Yesterday was a fun day. I was offered an LG Viewty phone to play with and to comment on, and it’s a fine-looking phone. And I get to keep it. I am beyond tickled pink. I am tickled all the shades of the rainbow. Why the excessive celebrations, one might wonder? It’s because I am […]
Anja Merret
Anja Merret lives in Brighton, United Kingdom, having moved across from South Africa a while ago. She started a blog at the beginning of 2007 and is using it to try to find out everything important about page ranks, traffic and all things internet-marketing related.
Her soap-box material is the war in Iraq and anything that causes innocent people to get hurt. She also loves tech stuff, as an amateur only, and considers herself a Silver Surfer Gadget Girl Geek. Huh? Her musings may be found on http://www.anjamerret.com.
She has recently started a new venture, offering marketing advice to newbie business folk. It's especially for those who by necessity find themselves self-employed. Read more at: http://www.marketingfundi.com
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It’s all in the attitude
Yesterday was a fun day. I was offered an LG Viewty phone to play with and to comment on, and it’s a fine-looking phone. And I get to keep it. I am beyond tickled pink. I am tickled all the shades of the rainbow. Why the excessive celebrations, one might wonder? It’s because I am […]
Posted inBusiness, Tech
Free advice to anybody wishing to start another Facebook
This is the kind of business about which people dream and fantasise. Facebook was launched in February 2004. In November 2007 it was reported that Microsoft bought a 1,6% share of the company for $240-million. You can do the sums to check out how much the market seems to think Facebook is worth now, in […]
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Make space for the PC in the museum
Three days of wonderful inspirational stuff at the Flash on the Beach conference has regrettably come to an end. As an aside, I got a beach towel and beach thongs, or flip-flops for the South African readers, in my free handout kit. It’s all of something like 14 degrees during the day and four degrees […]
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Is it the end of the line for the PC already?
An interesting article by an AP reporter talks about the decline in PC sales in Japan. It comes just a few days after a debate with some friends found us mulling over the same issue. My idea that the life of the PC was limited and that the computer as we know it was on […]
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The rise and rise of cellphone connectivity
According to Jan Chipchase, principle researcher for Nokia, there will be three billion people connected on cellphones by the end of 2007. That is a fair chunk out of the approximately 6,3-billion people inhabiting the Earth. He also anticipates that within another two years, a further billion people will be connected. Wow. That puts a […]
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The rise and rise of cellphone connectivity
According to Jan Chipchase, principle researcher for Nokia, there will be three billion people connected on cellphones by the end of 2007. That is a fair chunk out of the approximately 6,3-billion people inhabiting the Earth. He also anticipates that within another two years, a further billion people will be connected. Wow. That puts a […]
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A radical rethink of our lifestyles is required to save the planet
The latest assessment by the United Nations of the state of the world’s environment paints the worst picture of the health of the planet yet, according to an article in the Independent. Since the last report, published in 1987, almost every index used to assess the planet’s well-being has worsened. The three worst problems are […]
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A radical rethink of our lifestyles is required to save the planet
The latest assessment by the United Nations of the state of the world’s environment paints the worst picture of the health of the planet yet, according to an article in the Independent. Since the last report, published in 1987, almost every index used to assess the planet’s well-being has worsened. The three worst problems are […]
Posted inGeneral
Who decides the priorities when saving the world?
What most people shrugged off as rubbish 20 years ago is now perceived to be the gospel truth. And now there are such vitriolic evangelists in favour that one has to be superbly courageous to even voice an opinion against it. This truth is the issue of global warming. There, I can already see the […]
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Who decides the priorities when saving the world?
What most people shrugged off as rubbish 20 years ago is now perceived to be the gospel truth. And now there are such vitriolic evangelists in favour that one has to be superbly courageous to even voice an opinion against it. This truth is the issue of global warming. There, I can already see the […]
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Obesity is not our fault any more — really
A news headline on BBC‘s daily newsletter practically jumped off the page at me. It says: “Obesity ‘not individuals’ fault’”. And it continues with the first paragraph stating that individuals can no longer be held responsible for obesity. Furthermore, it is now up to the UK government to act and do something about this. What? […]