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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.5 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:30:43 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>The Medium Feed</title><subtitle>The Medium Blog | Premium Linkage + Design Thought</subtitle><id>http://www.themedium.co.za/blog/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.themedium.co.za/blog/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.themedium.co.za/blog/atom.xml"/><updated>2010-01-19T08:21:13Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.11.5 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>"Square" for iPhone Demo by Kevin Rose</title><category term="BUSINESS"/><category term="HOW TO"/><category term="NEWS"/><category term="TECH"/><category term="VIDEO"/><category term="iphone"/><category term="kevinrose"/><category term="square"/><id>http://www.themedium.co.za/blog/2010/1/19/square-for-iphone-demo-by-kevin-rose.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.themedium.co.za/blog/2010/1/19/square-for-iphone-demo-by-kevin-rose.html"/><author><name>themedium</name></author><published>2010-01-19T08:12:48Z</published><updated>2010-01-19T08:12:48Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-ZA"><![CDATA[<h3>Exciting News for Small Business Owners:﻿ Accept Credit Card payments with your iPhone! Check it out&#8230;</h3>
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]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Creativity Brings These Dead Flies To Life..!</title><category term="ATTITUDE"/><category term="ILLUSTRATION"/><category term="art"/><category term="creative"/><category term="dead"/><category term="flies"/><category term="funny"/><id>http://www.themedium.co.za/blog/2009/11/19/creativity-brings-these-dead-flies-to-life.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.themedium.co.za/blog/2009/11/19/creativity-brings-these-dead-flies-to-life.html"/><author><name>themedium</name></author><published>2009-11-19T09:42:21Z</published><updated>2009-11-19T09:42:21Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-ZA"><![CDATA[<h3>Swedish Photographer and Artist named <a title="Magnus Muhr's home page" href="http://muhr.area81.se/" target="_blank">Magnus Muhr</a> creates his very own stories, featuring the corpses of a handful of formerly buzzing bugs.</h3>
<p>I know you&#8217;ll enjoy these hilarious scenes as much as I have! Thanks a lot to <a title="Green Carrots home page" href="http://www.greencarrots.co.za/" target="_blank">Guy Morel from Green Carrots</a> for sharing the Link Love!</p>
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]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Hilarious Halloween Video...</title><category term="ATTITUDE"/><category term="Halloween"/><category term="Studio"/><category term="VIDEO"/><category term="fun"/><category term="funny"/><category term="video"/><id>http://www.themedium.co.za/blog/2009/11/2/hilarious-halloween-video.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.themedium.co.za/blog/2009/11/2/hilarious-halloween-video.html"/><author><name>themedium</name></author><published>2009-11-02T13:31:16Z</published><updated>2009-11-02T13:31:16Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-ZA"><![CDATA[<p>&#8230;if I may say so myself! Thanks to <a href="http://www.fredviljoen.com" target="_blank">Fred Viljoen</a> for the laugh!</p>
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]]></summary></entry><entry><title>iCandy: New iMac 2009's New Features Video</title><category term="DESIGN"/><category term="VIDEO"/><category term="apple"/><category term="iMac"/><category term="new"/><category term="video"/><id>http://www.themedium.co.za/blog/2009/10/21/icandy-new-imac-2009s-new-features-video.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.themedium.co.za/blog/2009/10/21/icandy-new-imac-2009s-new-features-video.html"/><author><name>themedium</name></author><published>2009-10-21T11:38:12Z</published><updated>2009-10-21T11:38:12Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-ZA"><![CDATA[<h3>The New iMac is a Designer&#8217;s dream.</h3>
<p>So, besides having one, I&#8217;d also LOVE to be able to describe <a href="http://www.themedium.co.za/themedium_portfolio/" target="_blank">my work</a> as a Designer to a client during presentation as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Ive" target="_blank">Jonathan Ive</a> does during his description of the new <a href="http://www.apple.com/imac/" target="_blank">iMac</a>&#8230;! Enjoy&#8230;</p>
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]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Noded! A New Way to Work - worth a look.</title><category term="WORK"/><category term="book"/><category term="new"/><category term="noded"/><category term="productivity"/><category term="sweden"/><id>http://www.themedium.co.za/blog/2009/10/1/noded-a-new-way-to-work-worth-a-look.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.themedium.co.za/blog/2009/10/1/noded-a-new-way-to-work-worth-a-look.html"/><author><name>themedium</name></author><published>2009-10-01T16:35:22Z</published><updated>2009-10-01T16:35:22Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-ZA"><![CDATA[<p><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="437" height="266" id="viddler_6936ae1b"><param name="flashvars" value="disablebranding=t" /><param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/simple/6936ae1b/" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed src="http://www.viddler.com/simple/6936ae1b/" width="437" height="266" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" flashvars="disablebranding=t" allowFullScreen="true" name="viddler_6936ae1b"></embed></object></p>
<p>Thanks to FreBro from <a href="http://fredrikbroman.com/">http://fredrikbroman.com/</a>&nbsp;for enlightening me to Noded.</p>
]]></content></entry><entry><title>RSAWEB talks to eTV about Seacom + extra tidbits...</title><category term="Kutiman"/><category term="MUSIC"/><category term="NEWS"/><category term="RSAweb"/><category term="Seacom"/><category term="UnoDeWaal"/><category term="VIDEO"/><category term="WEB"/><category term="YouTube"/><id>http://www.themedium.co.za/blog/2009/8/5/rsaweb-talks-to-etv-about-seacom-extra-tidbits.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.themedium.co.za/blog/2009/8/5/rsaweb-talks-to-etv-about-seacom-extra-tidbits.html"/><author><name>themedium</name></author><published>2009-08-05T13:02:18Z</published><updated>2009-08-05T13:02:18Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-ZA"><![CDATA[<h3><em>Great New</em><em>s</em> for South African Web Users!</h3>
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<p>Well done to <a href="http://twitter.com/robgilmour">Rob Gilmour!</a> <a title="RSAWeb" href="http://www.rsaweb.co.za/" target="_blank">Republic of South Africa WEB</a> indeed! I totally feel you ;-) I&#8217;m definitely hanging with the right peeps - just yesterday <a title="Uno de Waal" href="http://www.unodewaal.com/" target="_blank">Uno de Waal</a> was spotted on SABC 2 chatting about Social Media, Networking and the like.</p>
]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Rebrand Examples: Cartoon Network</title><category term="3D"/><category term="3D"/><category term="ANIMATION"/><category term="BRANDING"/><category term="Cartoon_Network"/><category term="EXAMPLES"/><category term="Examples"/><category term="NEWS"/><category term="Re-Brand"/><id>http://www.themedium.co.za/blog/2009/8/4/rebrand-examples-cartoon-network.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.themedium.co.za/blog/2009/8/4/rebrand-examples-cartoon-network.html"/><author><name>themedium</name></author><published>2009-08-04T18:26:00Z</published><updated>2009-08-04T18:26:00Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-ZA"><![CDATA[<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">LA-based&nbsp;<a style="color: #45B018; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: #ffffff;" href="http://www.capacity.tv/" target="_blank">Capacity</a>&nbsp;proved their ability to think big and follow through with their breakthrough NBC rebrand back in 2006. Since then, they&rsquo;ve been kicking out ambitious projects with consistent attention to detail and huggable charm.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">The latest jewel in their crown is&nbsp;<a style="color: #45B018; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: #ffffff;" href="http://www.capacity.tv/" target="_blank">a massive rebrand for Cartoon Network</a>&nbsp;built around Noods, blank Dunny-esque figures created by the crew at&nbsp;<a style="color: #45B018; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: #ffffff;" href="http://www.kidrobot.com/" target="_blank">Kidrobot</a>. Props to CN for dreaming up such a clever, collaborative concept.</p>
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]]></summary></entry><entry><title>How to Start a Blog</title><category term="BLOGGING"/><category term="WEB"/><category term="blogging"/><category term="writing"/><id>http://www.themedium.co.za/blog/2009/7/8/how-to-start-a-blog.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.themedium.co.za/blog/2009/7/8/how-to-start-a-blog.html"/><author><name>themedium</name></author><published>2009-07-08T16:15:22Z</published><updated>2009-07-08T16:15:22Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-ZA"><![CDATA[<h3><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><img src="http://www.themedium.co.za/storage/start_edt_web.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1247070950013" alt="" /></span></span></h3>
<h3>Steps</h3>
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<li><strong>Find a decent <a title="Differentiate Between a Personal Website and a Blog" href="http://www.themedium.co.za/Differentiate-Between-a-Personal-Website-and-a-Blog">blogging</a> provider that appeals to you.</strong> Some may include MuseCrafters.com, Livejournal.com, JournalHome.com, www.blogger.com ,<a class="external text" title="http://choseit.com" rel="nofollow" href="http://choseit.com">ChoseIt</a>, WordPress.com , TheDiary.org, Mindsay.com, Blog.ir, Blogagotchi.com, Diaryland.com, Blogdrive.com, weebly.com or Xanga.com. Most of these sites are pre-made with templates and push-button publishing that don&#8217;t require much technical know-how.&nbsp;</li>
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]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Tweet It Like It Is...</title><category term="BRANDING"/><category term="MARKETING"/><category term="THE MEDIUM"/><category term="crowd_sourcing"/><category term="design"/><category term="public_opinion"/><category term="twitter"/><id>http://www.themedium.co.za/blog/2009/5/1/tweet-it-like-it-is.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.themedium.co.za/blog/2009/5/1/tweet-it-like-it-is.html"/><author><name>themedium</name></author><published>2009-05-01T11:12:56Z</published><updated>2009-05-01T11:12:56Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-ZA"><![CDATA[<h3><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><a href="http://twitter.com/stehanbotha" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.themedium.co.za/storage/Twitter_logo_BUBBLE_web.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1242123276482" alt="" /></a></span><span class="thumbnail-caption" style="width: 450px;"><a href="http://twitter.com/stehanbotha">Follow Me&#8230;</a></span></span>So I&#8217;m putting <a href="http://www.themedium.co.za">The Medium&#8217;s website</a> out there to my <a href="http://twitter.com/stehanbotha">Followers on Twitter.</a> Partly because I&#8217;d like to connect with you and get an idea where you&#8217;re from, what you like and most importantly what you think about my website.</h3>
<p>There&#8217;s no prize - just the opportunity to give your unadulterated opinion <strong>;-)</strong></p>
]]></summary></entry><entry><title>How to Design a Logo</title><category term="BRANDING"/><category term="HOW TO"/><category term="LOGO"/><category term="design"/><category term="howto"/><category term="logo"/><id>http://www.themedium.co.za/blog/2009/4/27/how-to-design-a-logo.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.themedium.co.za/blog/2009/4/27/how-to-design-a-logo.html"/><author><name>themedium</name></author><published>2009-04-27T14:44:14Z</published><updated>2009-04-27T14:44:14Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-ZA"><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><a href="http://www.themedium.co.za/blog/2009/4/27/how-to-design-a-logo.html"><img src="http://www.themedium.co.za/storage/619615_19054899_sml.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1240844671862" alt="" /></a></span></span></p>
<p><strong><em>from <a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page">wikiHow - The How to Manual That You Can Edit</a></em></strong></p>
<h3>Do you <a title="Succeed in Your Own Business" href="http://www.wikihow.com/Succeed-in-Your-Own-Business">own a business or company</a>? You will certainly need a logo so that people will know who you are and where you stand! A good logo can be the difference between a successful business and a failing one. Get a good one, and the world will remember your company. A great, creative logo is not difficult to design. Follow the following steps and you will finally get a good creative logo design that will help you to build your brand identity and be with you for a long time.</h3>
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