Traffic Synergy

Biggest social media campaign ever! #beatcancer

Friday, October 16, 2009
By Chris M

Over the past few months, there’s been a tremendous amount of activity in utilizing social media for charitable causes. Perhaps the most notable recent example is Drew Carey’s bid of $1 million for the Twitter name @drew, with all of the proceeds b...
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I bought myself a treat

Friday, October 16, 2009
By Chris M
I bought myself a treat

This is probably the last thing I should be buying in the world, but when I saw it, I just had to and I felt like treating myself, Caramel Fudge from sublime confectionery.. I’m allowed a treat now and then, surely?
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Porsche Parade in Cape Town

Friday, October 16, 2009
By Chris M
Porsche Parade in Cape Town

The 25th annual Porsche Parade takes place in Cape Town from October 23 – 25, where more than 80 Porsche cars will be on display. Drivers will compete for top honours in time trial and autocross events at Killarney race track, as well as a show a...
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The Cyanide Happiness book!

Thursday, October 15, 2009
By Chris M
The Cyanide  Happiness book!

Can you believe it, Cyanide & Happiness will now be available as a book! Gota love the editorial review “An odd handful of comics using random characters in random situations.”   You can preorder here. Rocking!!!
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Great example of Twitter attracting new business

Thursday, October 15, 2009
By Chris M
Great example of Twitter attracting new business

I must admit, I’m not the biggest Twitter pusher, in fact, I’ve had some fairly heated conversations about how I don’t think Twitter is useful from a ROI point of view. I have seen a few successful cases, but they’re far and few...
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Pole dancing championships

Thursday, October 15, 2009
By Chris M

First spotted on Facebook, then on justBcoz..
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Firefox 3.6 will notice tilted screens

Thursday, October 15, 2009
By Chris M
Firefox 3.6 will notice tilted screens

The upcoming version 3.6 of Firefox will be able to tell if you’re listing to starboard -and pass that information along to applications running in the browser. That’s because the browser will be able to detect the orientation of laptops an...
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Nail Twitter spam!

Thursday, October 15, 2009
By Chris M
Nail Twitter spam!

Twitter has been coming up with various Twitter spam blocking functions for their network and recently they announced that there is now another service available for users who are tired of spam. Click the “Report as spam” button under the Actions s...
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Aardvark expands a little

Thursday, October 15, 2009
By Chris M
Aardvark expands a little

For those of you who don’t know what Aardvark is, it’s a website which provides users with a questioning and answering service. The process works along the lines of this: Ask a question Aardvark finds the perfect person to answer You ...
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Wii Cyberbike!

Thursday, October 15, 2009
By Chris M
Wii Cyberbike!

Oh my word, lol, recently I’ve been looking for a indoor bicycle to try and burn some carbs and push my heart a little, but after seeing the prices, I sort of put the idea on the backburner for a while. Well, that was until now. I’ve just s...
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African innovators – Win your share!

Thursday, October 15, 2009
By Chris M

I received an email earlier to update me on Nokia’s movements in the African space as well as the application development space. As most of you know, Nokia has an OVI Store which is similiar to Apple’s AppStore, where Nokia users can downlo...
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A4U – Killer link building strategies

Wednesday, October 14, 2009
By Chris M
A4U – Killer link building strategies

The Search Cowboys have moved on from SMX to A4U and are kindly sharing coverage from the A4U Expo. Today’s topic was killer link building strategies and they share a number of tips.. Lyndon Antcliff said: Most of the time we user social media ...
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Monetizing Wordpress Plugins

Wednesday, October 14, 2009
By Chris M
Monetizing Wordpress Plugins

A lot of you know me for writing posts about making money online or driving traffic, so after receiving several emails about not talking about monetization much anymore, I decided that I would put a post together on a topic, which I looked for and coul...
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This weekend in weather

Wednesday, October 14, 2009
By Chris M
This weekend in weather

I tell you, if we get a weekend of wonderful weather, I really will be over the moon with happiness..
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Wine Review – Landskroon Paul Hugo Red 2008

Tuesday, October 13, 2009
By Chris M
Wine Review – Landskroon Paul Hugo Red 2008

It’s time for another wine review by Michael Olivier and this week it’s the Landskroon Paul Hugo Red 2008. Bags of red fruit from all three wines in the blend and forest floor mushrooms from the Cab Franc are the first impression. A blend ...
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SYTYCD – Janette and Brandon dance Hip Hop

Tuesday, October 13, 2009
By Chris M

I was watching So You Think You Can Dance this evening and one of my favourite acts was by Janette and Brandon, doing a hiphop vs rock routine.. Brandon rocks!
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