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  1. Vector art Posted in Website Design, Concocted by Fred Roed April 27, 2008 No comments
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    A showcase of amazing talent. Once again a link to the brilliant Smashing Mag.

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  2. Who needs Photoshop, when you can use MS Paint? Posted in Videos, Website Design, Concocted by Fred Roed April 23, 2008 No comments

    Classic stuff… [click here to view video] Read Further

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  3. How to use technology to market internally (not just externally) Posted in Digital Strategy, Concocted by Mike Perk April 22, 2008 No comments

    Last week I was involved in the Nomadic Marketing course at the UCT Graduate School of Business. I always find this course fascinating and learn new stuff every-time I participate, but marketing-based courses always get me thinking about one of the reasons we first set up World Wide Creative. Read Further

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  4. World Wide Creative’s all-time best typos Posted in Branding Online, Concocted by Fred Roed April 20, 2008 No comments

    Being a media team of sorts, the guys at World Wide Creative generally regard the word ‘typo’ in the same way that one would regard downing a slug of greasy dishwater. We’ve had some corkers, the most recent being one from World Wide Creative’s new Creative Director, where she wrote ‘cyst’ instead of ’site’ – ahem. Here are some more pearlers: Read Further

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  5. WordPress Examples Posted in Website Design, Concocted by Ettienne Mostert April 18, 2008 2 comments

    The last couple of weeks I have been mouthing off about WordPress this and WordPress that, and so, it’s time to show you some examples of what can be achieved using this awesome platform. Read Further

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  6. Search Engine Optimisation made easy… Posted in Search Engine Optimisation, Concocted by Fred Roed April 17, 2008 4 comments
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    I popped over to watch our esteemed colleague at World Wide Creative, Mike Perk, do his web marketing slot at the highly successful Nomadic Marketing course at UCT’s Graduate School of Business. Awesome stuff, and hopefully one day we’ll be able to capture him on film. I arrived just before Mike pulled a whole whack of people up from the audience to be spiders, bots, keywords, florists, butchers, bakers, and, of course, candlestick-makers. Read Further

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  7. Barcode art Posted in Heavy Chef News, Concocted by Fred Roed April 16, 2008 No comments

    Barcode artwork, nice. The Japanese think of all the cool stuff… [Click] Read Further

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  8. Illustrator for hire… Posted in Heavy Chef News, Concocted by Fred Roed April 16, 2008 No comments

    South African illustrator. Love this work: Alex Latimer. Read Further

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  9. Standard Bank launches a shocker of a website redesign Posted in Website Design, Concocted by Fred Roed April 16, 2008 4 comments
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    I was checking in on Muti today when I saw Coda’s entry ‘Standard Bank redesign’. I clicked through to check it out, and was gobsmacked by what I saw. [For our international readers, Standard Bank is South Africa's second biggest bank. Bear in mind that in South Africa, banks are hugely profitable and should really have a big budget for this kind of thing.] Read Further

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  10. Book cover design Posted in Branding Online, Concocted by Fred Roed April 15, 2008 2 comments

    In the web design arena, we can sometimes get too restricted by the parameters of our media. I’ve always been a fan of book cover design. It’s something we did back in college, and it was always a fun, and challenging, project. Check out this collection put together by Vitaly and crew at Smashing Magazine.  Great inspiration for web designers, to think a little differently. Read Further

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  11. Getting to know WordPress – Adding/Updating Content Posted in Website Design, Website Usability, Concocted by Ettienne Mostert April 12, 2008 No comments

    You were introduced to WordPress in my previous post (Getting to know WordPress – The Basics) as a content management system and bloggin’ tool deluxe. This week I will introduce you to some of the features and show you how to add and manage your content. Read Further

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  12. Businessmen in Buggies Posted in Heavy Chef News, Concocted by Fred Roed April 11, 2008 No comments

    Mike and I have been tasting the hard life down in George recently. This past week, we were camped at Fancourt to complete an online marketing analysis for a new client. Of course, we had to find appropriate means of transport on the estate. Read Further

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  13. 14 CSS Tools to Save you Time Posted in Heavy Chef News, Concocted by Fred Roed April 8, 2008 No comments

    Handy if you’re a CSS guy. If you’re an eskimo bison-herder, it may not interest you. Click here. Read Further

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  14. In a nutshell… Posted in Branding Online, Digital Strategy, Concocted by Fred Roed April 8, 2008 No comments

    From Seth’s blog, on blogging and business: Read Further

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  15. The 9 worst domain names on the web Posted in Search Engine Optimisation, Concocted by Fred Roed April 7, 2008 No comments

    World Wide Creative’s web marketing ‘guy’, Mike Perk, places a lot of emphasis on a good domain name. Not only should it have ‘history’, but the name itself is very important. It should be relevant, focused and preferably memorable. A while back, my friend Andrew emailed me a list of names that you wouldn’t want (although, I reckon they get 10 out of 10 for being memorable!) Read Further

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  16. Getting to know WordPress – The Basics Posted in Website Design, Website Usability, Concocted by Ettienne Mostert April 4, 2008 No comments

    Many of you already have your own blogs running on the open source, read “free”, platform WordPress, currently the best choice for a blog application. WordPress offers a rich set of blog features and has a massive supporting community. This usually means that software is well maintained and won’t disappear or run dry a few months down the line. If you are interested in finding out more about WordPress and its benefits, please contact the chefs. Read Further

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  17. Facebook will fall, soon. Posted in Social Media, Concocted by Fred Roed April 2, 2008 2 comments
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    I have a prediction to make: Facebook, as we know it now, will fall, soon.

    By soon, I mean, real soon. I think it has a shelf life of around 6 more months, and we’ll see a serious slump in numbers. I’m not sure why I have such conviction about it, but I do. It started as a feeling. Read Further

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