2009 March | Web AddiCT(s);

Graffiti by-law in Cape Town – sign the petition

3 Comments 30 March 2009

To: The City of Cape Town The new, proposed graffiti by-law criminalizes all forms of public art and violates our personal right to freedom of expression on private property. It makes no distinction between vandalism and public art that is done with the permission of the owner of the property. The by-law will soon be [...]

Africa

BarCamp Nigeria, see you there

7 Comments 27 March 2009

Dear Rafiq, It is with great pleasure that we invite you to BarCamp Nigeria 2009, which will take place in Lagos, Nigeria 24 April – 26 April 2009. We advise you to arrive on 24 April. You will be representing Feedalizr at this event. This unique event theme is: Web 2.0 opportunities and role in [...]

Innovation

Synthasite becomes Yola

No Comments 24 March 2009

Hot on the heels of the $20 million Synthasite investment, Vinny Lingham has just announced that Synthasite will be renamed to Yola. Why the change in the name from Synthasite to Yola? Have you tried spelling, pronouncing or remembering Synthasite? Exactly. Yola is so much easier to remember and is derived from the Hindi word [...]

Blogging

Top 10 Website Referrers to the 2009 SA Blog Awards.

1 Comment 23 March 2009

Voting is now open for the 2009 SA Blog Awards. Just had a look at Google Analytics for the Blog Awards site and found the following to be really interesting. Facebook – Bloggers who message their facebook group bring in the most traffic to the SA Blog Awards site. 2oceansvibe.com Twitter! at number 3 twitter [...]

Twitter

Twitter AddiCT(s);

5 Comments 20 March 2009

Are you AddiCTed to twitter yet? Find Your Web AddiCT(s); on twitter here @rafiq here @migueljds and here @lilji25 You can like to haz twitter on your desktop too.

Africa

TEDGlobal 2009 (Oxford) Fellowship applications open

No Comments 19 March 2009

If you have a look at Your Web AddiCT(s); twitter profile you’ll notice my bio states “Web AddiCT, TED fellow, dreaming inside a technicolour conversational prism”. Many of you have asked what exactly a TED Fellow is. Well, I emailed some of my fellow TED Fellows from TED Global 2007 in Arusha Tanzania (Where the [...]

Blogging

South African Blogs, Where to find them?

7 Comments 18 March 2009

One of the readers asked: Can you please tell me how to access a blog directory? Is there such a thing – how do I get to see all the local blogs on the internet? There are currently two ways to find South AFrican blogs: Afrigator Amatomu Afrigator is by far more superior than Amatomu [...]

Mobile Web

3 Ways to Earn Revenue from Mobile Web Traffic

3 Comments 17 March 2009

If like most of you who check your website statistics have noticed, the trend to mobile phone internet access is on the up and up and up and up. How do you as a website owner or blogger monetize your mobile traffic? The following 3 Advertising networks offer advertising for your mobile website or mobile [...]

HowTo

Unable to install or uninstall Adobe AIR?

9 Comments 11 March 2009

So while Adobe AIR was being updated to the latest version 1.5.something the internet connection dropped. Tried launching the app I keep tabs on the statusphere with (yip another new word) and the following error message pops up: This requires a version of Adobe AIR that cannot be found. Please download the latest version of [...]

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