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Did you know that the first printed books in England would leave a blank rectangle at the beginning of a chapter so that an illuminated capital letter could be written in? It's a great example of a hybrid publishing system, and we can see the same, although in different forms, as ...

Business anthropologists like myself observe people’s habits and behaviours, and translate these observations into useful insights about their lives, and how they interact with products and brands. Knowing and understanding how people use products at present can enrich the understanding of future trends.Lately, I have been asked all ...

In a recent update on Twitter, influential tech blogger Robert Scoble said the following: "The problem with Twitter as news source: repetition. Robert Novak's death has crossed my screen dozens of times already."My response to Mr. Scoble is that I don't think Twitter is the problem. Instead, his network ...

Social media this and that still seems to bombard us everyday, and South African marketers are quickly coming to grips with it – we have to, we have no choice. According to a recent survey, we now know that about 74% of the SA Internet population use social networks of ...

One of the great joys of my annual trip to London as a judge of the CNN Multichoice African Journalist of the year awards, is to catch up on journalism in a capital where it is practiced in its finest form, and to be privileged enough to read the cream ...

There's no formula for guaranteeing the success of a startup and each new venture comes with its own story and own personal ideas of how to make it work. Still, there are some commonalities that you can learn from and prepare to encounter before heading into the great unknown.Here ...

A small South African web design and development company, Obox Design have announced a deal with well-known international blogging platform Posterous to supply custom design themes to their users.Posterous is a simplified blog site, funded by American seed-stage startup funding company Y Combinator, that boasts integrated and automatic posting to ...

Is unintentional self parody an art form? Constantin Films, production company of an otherwise obscure movie entitled the 'Der Untergang' ('Downfall'), which spawned an internet meme, has certainly taken self parody to new heights (or is that depths?). The clip from the film which shows Hitler, exasperated by the inability ...

CNN.com has launched site-wide integrations of Facebook Connect and new social plugins that allow the news site's users to recommend, share or comment on content with their friends on Facebook. The social enhancements also allow users to see when their friends have recommended, shared or commented on CNN.com content.“It's possible ...

With the FIFA 2010 World Cup around the corner, I decided to take a look at a couple of the iPhone apps on offer for our international visitors.Browsing through the iTunes app store I came across a few really fantastic apps on the one hand and a few, um... ...