Bottling the gees

[Marion Scher] Who would have believed that the main subject of conversation between middle-class white women over coffee mornings and dinner parties would be soccer? Who would have seen themselves grinning wildly and have an overwhelming urge to embrace total strangers spending their euros and dollars at our shopping malls? For the last month, the new national pastime became ‘go to malls, fan parks and stadiums to watch the tourists’...

[14 Jul 12:38]

[WWDC] Keynote thoughts from an African perspective

[Anice Hassim] SAN FRANCISCO: The mythical iPhone killer arrived today, but it was from Apple. A confident, proud and often passionate Steve Jobs strolled about the stage at Moscone West on Monday morning, 7 June 2010, unveiling the new iPhone, iOS 4.0 and ushering in the era of Facetime, person-to-person video calling.

Comments [5] [08 Jun 10:27]

[WWDC] The new Apple

[Anice Hassim] SAN FRANCISCO: Apple will once again be the centre of the tech universe this week and the buzz amongst the registering developers at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference here in San Francisco yesterday morning, Sunday 6 June 2010, was incredibly intense. There is a definite feeling in the air that this conference, against the backdrop of the trash-talking from Adobe and Google and others, provides an unusually talkative Steve Jobs an opportunity to put Apple's response front and centre.

Comments [3] [07 Jun 13:21]

[AdForum Worldwide Summit] A short note on Wednesday

[Johanna McDowell] IAS in Copenhagen – arrived Wednesday morning, 19 May 2010, and the sun has come out here for the first time in months. The Danes are in their short sleeves and on their bicycles. Temperature about 16 degrees.

[19 May 16:40]

[AdForum Worldwide Summit] A short note on Wednesday

[Johanna McDowell] IAS in Copenhagen – arrived Wednesday morning, 19 May 2010, and the sun has come out here for the first time in months. The Danes are in their short sleeves and on their bicycles. Temperature about 16 degrees.

[19 May 16:40]

[AdForum Worldwide Summit] Scandinavia, 19-21 May 2010

[Johanna McDowell] IAS will be part of a group of 26 international intermediaries – mainly from Europe – meeting in Copenhagen for the next three days for the AdForum Worldwide Summit Scandinavia. It promises to be “three days of hectic” while we meet 15 major advertising and media agencies during a series of meetings in places that I cannot pronounce but which sound fascinating.

[18 May 14:21]

[AdForum Worldwide Summit] Scandinavia, 19-21 May 2010

[Johanna McDowell] IAS will be part of a group of 26 international intermediaries – mainly from Europe – meeting in Copenhagen for the next three days for the AdForum Worldwide Summit Scandinavia. It promises to be “three days of hectic” while we meet 15 major advertising and media agencies during a series of meetings in places that I cannot pronounce but which sound fascinating.

[18 May 14:21]

[AdForum Worldwide Summit] Scandinavia, 19-21 May 2010

[Johanna McDowell] IAS will be part of a group of 26 international intermediaries – mainly from Europe – meeting in Copenhagen for the next three days for the AdForum Worldwide Summit Scandinavia. It promises to be “three days of hectic” while we meet 15 major advertising and media agencies during a series of meetings in places that I cannot pronounce but which sound fascinating.

[18 May 14:21]

[AdForum Worldwide Summit] Scandinavia, 19-21 May 2010

[Johanna McDowell] IAS will be part of a group of 26 international intermediaries – mainly from Europe – meeting in Copenhagen for the next three days for the AdForum Worldwide Summit Scandinavia. It promises to be “three days of hectic” while we meet 15 major advertising and media agencies during a series of meetings in places that I cannot pronounce but which sound fascinating.

[18 May 14:21]

[AdForum Worldwide Summit] Scandinavia, 19-21 May 2010

[Johanna McDowell] IAS will be part of a group of 26 international intermediaries – mainly from Europe – meeting in Copenhagen for the next three days for the AdForum Worldwide Summit Scandinavia. It promises to be “three days of hectic” while we meet 15 major advertising and media agencies during a series of meetings in places that I cannot pronounce but which sound fascinating.

[18 May 14:21]