Facebook 101 or just a bad Sunday morning?

One of the things I have learned over the years is that I can write too much and that there is a lot that I want to write about but sometimes do not have the time to do so. It was only now that I realised that this must have started way back when I used to have what they called “Music Book” often favoured by girls. Even boys had that, silly.

Why you had #blackberryblackout

As many as 70 million Blackberry Mamas and Papas out there spent their uncomfortable blackberryless three days without any BBMs [Blackberry Messenger], Nokia Papas and Mamas were enjoying ourselves, tweeting and Facebooking such that I almost heard my right-hand thumb saying “ouch”.

Why I admire the f***ken Mark Esterhuysen

Like Julius Malema who said stuff and sang songs that are likely cost him his position as President of the ruling African National Congress Youth League – Mark Esterhuysen, too, did the same when he was swearing away his job as a newsreader at Primedia’s Radio702. This must have taken guts, courage and planning.

What #AManShallNot do, say, wear, drink, sing, etc

It was last week Saturday [2 July 2011] when I was hit by the hashtag #AManShallNot that had dominated Twitter that it was even trending at the time of writing. Without wanting to miss any of it, I joined the debate.

If Twitter was IEC and one’s followers were voters…

I have been following certain trends on the social network web sites and have found it amazing that some leaders are more vocal and visible than others. These, among others, include leaders who have a lot of followers and engage them a lot and those that are just there but not active.