http://www.jayz.co.za Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:41:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I firmly believe that there is more - MUCH more - good in the world than there is evil. If we want to, we will find goodness and pleasantness all around us, wherever we go. And the bad that we discover will not affect us in any major way. Yes, ... http://www.jayz.co.za/2010/03/10/are-you-a-mona-or-a-moaner/ If you know me personally you'll know that I'm not that much into sports. I played soccer in my pre-teen years, but not much thereafter. I enjoy watching a good game of soccer, tennis, and other sports - but that's only if I happen to come across it playing on ... http://www.jayz.co.za/2010/03/10/pick-up-a-jersey/ A few days ago a company rejected one of our proposals. It was quite a decent-sized project which we pitched for, and the rejection certainly came as a disappointment. In the past, a situation like this would be met with assumptions of why we did not get the work, and ... http://www.jayz.co.za/2010/03/09/explorin-rejection/ The Internet has brought vast amounts of information to our fingertips. With all this information, and the rapid advancement in many industries (especially those which are Internet-related), there is often room for confusion, and ambiguity. For example, Gary Vaynerchuk (one of the people who really get Social Media) believes that ... http://www.jayz.co.za/2010/03/09/coaching-vs-training-vs-consulting/ In case you missed Google's Press Conference last night, Google launched a new social platform called Google Buzz. The Web has shifted to becoming extremely social and interactive in recent years, and this is going to continue without a doubt. Twitter and Facebook have been dominating the "conversations" on the ... http://www.jayz.co.za/2010/02/10/googles-buzzing-again/ Facebook has launched it's latest redesign this weekend. The first deployment has been to 80 million users - just a fraction of it's 400 million user-base. Many people are complaining about login and news feed problems, and I expect that this will be the case for the next few days. ... http://www.jayz.co.za/2010/02/07/facebooks-latest-redesign/ The traditional business mind has been trained to ascertain what the ROI (the Return On Investment) is before seriously considering any injection of time or finances. Social Media, being new and a current hype, is commonly the target of the "What's the ROI?" question. Actually, I don't believe it's all ... http://www.jayz.co.za/2010/02/07/social-media-roi/ Rumour has it that Facebook is developing it's very own Web-based email system. The system is dubbed "Project Titan" and if successful, will prove to be a rival for Google and Yahoo. Facebook us currently celebrating it's 6th birthday, and has recently passed the 400 million user mark. This new development ... http://www.jayz.co.za/2010/02/07/facebook-gets-into-email/ We're presenting three webinars next week, and we realised that some people may not know what a webinar is, hence this post. Simply put, a webinar is an online seminar - and there are typically two types. You can have a presentation-type webinar, where a presenter delivers to a viewing ... http://www.jayz.co.za/2009/11/10/what-is-a-webinar/ There has always been people on the Long Tail. This is nothing new. Being there was the end of it though. There was nothing else. Now, with the advent of Web 2.0, people on the Long Tail now have a voice, they now have access to markets and industries which ... http://www.jayz.co.za/2009/11/07/the-long-tail/