Antipodean Media big business
So I was lucky enough to get an internship at the The South African, a weekly newspaper which caters for South Africans living in London in January last year. The company who runs the South African...
View ArticleBig Blog Directory
Ok, so thanks to my friend Nic I found this cool blogosphere initiative! Bloggers unite, go and register your blog on this site, do it now I tell you now!!!Mwahahahaha!
View ArticleAt least I got over 60%....
I suppose I should count my blessings...I got my marks back for my design portfolio and got 63%- 3% above the hallowed cut-off mark...possibly one of the lowest marks in the class if not the lowest. I...
View ArticleThe Media's responsibility
I was browsing my feed from News24 this evening and found this story "Kebble: Media given a blast"....In the story Vusi Pikoli, the head of the NPA, stated that he thought that the media had left much...
View ArticleThe hollidays and exam results
So I have been on holliday for a week and a bit....I have gotten zero done yet...but there is still plenty of time I suppose. Results come out either tomorrow or Friday, I am quite scared to be...
View ArticleBloglines
I meant to blog about this ages ago...I have been using bloglines for a while- after Gregor put me onto it when I said that I go through my blogroll every morning when I get up...but with bloglines you...
View ArticleIts been a long road
....but I am finally there. Confirmation came through that I was into 4th year a while back but in the excitement I just havent found the time to blog about it!I am happy but also sad- one of my good...
View ArticleHere comes the new academic year
Sorry for all of you who have already gone back to varsity/are working etc- I only start on the 12th of Feb! ;-)As the Chinese curse goes: "may you live in interesting times" and this year is sure to...
View ArticleSo its been a while...
Right then, so its been a while since I blogged!Time is an issue in my life these days and no, I don't make time to blog anymore- evidently.My life over these past few months has been pretty busy. 4th...
View ArticleSL has a new Editor!!!!!!!
Ok, I know this is a week late and that I haven't blogged in AGES!! AGAIN!I saw that SL has a new editor and, because her editorial was, to be frank, disgustingly short and left certain key questions...
View ArticleThe trip to New York Chapter 1 Part 1
Ok, I have decided to post all of these together or when I have time, after the fact over the next few weeks as i didnt have time last week to actually sit down and do this stuff.Chapter 1- getting...
View ArticleChapter 1 Part 2- Joburg to Paris
Welcome back, good to see you! ;-)So there I was, cramped and suffering on a Delta Airlines (operated by Air Fance) flight to Paris Charles de Gaulle (or however you spell his name) airport, I was more...
View ArticleChapter 2- NY Day 1
I gained time when I flew over the Atlantic.When I landed at JFK airport it was 10 in the morning (after having left Paris at 8 in the morning) and as I shuffled through passport control I was...
View ArticleNew York...a summary
Ok ok, sorry about the delay...life and work happened!I can truly say that New York was one of the best experiences of my life.Not only is the city so great but fact that I used my own money to get...
View ArticleMy mad xhtml skills
Today we learnt a variety of skills in New Media:For instance:How to make aHorizontal linea main headera main headera main headera main headera main headera main headerA tableRow 1 Column 1Row 2 Column...
View ArticleEssay for Web development intensive
Hello there friends,Below is an essay which I had to write for my web development course:The topic was: "Define Web 2.0"Let me know what you think! :-)There is no clear agreement on the true meaning...
View ArticleOpera: First impressions
So last night I had a rush of blood to the head and decided to download Opera- the web browser.I am an avid fan of Firefox and last night I came to see why....Opera was cool but there were key things...
View ArticleUsing the web to put yourself out there
********UPDATE*********freelancentral.co.za has got 20% off a lite portie till the end of the month...dammit why didnt I see this when I registered lolclick here to read about...
View ArticleWhy thought leader can't truly be a "blog"
Ok so I might take some flak for this but here goes.I am currently studying media management at the Sol Plaaitjie Media Leadership Institute at Rhodes University.One of the topics discussed today was...
View ArticleMiley Cyrus makes Time's top 100 most influential people...WTF???
I have been a pretty loyal reader of time for most of my life but lately I feel Time is losing its edge.A case in point was when I found Miley Cyrus' grinning at me from the midst of Time's top 100...
View Articlewww.tickyboxtv.com- Join up!
So there I was...minding my own business and busy whittling away the hours on Facebook when a friend of mine, Bryan Vlok, changes his status to "Bryan is launching tickyboxtv.com" so being the curious...
View ArticleA world gone mad
I am sad that this is my 50th post on this blog...Its not often that the news affects me this much...The people of South Africa are angry. Angry because of high crime, poverty and joblessness. Angry...
View ArticleMac or PC?
I started my long and ongoing relationship with computers on a mac- (17 years ago now) and thought it was the shizniz! The only reason I went to PC is that there are more games available for it.So we...
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