April 2007 – Nico Baird
Month: April 2007	Advertensies op web effektief
Posted in Afrikaans, Blogs, Internet, Online, South Africa	Justin.tv
Posted on April 19, 2007 by nicobaird	WAT sou jy alles doen om jou volgende projek aan die wêreld bekend te stel? Ek het die afgelope paar jaar baie snaakse goed op die internet gesien wat mense doen om, óf bekend te word óf om ’n produk te verkoop, en www.Justin.tv is beslis een van die oorspronklikste pogings wat ek nog gesien het. JustinTV is reeds 32 dae op die lug – of moet ek sê – op die web? Justin, ’n Amerikaner, het besluit dat dit dalk interessant sal wees vir mense om te kan sien wat dit behels om “Justin” te wees. Vir die volgende paar maande sal jy 24 uur per dag kan sien presies wat Justin aanvang in sy lewe.
Hy het ook drie vriende wat sy dae saam met hom deel. Vir ’n paar maande het hulle hul huiswerk gedoen oor die nodige tegnologie om so ’n deurlopende video-uitsending moontlik te maak en sover is dit uiters suksesvol. Dit maak nie saak waar Justin is nie, die video gaan ononderbroke voort. Jy sien die wêreld vanuit Justin se perspektief.
Die enigste probleem is dat soveel mense nou vir Justin wil dophou dat daar nie altyd plek is vir nog iemand om te kyk nie, want hul webbedieners kan net nie die massas kykers hanteer nie. Jy kan dalk nou dink dat almal dit seker nou sal wil doen, en jy sou reg wees. Dinsdag het Justine haar eie kanaal begin en nou kan jy vir 24 uur per dag ook na JustineTV kyk. Ek glo nie ’n mens sal vir dae aaneen daarna kan of wil kyk nie, maar dit is werklik die moeite werd om net te gaan loer en te sien wat op die web aan die gebeur is.
Posted in Afrikaans, Internet, Online, Video, Websites	iCall from iBurst – Now use the Internet for all your calls!
Posted on April 16, 2007 by nicobaird	iBurst launched it’s VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) Service on the first of April. Finally there is a way to get rid of that landline and make calls to any other phone number around the world at the cost of a local call.
Europe than it is to call Cape Town from Johannesburg from a traditional landline. If you are an iBurst subscriber you can now add this service for a very low monthly subscription fee. You can then buy vouchers to cover the cost of your calls. At the moment you can buy vouchers to the value of R100 and R200. iCall has strict security protocols which will ensure calls can only
be made with the username & password issued during signup – thus ensuring accurate billing. One of the biggest benefits in my opinion is that if you are moving to a new house or maybe starting a new business you can now have your whole communication network up and running in a day or two. Both your Internet connection and through that also your telephone system. Depending on what type of telephone network you want you may need to buy additional hardware but for a basic service all you need is your computer and maybe a headset with a microphone. You can also purchase a VOIP router into which you can plug your phone directly, to make things easier. When you make calls to other iCall subscribers these calls will be free of charge. ClickSA will be giving away a R200 iCall vouchers to the first 5 ClickKliek readers who subscribe to iBurst through ClickSA. For more information please click here and complete the form, we will then send you more information, you can also send your request to info@clicksa.co.za
Posted in iBurst, Innovation, Internet, South Africa, Websites	SA Rocks! – Badge competition and the winner is…
Posted on April 16, 2007 by nicobaird	SARocks.co.za ran a competition to find a new SARocks badge for bloggers to put on their blogs.
Posted in Blogs, Internet, South Africa, Websites	GetPodcasting.co.za
Posted on April 5, 2007 by nicobaird	’n NUWE projek is onlangs bekend gestel om Podcasting in Suid-Afrika te bevorder. Get Podcasting (www.getpodcasting.co.za) is daarop gemik om lede van die publiek die geleentheid te gee om hul eie podcasts te skep en dan op die blad te plaas. Ander gebruikers kan dan maklik daarna gaan luister en beoordeel hoe goed dit is. Apple Inc, Mini, 5fm en Coca-Cola is die borge van hierdie projek en jy kan daagliks groot pryse wen. Jy neem jou eie podcast (oudio of video) op en nadat jy jou gratis geregistreer het, laai jy dit op die blad.
Ander gebruikers kan dan na jou podcast gaan luister of daarna kyk en hulle kan dit beoordeel. Daar is R250 000 se pryse wat gewen kan word. Staan elke dag ’n kans om ’n iPod Shuffle te wen. Al wat jy hoef te doen is om na die ander podcasts te luister en te beoordeel. Dit kan nie makliker wees nie. Gaan vandag nog na die blad om te luister en te kyk! En indien jy iets het om te sê, neem dit op en plaas dit op die blad vir ons almal om na te luister. Jy kan dalk binnekort beroemd wees.
Het jy al jou gratis faks-tot-e-pos-nommer gekry? Sover het 200 lesers reeds hul gratis faks-tot-e-pos-nommers ontvang. Indien jy nog nie jou nommer het nie, tik jou naam en van in ’n e-pos en stuur dit aan info@clicksa.co.za. Die diens is gratis en maak dinge sommer baie makliker. Dit kan jou onderneming honderde rande per maand bespaar. Please remember to listen to the ZA Show Podcast from Cape Town! Please vote for this podcast!
Posted in Afrikaans, Apple, Internet, podcasting, Uncategorized, Websites	Tech in your Kitchen
Posted in Home, Innovation, Internet, Online, Websites	WOMF – Word of Mouth Forum
Posted on April 1, 2007 by nicobaird	DIE afgelope week of twee het ons almal op die plaaslike radiostasie gehoor dat ons moet Womf. Maar wat op aarde kan hierdie “gewomfery” nou eintlik wees? Womf staan vir Word Of Mouth Forum. Soveel keer gebeur dit dat ek geweldig ontevrede is met diens wat ek by een of ander onderneming ontvang het en dan wil ek dit graag aan die hele land verkondig en verseker dat dit nie aanhou gebeur nie. Daar is ook ander tye wat ek sulke goeie diens ontvang dat ek die hele wêreld na hierdie onderneming wil stuur om te verseker dat almal in hierdie goeie diens kan deel. Die vraag was altyd hoe doen ek dit? Hoe nou gemaak?
Wel, nou is daar Womf. Hierdie webblad is die antwoord. Hier kan jy jou registreer en jou mening uitspreek oor dienste en produkte en sê of jy gelukkig was of nie. Jy kan ander gebruikers waarsku en seker maak dat niemand anders die foute maak wat jy gemaak het nie. So leer ons uit mekaar se foute. Dit is belangrik dat soveel as moontlik mense egter aan hierdie forum deelneem aangesien die sukses van so forum daarop gegrond is dat massas mense dit bestuur en reguleer. Met lae syfers kan jy nie noodwendig ‘n eerlike en ware opinie verseker nie. Mense in die streek moet dus hul beste pogings aanwend om aktief betrokke te raak en te verseker dat “diens” en “gehalte” weer ‘n voorkeursaak by ondernemings in die streek word. Besoek vandag nog www.ofm.co.za en kliek op die skakel na die Womf-blad. Ek hoop dat ons binnekort nog ‘n groot aantal van hierdie webbladsye plaaslik sal sien.
Posted in Afrikaans, Internet, Online, Websites1 Comment	MyVideo.co.za – Share video online (South African)
Posted on April 1, 2007 by nicobaird	MYVIDEO.CO.ZA is South Africa’s largest video sharing website. Youtube.com has had enormous success all around the world and I am really excited about this South African version of this popular website.
MyVideo.co.za has, however, brought some new and exciting features to the table in the form of viral marketing. Through this, advertisers can actually advertise on videos which are popular. This is great news for advertisers who want the right platform to increase their brand awareness. Social networking has been an ever increasing phenomenon around the world and combining this service with a marketing platform, will enable the service to improve considerably. When I visited the website the first time, it was great watching local content online.
You are able to find it on international websites but having it on the front page of a local site just makes it better. You can rate the videos, share it easily with friends and post comments on the website. MyVideo.co.za is based in Cape Town and those involved are in the process of expanding the service and all the features in the near future. I think this website is one to keep an eye on as there are some great new features on the way. Convert you holiday movies or those funny home movies that you have made in the past to digital format and put it online. You will be amazed at how much fun it could be to share these moments with the world. Especially now that it is local.
Posted in Innovation, Video, Websites	Online Conferences – EduOnline2007
Posted on April 1, 2007 by nicobaird	EVERY evening this week I am attending a conference in South America. Yes, through the wonder of the Internet, I am able to work during the day and then from 17:00 to 01:00 I am attending live conference sessions and interacting with other delegates at the EduOnline2007 Conference.
This is the second online conference that I have attended and the previous one was about a year ago. Things have changed quite a bit. The quality of the audio and video has increased unbelievably. This has all happened not only because of the improvement of the infrastructure of the Internet world­wide, but also the software and compression techniques used to manage the delegates and their connections to the main venue.
When I was first invited to attend this conference I was worried about the bandwidth that would be used each day as it is quite a few hours that I will be receiving audio and video over the Internet.
The reality, however, is that the bandwidth usage was very low. How they manage it will be a topic for another column. Another first for this conference is that each presentation is presented simultaneously in three different languages. The presenter presents his talk in English and two other presenters translate it live into the other languages. The delegates have no idea that it is not the presenter giving the presentation in the other languages. When entering the virtual conference venue you choose your preferred language and off you go.
This medium for presenting conferences is in my opinion so effective that it may reduce the need to physically attend conferences considerably, and may reduce the expenses to attend conferences to such a degree that more conferences could be attended. This in turn will increase our ability to interact with specialists worldwide.
Posted in conferences, Innovation, Internet, Online, Websites	Goedkoper Internet bly ‘n droom
Posted on April 1, 2007 by nicobaird	EK sit vroeër die week en luister na een van my gunsteling-“podcasts” uit Amerika. Een van die stories wat onder bespreking was, was hoe ontevrede kliënte was met een van die Amerikaanse internetdiensverskaffers wat ‘n onbeperkte internetopsie aan kliënte bied, maar eintlik was hierdie opsie se beperking 200 GIG per maand.
My eerste reaksie was natuurlik dat ek nie kan glo dat enigiemand soveel data in ‘n maand kan aflaai nie, maar dan besef ek dat die spoed waarteen Amerikaners inligting van die net kan aflaai 10 of 20 keer vinniger is as die spoed wat ons in Suid-Afrika beskikbaar het. Baie Amerikaanse internetgebruikers huur flieks op die internet en laai dit af, soos wat ons ‘n DVD sou gaan huur by ons naaste videowinkel. Ons het beperkings van 3 GIG of 10 GIG per maand en dit is onbetaalbaar duur. ‘n Soortgelyke diens in Amerika kos sowat R300 per maand en sluit alles in: van jou lynhuur tot die diensverskaffer se tarief. ‘n Jaar gelede was ek oortuig daarvan dat ons binne een jaar aansienlike prysverlagings sal sien, maar die prysverlagings was minimaal. Selfs die nuwe toetreders tot die mark moet hul pryse tans nog hoog hou om die infrastruktuur daar te stel. Ek wonder soms of die maatskappye wat in beheer is van hierdie netwerke besef dat hul honderde nuwe intekenaars sal kry indien hulle net hul pryse effens laat daal. Hul winste behoort dan aansienlik toe te neem aangesien hulle dalk minder wins per enkel intekenaar maak, maar uit die groot aantal intekenaars groter winste sal toon.
Posted in Afrikaans, Internet	Page 1