Something happened on the way to the front page

Death of Newspapers

Early in 2006 I was featured in the now defunct Nova newspaper and about a week later the paper shut down. Back in 2004 I was featured on the front page of ThisDay newspaper and shortly afterwards it was also shutdown. Now if I was superstitious I would think those were bad omens for me. […]

 

Interview with Tom London on Talk Radio 702

Tonight, I did a quick interview with Tom London, the new host of the late-night show on Talk Radio 702 and Cape Talk. To demonstrate how easy it is to do a video podcast with my new Sony Ericsson w880i, I’m posting this video of the late-night team for those of you who listened to […]

 

TEDGlobal 2007: Session 11: Salim Amin

The final session of TED: Leadership and Truth opened with a short film with photos from the famine in Ethiopia. He opens with “My name is Salim Amin and I am an African.” The images from the film saved the lives of 3 million people. Images taken by his father, Mohammed Amin. A24 media project, […]

 

Bloggers represent South Africa at TEDGlobal Conference

Two of South Africa’s leading bloggers will be attending the first-ever TEDGlobal conference in Arusha, Tanzania, from 4-7 June 2007. 30 May 2007 (Johannesburg): South Africa will be represented by two of its most distinguished bloggers at the TEDGlobal Conference held in Africa for the first time. TED (Technology, Entertainment Design) is an annual conference […]

 

Online public relations and top keywords

The Web will go down as one of the greatest equalisers in history. It allows small companies or even solo entrepreneurs like me to compete with large and established companies. My company generates all its publicity through sending emails to over 500 journalists in South Africa. These journalists include everyone from newspapers, magazines, radio, television […]