site:
We’re trying to figure out whether there is demand for a web and technology conference in Southern Africa, and we’d really appreciate your help if you can spare a few minutes.
I’m really behind something like this. [...]

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Podosphere? … i don’t know.

Mail & Guardian has started a weekly podcast. A virtual frolic between the pages with Tony Lankester as “the voice”.
We’ve decided to join in the fun and are aligning ourselves with it. I reckon its a very well positioned media placement.
Anyway, I thought i’d ask Matt Buckland, Publisher of Mail [...]

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After a seriously intense production process, BMW went “live” on friday with a commercial highlighting aesthetics. The question of how do we know what is aesthetically pleasing to the eye is raised. The answer - it cannot be calculated, only felt.
Anyway, I’m not here to talk about whether the ad is good or bad (although [...]

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I’m not going to say too much here, as Cherryflava has put it so well here.
Daily winners usually chart between 20,000-60,000 views; the Wii commercial? It’s been viewed 738,986 times — and counting — making it the most watched video anywhere on YouTube.
I find it quite strange how all you ever hear about in [...]

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I just don’t know when i’m going to get the time, so here’s a quick summary of 2 post-worthy items:
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Title: Ananzi talks shop.
Abbreviated thoughts: I think they should be focusing on getting their search engine right before they start building shopping portals. I did a search for a used BMW 1 Series and got a [...]

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In internet terms, I’m quite late on posting this, although I did see it a while back.
Chris Anderson, author of The Long Tail give us a few interesting stats that really re-inforce the speculation the mainstream media is on the down:

TV: network TV had its lowest ratings week ever in July.
Music: weekly album sales set [...]

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When is the value gained by trying to protect music copyrights outweighed by the intangible value of a whole lot of consumers hating who you are? (sorry, not the most elegantly put question)
Well over 1000 comments spread over only 5 posts on Mark

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