Santam V. Nandos

by Nekesa on April 25, 2012

IT IS WAR! And I love it! Nandos, who you may remember from their Last Dictator Standing video, launched a parody of a Santam ad. Santam is an insurance company and I love the fact that they not only came up with this incredibly entertaining ad to begin with, but that following the Nandos parody [...]

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Happy New Year!

by Josephine Nekesa Were January 9, 2012

Happy New Year everybody! The year is off to an interesting start with lots of exciting things to think about. People are loving or loving to hate the new Facebook timeline. Google+ is fast gaining popularity with some people forecasting that it will have more than 400 million users by the end of 2012. We [...]

Tagged as: facebook timeline, google plus, ipad 2, Samsung, samsung galaxy ace, toshiba tablet

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Filling in your new Facebook timeline.

by Josephine Nekesa Were December 19, 2011

The Facebook timeline is here! ‘So what?’ you ask. Well, your personal profile will be replaced with your new timeline on 21 December 2011. Right now though, you should see an invitation to try Timeline at the top of your Facebook screen, or you can go ahead and activate it here. The timeline is a [...]

Tagged as: facebook privacy, facebook updates, featured events, filling in new facebook timeline, life events, mark zuckerberg, social media, timeline

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Everything you need to know about the Facebook updates you hate

by Josephine Nekesa Were September 25, 2011
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Mark Zuckerberg’s keynote at the fourth f8 conference introduced some major updates to Facebook, which many people seem to dislike. Timeline The timeline has been described as the heart of the Facebook experience. It provides a space for all your stories, all your apps and a new way to express who you are. It is [...]

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You are what you tweet

by Josephine Nekesa Were September 24, 2011
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About two weeks ago, I opened a twitter account for this blog. Then today, I came across visual.ly, a community to share data visualisations and infographics. So naturally I decided to create a visualisation for my new account. I’m not doing too well so far. But it’s still early days! Try it out. Find out [...]

Tagged as: infographics, visual.ly, visualisations

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Social Media Etiquette

by Josephine Nekesa Were September 20, 2011
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Just like any other social or business forum, it is important to exercise good manners on Facebook and indeed any other social networking site. It also helps to always remember that what happens on the Internet, stays on the Internet. Here are a few areas, which you need to pay special attention to in order [...]

Tagged as: buttermouth, C.G. Lynch, chris brogan, christopher null, social media, social media etiquette, tamar weinberg, tom miller

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How your non-profit can make the most of Facebook

by Josephine Nekesa Were August 1, 2011

It is extremely valuable for non-profits to be on Facebook because of the number of active users and potential volunteers, funders and beneficiaries that they get access to. There must however be a strategy to having a presence on Facebook. Fan page not personal profile Set up a Facebook page for your non – profit; [...]

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Why your company needs to be on Facebook

by Josephine Nekesa Were April 26, 2011
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Have you written off Facebook as just another social networking site for youngsters? Here are some reasons why you might want to rethink things and jump aboard!

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How to maximise battery life of the Huawei IDEOS U8150-D

by Josephine Nekesa Were April 11, 2011

Many people, including me, have bought the Huawei IDEOS U8150-D smart phone. Battery life has proved to be a huge concern for me, and I found out that this is actually the case with most android phones. The most basic solution, I guess, is to turn the phone off when you do not need it. [...]

Tagged as: android battery life, android phone, Huawei IDEOS U8150-D

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10 reasons to join Facebook

by Josephine Nekesa Were February 7, 2011
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10 reasons to join Facebook

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