Digital Disruption

Seeing patterns and discerning the opportunity to transform and break from the trap of the routine # I’m fasting today in preparation for tonight! # Neil Turok at TED and his dream and plan for Africa http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/232 # 10 Ideas That Are Really Changing the World http://tinyurl.com/38q9yx # Tweet This Post

Very strange behavior in the office today … I guess people are getting the moving jitters or something … # @Armano I enjoyed being a voyeur at the AdAge conference today – thanks! BTW, what’s up with the hat? # @angelorganic You guys get free Starbucks coffee. Which do you prefer – free soda or [...]

The headmaster of St Stithians (my old school in Johannesburg), Dave Knowles, delivered the following speech to the boys recently: I wanted to spend some time with you today reflecting on the last two or three months we have experienced as a nation. Some commentators have called this the “post-Polokwane Syndrome”, after the events at [...]

Game on! NCAA March Madness!! # Why do we still have IT people who think they control the world like it’s 1960 at IBM? Wakeup people! Its 2009 and you’ve lost control! # Winter’s dying pangs … # Tweet This Post

Perfect timing by GS and JP Morgan to launch the Visa Inc. IPO on the day that the Fed cut rates by 75 basis points. Bizarre for the world’s largest credit card network to raise this amount of money in this doom and gloom equity market spooked by global recession, sub-prime nightmares and fears that [...]

I love the New York subway and bus system! When I lived in the city I used it every day to get to and from work and it’s still a favorite way for me to traverse Manhattan and Brooklyn when I visit. The MTA is a vast network of subways, buses and railroads – According [...]

[image via boopsie.daisy] Heinz was rated top of all US marketers by the University of Michigan’s American Consumer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). Huh? A ketchup / pickle / condiment company that is over 100 years old? When you read AdAge’s analysis, you find something intriguing – Heinz is a leader in innovation – it produced 200 [...]

I received this via email from a friend in Australia … How often do you let other people’s nonsense change your mood? Do you let a Bad driver, rude waiter, curt boss, or an insensitive employee ruin your day? However, the mark of a successful person is how quickly one can get back their focus [...]

Image via Dosh Dosh. There appears to be a swing away from the mass of UGC and the Wisdom of Crowds back to a more balanced world of content generated by “experts” and/or curated/edited by experts. Check out the Newsweek article for a whole bunch of examples of this trend. The best line from the [...]

You’re not fooling me. You’ve launched a wonderful new campaign that shows such empathy and concern for those less privileged in Africa. So, what’s the bottom line (in the super tiny small print)? You’re going to donate 5c for every bottle of water sold? How generous! I’m sorry, I’m calling B-S on this one … [...]