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  • … but why the redesign, Matty?

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    As you may or may not (I hope you have) noticed, I’ve launched a redesign for my blog today. After a week or two of planning, thinking, designing and coding, the redesign is finally here. You may, at this point, be asking yourself; “but why?”; here’s why: A fresh look and feel. – I wanted…

  • Win copies of Tweetie and DevonThink Pro on Mac Appstorm

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    A few minutes ago on Mac Appstorm, David posted a competition where readers can win one of two copies of Tweetie, a Twitter client for OS X, or a copy of DevonThink Pro, an application used for filing and organising documents, as well as aiding in the creation of a paperless office environment. According to…

  • Prank your friends on Zoopy’s “Framed”

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    OK, so April is coming to a close. That doesn’t mean that April Fools has to end. I think the team at Zoopy would agree. Earlier today, the team at Zoopy.com, a South African social media community, launched a new campaign called “Framed“. This campaign enables users to prank their friends, neighbours, family or random…

  • Gatorpeeps – An African micro-blogging platform

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    “Africa’s talking, are you?” – the Afrigator slogan, the company that has (a few minutes ago) released it’s new product, Gatorpeeps, an African micro-blogging platform similar to Twitter. Gatorpeeps has some really nifty features, including hashtag (#) communities, allowing easy categorising of “peeps” (“tweets” on Gatorpeeps) as well as streamlined searching on various topics through…

  • Do non-personal Twitter streams work?

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    Is it not going against the core purpose of Twitter to use the service as a group account (for example, an account for one’s company)? Does it really achieve the return that the company is looking for in terms of interacting with their market? Do Twitter users catch on to this and not interact with…

  • Why aren’t there more South Africans on Tumblr?

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    I believe this question to be pertinent, of late. Why aren’t more South Africans on Tumblr? It seems like the service hasn’t really taken off here. The microblogging – come – blogging – come – information sharing service is the perfect way for inexperienced internet users to be introduced to the web and concepts used…