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]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.themedium.co.za/blog/rss-comments-entry-6366544.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Creativity Brings These Dead Flies To Life..!</title><category>ATTITUDE</category><category>ILLUSTRATION</category><category>art</category><category>creative</category><category>dead</category><category>flies</category><category>funny</category><dc:creator>themedium</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:42:21 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.themedium.co.za/blog/2009/11/19/creativity-brings-these-dead-flies-to-life.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">291620:2978422:5849085</guid><description><![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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]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.themedium.co.za/blog/rss-comments-entry-5676519.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>iCandy: New iMac 2009's New Features Video</title><category>DESIGN</category><category>VIDEO</category><category>apple</category><category>iMac</category><category>new</category><category>video</category><dc:creator>themedium</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:38:12 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.themedium.co.za/blog/2009/10/21/icandy-new-imac-2009s-new-features-video.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">291620:2978422:5565826</guid><description><![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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<p>Thanks to FreBro from <a href="http://fredrikbroman.com/">http://fredrikbroman.com/</a>&nbsp;for enlightening me to Noded.</p>
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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>
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<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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]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.themedium.co.za/blog/rss-comments-entry-4820938.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>How to Start a Blog</title><category>BLOGGING</category><category>WEB</category><category>blogging</category><category>writing</category><dc:creator>themedium</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:15:22 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.themedium.co.za/blog/2009/7/8/how-to-start-a-blog.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">291620:2978422:4561016</guid><description><![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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]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.themedium.co.za/blog/rss-comments-entry-4561016.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Tweet It Like It Is...</title><category>BRANDING</category><category>MARKETING</category><category>THE MEDIUM</category><category>crowd_sourcing</category><category>design</category><category>public_opinion</category><category>twitter</category><dc:creator>themedium</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 11:12:56 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.themedium.co.za/blog/2009/5/1/tweet-it-like-it-is.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">291620:2978422:3857901</guid><description><![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>
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<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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