Justin Hartman

I’m not sure how I feel about this. Regator.com went into private beta today and I picked it up via this Techcrunch article. They’ve also got great exposure on ReadWriteWeb and even Mashable. These guys are a blog aggregator that not only use the Afrigator crocodile, similar domain name and colour scheme and I have to feel this is a little more than a coincidence. There is little ....

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Over the weekend I learned about how KFC suppliers overpopulate birds in their factories, drug them and boil them alive to remove their feathers. I honestly couldn’t believe what I was hearing so I did some further investigation. It turns out that PETA, an animal rights organisation, along with PETA activist Pamela Anderson have formed the Kentucky Fried Cruelty campaign to help spread the word. While this is ....

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Yesterday I happened to notice two Sunday Times newspapers lying next to each other. One was from 30 September 2007 while the other was the latest edition printed on Sunday 22 June 2008. In the space of just nine short months the cost of the Sunday Times has increased considerably in each of the following countries. South Africa September 2007 = R9.95 June 2008 = R12.50 Difference = ....

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Mary Fitzgerald Square will be turned into a white winter wonderland …… all in the name of fun in the inner city. Yeah right! Yesterday we shipped off to Mary Fitzgerald Square in Newtown, Johannesburg where we’d hoped to share some moments like the one below. To our dismay though the Snow in the City event, sponsored by Nando’s, The Star and JDA, turned out to be a ....

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Brace yourself for one of the most random blog posts you’ll ever read from me! I drink a fair amount of coffee each day and I always stir my coffee in a clockwise motion while making it. This got me thinking about whether or not stirring coffee in a clockwise motion is the norm for right-handed people. It has been bugging me for about three days now so today ....

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Technology and globalisation go hand-in-hand. Globalisation unleashes technology, which in turn drives companies to plan production and sales on a global basis. Technology changes the work we do and the jobs created by it demand more education and training. It also changes the way business operates by transforming relationships between suppliers, producers, retailers and customers. One aspect of globalisation that tends to be most apparent in almost every facet ....

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Yet another classic from the guys over at Common Craft. This one explains Social Media to all the layman’s out there - me included!!! ....

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