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Entries from April 2007

10 Reasons why Cape Town can $*(^& Off!

April 23rd, 2007 · 2 Comments

I took this picture of the SUNSET a few hours ago, and wanted to make up a list of why it was so amazing to live in CAPE TOWN. But I didn’t have the patience to make up the list, so went to google and typed in “top 10 reasons to live in [...]

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Tags: out & about

Facebook Challenge: Eric Edelstein & Team to Shave Heads

April 23rd, 2007 · 1 Comment

Do you want to see me shave my head on ZERO?
I did it ONCE before, and never thought i’d have to do it again, but the team at the eSquared fashion stores have convinced me to get involved in their latest challenge…
They’ve set up a group in Facebook called eSquared (funny that!), and if they [...]

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Tags: esquared

Launch of Blog Directory

April 22nd, 2007 · 15 Comments

With so much happening in the past week, I haven’t got too much further with my blog aggregator project.
However, my intention is too add value.
Something I think will be useful is a straightforward directory - either by name or by company name of all the blogs. Often you want to know if a friend or [...]

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Tags: blog aggregator

Whose at fault? Moneyweb or M&G?

April 20th, 2007 · No Comments

It’s an early slightly chilly Friday morning, and after 5 hours sleep, i’m ready for the day. (I didn’t go for the walk, as it was too dark when I woke up)
So I spent my time that I was meant to be walking, checking my email and replying to my email and facebook messages.
…and then [...]

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Tags: SA advertising

NO Coffee @ 1st Open Coffee Club Cape Town

April 20th, 2007 · 4 Comments

Click here to check outThe Cape Town OpenCoffee Meetup!
Awesome first night. I know, I know - some of you wanted a bit more structure (Henk, Uno, Shelly). Send me suggestions of how we can make it even better next time round? Or if you want to help organise? Or if you want to sponsor prizes [...]

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Tags: opencoffee

Internet Celebrity’s in South Africa

April 19th, 2007 · 2 Comments

I was part of the 100 strong audience last night to watch Founder of the Creative Commons and author of the book Free Culture, Professor Lawrence Lessig. Lessig is in South Africa with the founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, to talk about “freedom of the Internet”.
(…and GUESS which row I was sitting in?)
I’d [...]

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Tags: internet · start up

FREE COFFEE @ Open Coffee Club Cape Town

April 18th, 2007 · No Comments

The 1st Open Coffee Club in Cape Town is happening tomorrow night (Thursday night) at 6pm at the Extreme Hotel…
It’s going to ROCK!
Extreme Hotel have reserved the section as you walk in (directly in front of the entrance) so you’ll see other Internet Entrepreneurs and Investors as you walk in!
They’ve also given 15 FREE drink [...]

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Tags: opencoffee

Want to work at TrafficSynergy.com?

April 18th, 2007 · No Comments

Shelly from TrafficSynergy.com (a Pure Play Affilate Network i’m involved in which is growing rapidly internationally and in South Africa - for those that don’t know TrafficSynergy is an Internet platform that matches advertisers and marketers on a performance basis) sent me the following email…
Contact Shelly direct on 021 425 4167 or shelly@trafficsynergy.com
“BRIGHT FAST LEARNERS [...]

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Tags: TrafficSynergy · jobs