South African BAD SERVICE AWARDS!

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 07:31:03 +0100

Yes, there should be a "Razzy Award" for service in South Africa. I know that this would probably fall on the industry's deaf ears, but that's what not it's about, is it? What consumers need more than anything is some sense of vindication for the time, money and effort wasted on bad service providers (not to mention loss of wit!)

Having gone through client service training before, we were taught that clients can only be referred once. After that, if you must phyRead More...

Money vs Meaning

Tue, 11 Jan 2011 09:03:11 +0100

For the past two and a half years working for this company I've helplessly watched my job description regress invisibly from being a full-blown writer to the point where I am now making small proofing changes, copying and pasting crap and also retyping copy from pdf’s or web to word.

Every cell inside me is tossing toys from the cot, yet I know that no other positions I would take up would offer me the financial security of this job.

internet illiteracy and some other rants...

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 09:35:40 +0100

How do you explain this one?

So the rather large (and significant) financial services company I work for FINALLY decided to tap into social media. Okay tapping is a bit of a hefty word, let's say we're, er, well sticking a finger into a room adjacent to a room with an old pc (DOS) in.

We have been given our own blog space on one of our partner's blogging sites. (It's like that 3rd cousin twice removed thing which I'll never get). They feel extremely hRead More...

3 strikes you're out

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 09:29:46 +0100

just like forest gump...

My momma used to say that if someone treats me badly once it's probably their fault. If it happens more than once, though, she said to look at myself 'cos the problem probably lies with me, and I can't blame the cruel-cruel world everything.

Okay, mum is a bit of a wet blanket at times and not the world's most positive motivator, but this week I decided she must be right.

3 meetings scheduled (just me and someone else) with different peopRead More...

Me & a Ukulele

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:48:13 +0100

So... I'm an aspiring Ukulele player.
Well, sort of. I haven't got one, have not even searched for one, have no idea what these things cost... but I've been listening to some awesome Ukulele tunes on Youtube and have just made up my mind to learn the Ukulele.

As we get older I guess these adventurous compulsions don't find us that often anymore. But I'm reviving that ghost of a creative from whichever closet she's slumbering in and will attempt to learn something Read More...

Back in jail

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:20:47 +0100

AAAAh, I've had a marvellous 3 weeks away from the office.

VERY hard to be back in the office, aircons and heaters confukulating every immunity system in the vicinity. I'm already feeling like an in-love teen or a pre-menopausal lady, all ablush and aflush.

So the job-search is on (probably mostly because I hate being confined to a desk and need someplace which offers me more challenges and more freedom).

Mum always used to say that I'm completely uniRead More...

SA Rocks the Vuvuzela Moment

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:30:44 +0100

Goosebumps... as I walked outside

Traffic obscured by brightly coloured supporters, flags and an omipresent blast of vuvuzelas. It was just amazing to experience the GEES in South Africa. Our colourful nation is such a wonderful place... our people are the best.

I'm still struggling to get the hang of my vuvuzela (so far it's all spit and farting noises), but I will persist - SA ROCKS!

Juicy Apples...

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:04:52 +0100

I absolutely loathe and love days like these. I feel strangely empowered, magical, walking in a different dimension. And the dreams, wuhah! I woke up wet, panting, several times throughout the night... with blurry images of ecstasy and warmth and exposure trailing through my skin. Goosebumps.

So I wander through the corridors of this vast building with its thousands of souls, feeling as if I’m walking on... with the breeze that I feel now, more than ever – as if my sensRead More...

That age-old toilet-tissue problem

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:00:29 +0100

Public bathrooms are tedious at best, but they do present the odd interesting challenge, much to my dismay.

I was wondering if I am the only one struggling with the "unopened" toilet roll phenomena, since I always seem to be at the receiving end of this dilemma.

And after years of deep thought, strategising and theorising, I've still not managed to find a decent way to manage this problem. So, amidst my shredding the roll quite violently (tiny pieces of paper like confetti aRead More...

The day we shall meet...

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 11:56:49 +0100

I saw you standing there, waist deep in the panting breaks.

You were, for the moment, oblivious of me, entranced... staring at the horizon where ocean and air fused into a kaleidoscope of colour – dancing in our eyes. You lifted your gaze to watch that dark veil slowly slithering down from the east.

Your body glistened, palms caressing the fluid surface , barely touching the waves. Softly sweeping motions to accentuate the moon’s glow on your gently coiled muRead More...

Digital backlog...

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 10:58:58 +0100

Hi All

I haven't been on MyDigitalLife in, well, years. There are just so many blogging, social-networking and wiki sites to spill one's guts and air one's views that I must admit I've gone completely ape-sh!t on the net.

Back again and laughing at my two little blogs that I posted way back. Much has changed and much has remained the same. Growth and time seems to remind us concurrently how insignificant AND important we are. Reflection gives uRead More...

Smart Advertising: naming the nakedness...

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:41:14 +0100

It's amazing what a difference certain words make when it comes to name generation.

Unless you have time to market your product immediately and aggressively there are some ways to get word out there much easier when looking at the most searched words on the internet and the most used words in the English language and combining that with the the gist of your product in an intelligent and appealing way.

Smart slogans, taglines, business names and ads sell themselves by enticinRead More...

Lingo = Intelligence?

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:12:22 +0100

Working in Client Services at a prominent university, I have encountered several problems with the South African educational system.

Whilst there are so many different courses to choose from, the diversity somewhat defeats the purpose of improving personal and vocational specialisation.

Huh?

Allow me an explanation...

If you think of Leonardo da Vinci, Einstein and all them other fundis, two things they had in common was lack of technology and lack of deRead More...

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