From the monthly archives:

August 2010

Wanna walk the talk? Join our social media team

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I have been preaching good social media practices for nonprofit organisations for quite a while. Now I was offered the chance to “walk my talk”, a chance to I also want to extend to you “out there”. Lemme explain. In October this year, there will be an event, dubbed “AgKnowledge Africa”. It is participatory conference, [...]

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Power tools to manage multiple Twitter accounts

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For the past 18 months, I managed a dozen different Twitter accounts. From each, I tweet simple text phrases, links, and pictures. I follow my social crowd closely, checking the replies and direct message I get. I also retweet and engage into conversations, as a good social media user should do. In short, I am [...]

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Paper.li turns your Twitter stream into a web magazine

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My post about “Flipboard”, an iPad application which turns several social media streams into a slick magazine, stirred up some discussions at a local Tweetup. In the article, I complained about the boring feat of browsing through your Twitter stream, which is nothing more than a mere list of links and comments. While Flipboard turns [...]

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Flipboard turns Twitter and Facebook into an iPad magazine

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For someone who only upgraded from a 1997 Palm III PDA and a 2003 Nokia to an iPhone last year, I am now proud to be part of the in-crowd: I have an iPad. The only reason why I have an iPad, is that I dreamt of having an iPad. I believe in my dreams. [...]

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Is blogging still fun?

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I am not sure how often I feel like walking a road, ending up somewhere at a hurdle. And then I look around me and think “How did I end up here?”. I mean this “blogging thing” is great. It gives the power to distribute information “to the masses”. Being an anti-authoritarian at heart, I [...]

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Love is… letting her choose your blog’s banner

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Cartoon inspired by the work of Kim Casali

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