LinkedIn® For BlackBerry®

Mar 30, 2010 | ,

Making sense of social media is a daunting task. MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, various Ning networks, etc all vie for our time and our energy, each supposed to serve a purpose yet often seeming more like redundant spaces. Beginning last year, I made it my mission to figure out all these spots I had profiles on and understand better how to use them to achieve my online purpose. LinkedIn is one of these as the network for the more business-minded. I had a profile but probably only went onto it once every couple of months. I'm still finding my rhythm on LinkedIn but do find that it works for...

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PayPal Launches In South Africa

Mar 25, 2010 | ,

Being a layman when it comes to most technical things, there are certain things that I always seem to discover late and PayPal is one of those. I had always heard it being bandied around but never really took the time to figure out what it was about. Until, a couple of months back, I was chatting to a potential client in the US who needed some writing work done. I had spent time selling them my services and convincing them that I am best person to do their writing. Everything was going relatively well until we got to payment. 'What is your PayPal account' was the question that had me...

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The Skin I’m In

Mar 24, 2010 |

Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) in Johannesburg has a number of different experiential programmes that are designed to change and expand perspective. I have been fortunate to interact with the space quite a bit and, for the last four years, have spoken at the opening session of their programme for high schools students called Spirit of Youth. The first  session is always on Race and Identity. Recently, I was invited to come share my story at their Nexus programme for session on Identity. Essentially, they had a number of guests and we were each assigned a seat with a couple of...

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The Secret Millionaire

Mar 23, 2010 |

The reality television shows I enjoy have tended to have been ones that involve a real skill such as Project Runway, So You Think You Can Dance or Top Chef.  These shows do have a real impact on the lives of those who enter but none more so than The Secret Millionaire, which I recently got into. The show started in 2006 on Channel 4 (UK), and has also had four seasons in the UK and one season in the US and Australia. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWkvmqds7xo Essentially, a millionaire goes into a community (undercover as just another person) for 10 days and identifies people and projects...

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Nike’s Plastic Football Kits

Mar 22, 2010 |

Merchandising for football clubs (soccer for the Americans) is massive business. The various brands pump much development into securing sponsorship deals with the football clubs that are spread across the globe. Premier League, Serie A and La Liga clubs are now global brands and push out thousands of football tops throughout the world. Take one of the big teams globally and you’ll find that people, like me, will have home and away kits, as well as alternatives, tracksuits tops, etc. We are in a World Cup year and have just come out of the Africa Cup of Nations so national kits are also in...

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Sulley Muntari (AFF)

Mar 18, 2010 |

Being a Black Stars fan, I obviously admire many a player on the team, including Michael Essien, Stephen Appiah, John Mensah and Asamoah Gyan, as well as the young guard working their way into first team, after winning the FIFA U21 World Championship and helping Black Stars reach the Africa Cup of Nations 2010 Final. That said, from when he first burst into Ghana’s first team, I’ve been a fan of Sulleyman Ali “Sulley” Muntari. It is disappointing that he has been temperamental and, as a result, left out of the team because of his actions rather than his playing ability. For the recent Africa...

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