CAPETOWN IS CHANGING

"With more than half the world’s population now living in urban areas, design has become an increasingly fundamental tool to make cities more competitive, attractive, livable and efficient. The World Design Capital designation is a city promotion project that celebrates the accomplishments of cities that have used design as a tool to reinvent themselves and improve social, cultural and economic life."

How can we make sense of what World Design Capital is and what the quote above means.Well, this is an international competition and a project that has been designed to demonstrate how design can change the lives of millions of people. Without really thinking about it, design does have a big social impact . People need to come together, look at their different communities and see were they can make an impact.

Many people feel that they need to do something extra-ordinary or big to make an impact. But it is all as simple as being the voice to those who don't have voices, telling the stories that are not herd, finding a meaning behind the story or message and expressing it through design. World Design Capital is an opportunity for anyone to go out there and help organisations or people that lack the skills in telling their stories. 

Cape town is a beautiful place with many sites to see. There is a need to articulate things that people need to know and learn. Lets all go out there and make a difference.

TweetDeck and Hootsuite

Tweedeck and Hootsuite.......who knew life can be easier if you just find the right applications. TweetDeck is a social media platform application that helps in bringing much more flexibility and allows users to connect with other social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Myspace and many more. 

It gives users the ability to view updates and follow profiles. what I didn't know is that it is the most popular application with 23% market share. Not only this, but it allows you to arrange your feeds, monitor and manage tweets, get information that is relevant to you and stay updated with all the current news.

Hootsuite works exactly the same. It helps you manage and measure all your social networks, just like Tweedeck, schedule all your messages and tweets, track what brands are being mentioned and on top market, analyse what is happening in the social media realm.

So. if you want to make life much easier, use Tweedeck and Hootsuite.

WHY GOOGLE ALERTS???????

GOOGLE ALERTS....I really didn't know what google alerts where and why one should have them. But funny enough, having google alerts are just as good as reading an article or a newspaper and reading news that interests you. What Are Google Alerts? Google alerts are updates that are sent to your email and deliver updates on the relevant Google results (web, news etc) based on what your queries are.

Each query that you may have and wish to monitor will be delivered into your email. This will help monitor news stories, keep current on information in the industry, receive the latest news on celebrities or any upcoming events as well as keep a tab on all your favourite sport and any other entertainment news.

http://www.google.co.za/alerts

COMPANIES AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES

Are companies wasting their time with social media profiles? This is a very interesting question. Now for many small companies, might quickly respond and say yes. Social media is a waste of time as most small companies don't see the benefits of using social media, and more importantly, don't see the return on investing on social media platforms.

But. there is a lot that companies can benefit from using social media profiles. Social media is growing on a large scale on a day-to-day basis. New applications are being created everyday to allow easy communication and advertising for businesses. Social media platforms such as; Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and Pinterest present a number of opportunities for businesses to reach and attract customers. More especially, it gives them the chance to build a good brand image.

lots of people are connected on a global scale and they take part in communicating and sharing information through online sharing. Information on social media profiles spreads virally very quickly. Companies using social media profiles will see that they can send out information to a large audience, be able to view what is said about them and respond to customers needs.

Is it all  a waste time?Well! for some yes, and for many companies, its an advantage and used as one of the many ways of communicating and developing relationships with their different stakeholders.

http://www.bluewolf.com/blog/how-does-social-media-affect-your-business

A Press Of A Button

When one says the word technology, what usually comes to mind? Gadgets, wires, Internet, cellphones and many more. We have moved from sending messages through a bottle to simply pressing a few buttons on a cellphone device and sending a message or going to the post office to post a letter to simply writing an email and receiving it in seconds.

Technology has allowed and made life to be made simple and easy. Anyone around the world can communicate with people all over the world by the press of a button. By a press of a button, you can shop online, send messages, receive information, keep tabs on whats happening all over the world, all this by the press of  a button, technology made really simple.

A number of technological advances have vastly changed the way we live, help us to make more efficient decisions and schedules, decrease levels of stress and make every minute count as buttons all over the world are being pressed. life as we see it today has become fast and everyday were having to keep up with it.