tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55045490384983970862024-03-14T06:31:10.878+02:00Piesangs & JellietotsHierdie blog bestaan nou by www.riantruter.co.zaRian Truterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01228049793932427155noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5504549038498397086.post-4746619423085657742011-05-17T15:27:00.000+02:002011-05-17T15:27:08.897+02:00Not branded is Cool!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSV6PJtVX_wTeghqyoamPE11mzWDyUymtq1c75SCeSEpmF-tBfUChoXXHAHbV_G983IvhbkETsGNqejI4qxo5__TFTGICpVbS63fvlio6L-BYEZdwUbc12L6oKEHCPEEWNre4Bsu-pDG6H/s1600/label.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSV6PJtVX_wTeghqyoamPE11mzWDyUymtq1c75SCeSEpmF-tBfUChoXXHAHbV_G983IvhbkETsGNqejI4qxo5__TFTGICpVbS63fvlio6L-BYEZdwUbc12L6oKEHCPEEWNre4Bsu-pDG6H/s200/label.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="NL" style="mso-ansi-language: NL;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Gedurende die vakansie stap ek agter drie seuntjies van so tussen 9 en 11 jaar oud. Sonder dat ek probeer of wil luister, kom ek agter dat hulle besig is om oor ontwerpersname (<i>brands</i>) te praat. Sommer so in die loop doen hulle ’n inprompto SWOT-analise van al die <i>brands</i> in hulle leefwêreld. Sonder inspanning vloei die een naam na die ander oor hulle lippe.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="NL" style="mso-ansi-language: NL;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Wat vir my nog meer opvallend is, is dat dit lyk of hulle dalk nie te onhandig met ’n rugbybal sal kan wees nie. Ek wonder of hulle die name van sportmanne en -vroue ook so glad oor die tong kan rol? </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="NL" style="mso-ansi-language: NL;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Wat het gebeur dat gesonde seuns eerder oor WAT hulle dra en oor die <i>brand</i> van die kledingstuk praat as oor hulle helde? Is dit hul mammies of is dit die <i>celebrities</i> wat hulle oor TV sien wat hulle so beïnvloed en breinspoel? </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="NL" style="mso-ansi-language: NL;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Eers oor die mammies. Volgens Alissa Quart is dit nie ’n vreemde verskynsel om middeljarige moeders in winkelsentrums te kry wat dieselfde nommertjies dra as hul elfjarge dogters nie. Net soos die tieners gouer “ouer” word, het daar ’n parallel ontstaan van moeders wat langer jonk (wil) bly.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Verdana;">In her book <i>Branded</i> Quart writes that “over the last decade, there has been an exponential increase in the intensity that manufacturers employ to sell their stuff to the youth. Today’s teens are victims of the contemporary luxury economy. They have grown up in the age of the brand, bombarded and defined by name products and intrusive and clever advertising strategies. Raised by a commodity culture from the cradle, teens’ dependably fragile self-images and their need to belong to groups are perfect qualities for advertisers to exploit.”</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Verdana;">She argues that “teens suffer more than any sector of society for this wall-to-wall selling. They are at least as anxious as their parents about having enough money and maintaining their social class, a fear they have been taught is best allayed by <i>more</i> branded gear. And they have taken to branding themselves, believing the only way to participate in the world is to turn oneself into a corporate product or a corporate spy to help promote the products to other kids.”</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Verdana;">If we take a look closely around us, we will discover that corporations spend billions of rands annually to woo teen consumers. These efforts of the brand empires to control young minds and wallets take marketing strategies to a dangerous new level. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="NL" style="mso-ansi-language: NL;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Hoe nou gemaak? Moet ‘n mens alles met etikette op verbrand? Ek wens ek het die antwoord gehad! Wat ons wel besef, is dat die beheptheid met ontwerpersname ongesonde afmetings aangeneem het. </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="NL" style="mso-ansi-language: NL;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Miskien kan ons weer begin om aan ons tieners ’n voorbeeld te stel van hoe om met <i>brands</i> om te gaan. Nie as slawe daarvan nie, maar as verbruikers daarvan. Laat die brand vir jou werk en nie jy vir die brand nie.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span lang="NL" style="mso-ansi-language: NL;">Meer nog, <i>cool</i> het niks met ’n etiket uit te waai nie. <i>Cool</i> kom van binne. Dit is die persoon binne die ontwerpersitem wat die <i>cool </i>veroorsaak. </span><span lang="EN-GB">Nie die <i>brand</i> aan die persoon se lyf nie.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Verdana;">As parents and schools we can sensitise ourselves about the pressure brands put on our children. Maybe we can coin a cool unbranded slogan like: <i>First the person; then the teenager?</i> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span lang="NL" style="mso-ansi-language: NL;">Al die gepraat oor <i>brands</i> laat my dink aan die amptenaar van Waterwese wat een goeie dag daar by oom Barend se plaas op Garies opdaag.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="NL" style="mso-ansi-language: NL;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Sommer so met die afklim laat hy oom Barend verstaan dat hy hier is om sy plaas te kom inspekteer. Kwansuis alles oor die watervoetspoor en dié dinge.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="NL" style="mso-ansi-language: NL;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Oom Barend is heel inskiklik, maar waarsku die man om hom nie in die naaste kamp te begewe nie.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Verdana;">Die amptenaar hak af: “Meneer, I have full authority of the ANC Government with me. See this card? This card means I am allowed to go wherever I wish on any agricultural land. No questions asked or answered. Do you understand?”</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Verdana;">Oom Barend knik sy kop en tel sy gereedskap op en gaan voort met waarmee hy besig was.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="NL" style="mso-ansi-language: NL;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Nie lank nie en hy hoor gille en sien die man van Waterwese hardloop met die plaas se stoetbul kort op sy hakke. En die bul is besig om met elke tree die resies te wen. Die amptenaar gil paniekbevange dat iemand hom asseblief moet help.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="NL" style="mso-ansi-language: NL;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Oom Barend los alles waarmee hy besig is en storm na die kamp se draad en skree uit volle bors:</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="NL" style="mso-ansi-language: NL;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">“Jou kaart! Jou kaart! Wys hom jou f*@*#! kaart!</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="NL" style="mso-ansi-language: NL;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Verdana;">Image: Nuttakit/FreeDigitalPhotos.net</span></span></div>Rian Truterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01228049793932427155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5504549038498397086.post-73512984988722239492011-05-16T13:46:00.000+02:002011-05-16T13:46:33.116+02:00Huisie by die see<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwId-JJAEaFdtkyQC_i3em_QdvFA6QI2K8DA8l097qndw5YKbv8eIgCIJzzb7d-SyWVsHYyiiypMeq0X-LUjCxXcLcm2e30iZ4E3EjTeh7FWG26Y4H3B5_x3pxkfAkRk5-smi5qL6nP8-W/s1600/IMG_0226.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; height: 244px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; width: 320px;"><img border="0" height="240" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwId-JJAEaFdtkyQC_i3em_QdvFA6QI2K8DA8l097qndw5YKbv8eIgCIJzzb7d-SyWVsHYyiiypMeq0X-LUjCxXcLcm2e30iZ4E3EjTeh7FWG26Y4H3B5_x3pxkfAkRk5-smi5qL6nP8-W/s320/IMG_0226.JPG" width="320" /></a><span lang="NL" style="mso-ansi-language: NL;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Wie van ons het nog nie tydens ’n strandvakansie geloop en huise kyk nie? <span id="goog_2084314311"></span><span id="goog_2084314312"></span>Meer spesifiek, na die name van die huise gekyk nie.</span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span lang="NL" style="mso-ansi-language: NL;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Hoekom ’n huis ’n naam moet hê, weet ek ook nie mooi nie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Die bousel het mos ’n naam.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Huis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Waarom dit nog iets anders gaan noem?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As jy dan meer as een het, noem die een <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">huis</i>, die ander <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">strandhuis</i> en as jy nóg het, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">plaashuis</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">dorpshuis</i> en só voorts.</span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="NL" style="mso-ansi-language: NL;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Wat my die meeste van hierdie naamgewing ontstem, is die eienaars<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>se gebrek aan kreatiwiteit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Seker weer die arme juffrou in graad 3 se skuld wat hul kleinspierkoördinasie opgefoeter het!)</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="NL" style="mso-ansi-language: NL;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Daar is veral drie kategorieë wat die witwaks uit my irriteer:</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="NL" style="mso-ansi-language: NL;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Eerstens daardie name wat met die see te doen het.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Klaarblyklik het niemand hulle geleer jy spel <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">see</i> met ’n S nie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lekker by die C</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Come</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">C why</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">C uitsig</i> en ....</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="NL" style="mso-ansi-language: NL;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Die tweede groep is daardie arme drommels wat totaal en al nog nie eens die woord kreatief gehoor het nie. Hulle beste poging is om dele van almal in die gesin se name tot een of ander monstrositeit te vervoeg. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Jomasage</i>. Vang jy dit? Nie?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dis maklik; kom ek ontrafel dit vir jou. Dit is ’n neologisme van pa Johan, ma Marie, sus Sarie en kleinboet Gert! Dom van jou, né!</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span lang="NL" style="mso-ansi-language: NL;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Laastens is daar die met die bousels wat die koningin skaam maak om te sê sy woon in Buckingham Paleis. Hierdie mense is tog só nederig met name soos <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ook</i>-<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">maar-net</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Trek-maar-swaar</i>,<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Pondok</i> en <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Nessie.</i></span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span lang="NL" style="mso-ansi-language: NL;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Maar die nommer een op my terefferparde bly nog <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hier wurg Willie</i> ... terwyl die branders saggies in sy ore klots.</span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span lang="NL" style="mso-ansi-language: NL;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Erens, nie te ver van Willie se wurgery nie, is daar mense wat niks het om aan te wurg nie. </span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span lang="NL" style="mso-ansi-language: NL;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Wat nog te sê om hulle sinkplate ’n naam te gee!</span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Verdana;">Foto: Kleinmond</span></div></div>Rian Truterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01228049793932427155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5504549038498397086.post-30393753464176058272011-05-09T14:45:00.000+02:002011-05-09T14:45:00.767+02:00Life is Great!<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpHyOrEoHlUgFuIFL-m0KiuUtA_c2bO44XtcpWh6zue_HnOgRYds4Qqe1DMB9LOgub_2FH1bFnEPWrPCeE2QDQUwoO6Xj8cPjK_Hior1J7Ls4nyeN1T2XyqIYFoNKToOV7mddlNm9Sx6Zl/s1600/36412adhqd84ibp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpHyOrEoHlUgFuIFL-m0KiuUtA_c2bO44XtcpWh6zue_HnOgRYds4Qqe1DMB9LOgub_2FH1bFnEPWrPCeE2QDQUwoO6Xj8cPjK_Hior1J7Ls4nyeN1T2XyqIYFoNKToOV7mddlNm9Sx6Zl/s320/36412adhqd84ibp.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Verdana;">Ek is seker almal is goed vertroud met Jim Collins se spreuk <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Good is</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">the enemy of great </i>uit sy boek <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Good to Great</i>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="NL" style="mso-ansi-language: NL;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Dat hierdie spreuk miljuisende male in bosberade, strategiese sessies en beplannings gebruik is om besighede tot beter prestasie en hoër bergpieke aan te spoor, hoef niemand oor te redekawel nie.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Verdana;">Waarvan ek egter oortuig is, is dat die res van die spreuk <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">and when we look back over life and see if it is a great one, we don’t see many because it is just so easy to settle for a good one </i>êrens met die klim na die piek weggeval het.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Verdana;">Seth Godin takes this idea a little further when he says that the opposite of remarkable is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">very good.</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a step closer, but still not great.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Verdana;">Why are there so many people then that are prepared to settle for a good life instead of a great one?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Verdana;">I think most people confuse great with good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They believe that if their life is not awful, atrocious, mediocre or pitiful they have a great life. But in reality it’s still only good.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Verdana;">Let’s illustrate. If you travel on an airline and the flight leave on time, it’s not great.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are supposed to do that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But when they leave on time, upgrade you to business class and serve you mojito; that makes them great!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Verdana;">Same with life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you live your life between the normal lines, it’s only going to be good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not remarkable or not even very good. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="NL" style="mso-ansi-language: NL;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Om great-status te bereik verg volgens my ook <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">guts</i>. En dit is waarom baie mense nooit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">great</i> ervaar nie. Hulle is net doodeenvoudig te bang! Te bang om buite die inkleurlyne van hul daaglikse bestaan te beweeg.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="NL" style="mso-ansi-language: NL;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Wie het ons dan só bang vir die lewe gemaak?</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="NL" style="mso-ansi-language: NL;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Miskien is die volgende woorde van Bill McKenna die sleutel tot ’n <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">great</i> lewe?</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in one pretty and well-preserved piece, but to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, worn out and defiantly shouting GERONIMO!</span></span></b></div><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Foto: Idea Go</span></em>Rian Truterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01228049793932427155noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5504549038498397086.post-36823362883069700012011-05-02T12:12:00.000+02:002011-05-02T12:12:10.578+02:00Go Big or go Home!<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Last week, while I was waiting to be served coffee in one of our local malls, the story of the New York cabbie (Tom Peters: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Crazy Times call for Crazy Organizations</i>) suddenly sprung to mind.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Why think about that</span></i><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">, you may well ask.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason was plain and simple: poor service … again!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or should I say, NO Service. I could have crawled to Colombia to harvest my own coffee beans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Roast and grind it and made a cup of coffee before the waiters even condescended themselves to approach my table. The waiters and manager in this particular shop definitely never heard the story, for if they did they would have given their customers a WOW service! They would have made my experience special! But they did completely the opposite!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">As the story goes, Harvey Mackay was taking a cab ride to La Guardia Airport. When he got in the cab the driver gave him a piece of paper that said: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hi, my name is Walter. I’m your driver. I’m going to get you there safely, on time, in a courteous fashion.</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">After that he offered him a choice between newspapers and what music channel he would like to listen to. He also offered a snack basket and a cellular phone for his use.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This cab driver took a common experience and transformed it into something special! Not so with the staff of the coffee shop.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitCJi8o_2tSNxEeWg1jUttfRIS7FezdcYASvr2do2gj3ybaDkvIEofdWhK9AFyMJJiC_xidJRsvRkZoUef33184Gt23KO6jQuBhswana3lq8_l9KEeKIyilGZeA2DaMHB7VVPm0NJpIOAl/s1600/IMG_1342.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitCJi8o_2tSNxEeWg1jUttfRIS7FezdcYASvr2do2gj3ybaDkvIEofdWhK9AFyMJJiC_xidJRsvRkZoUef33184Gt23KO6jQuBhswana3lq8_l9KEeKIyilGZeA2DaMHB7VVPm0NJpIOAl/s320/IMG_1342.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Luckily I had my own WOW experience at the small Greek Taverna <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Yamas</i> in Somerset West later that week.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">It was an experience that lived up to all my favourite adjectives: WOW, remarkable, great, awesome and unforgettable!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The food at Yamas is amazing and affordable. The menu is small and so is the taverna.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The cutlery doesn’t match and there is no fancy signage that hangs above the main entrance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But if you want to go and eat there, you have to book in advance for there is a waiting list to get a table at Yamas.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Why?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The key to this question lies with the owner/front of house/waiter/dishwasher, Barry.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I don’t know if Barry is familiar with the story of the NY cabbie, but he provides the same <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">having a good time feeling</i> to his restaurant. You enter as a stranger but leave as a friend and fan.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">What can my useless friends in the coffee shop learn from Barry?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">1. It’s not just the food or venue. It’s the service! Take time to spend personal time with your customers and talk to them like real people without thinking what you can make them buy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Make a connection to the heart of your customer.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">2. Surprise the customer with spirit, character, personality and last but not least, energy. Try to look if you enjoy what you do.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">3. Go beyond what the customer expected. Deliver more than what he thought he will get. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">4.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Make it fun! Make it an experience. Make it WOW!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">There is a saying: Go big or go home. I want to change it to: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Go GREEK or go home!</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Thank you Barry for showing that I don’t have to go to NY to take a cab ride to experience WOW.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I will be back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Soon.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Yamas!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Rian Truterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01228049793932427155noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5504549038498397086.post-89026228997261141562011-04-28T12:23:00.002+02:002011-05-05T21:43:45.406+02:00Meet om te Weet!<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAKfatj5A2D7GmR0N37MRD4Gr4tVrqRs_3GedxqceDm3FWMo4OTBR9kbz_Y3sXbaysB7chBmLwocq-F2CaaZxfsPZQtpjjMJe1ArGLA-HZJxrCeHqkuvRUAcPb1fEHqsEh-FeczZjf_whX/s1600/m_bartosch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAKfatj5A2D7GmR0N37MRD4Gr4tVrqRs_3GedxqceDm3FWMo4OTBR9kbz_Y3sXbaysB7chBmLwocq-F2CaaZxfsPZQtpjjMJe1ArGLA-HZJxrCeHqkuvRUAcPb1fEHqsEh-FeczZjf_whX/s320/m_bartosch.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="NL" style="mso-ansi-language: NL;">Meet om te weet</span></i><span lang="NL" style="mso-ansi-language: NL;"> is ’n spreekwoord wat baie maklik kwistig gebruik kan word.</span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span lang="NL" style="mso-ansi-language: NL;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Só ‘n <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">gemeet</i> kan baie keer tot ontdekkings lei waarvan ’n mens dalk liewer nie wíl weet nie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Soos om op die skaal te klim. In die meeste gevalle is dit baie geriefliker om nie te weet hoeveel jy weeg nie!</span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="NL" style="mso-ansi-language: NL;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Miskien is dit hier aan die einde van die eerste derde van die jaar tog nodig om ten minste iets te meet.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="NL" style="mso-ansi-language: NL;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Kom ons vra ons af of dít wat ons gedoen het besonders was of net weer <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">plain</i> doodgewoon?</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="NL" style="mso-ansi-language: NL;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Om jou hiermee te help, kan jy jou lewe/skool/besigheid aan die volgende verhaaltjie uit Seth Godin se boek <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Big Moo </i>meet: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Verdana;">Reggie fixes bikes in <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">Mt. Kisco</city>, <state w:st="on">New York</state></place>. For every bike he fixes he does his best. Then he spends five extra minutes doing something special.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span lang="NL" style="mso-ansi-language: NL;">During that first hour, Reggie is a perfectly fine bike mechanic. He pays </span>attention to detail and follows established protocol. He is careful and focused and diligent. Like one thousand other very good bike mechanics, he gets the job done and earns his pay.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Verdana;">In the last five minutes, though, Reggie transforms himself from a workman into an artist. In those few extra minutes, he becomes remarkable.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Verdana;">Sometimes, all he does is carefully clean the chain. Other times, he’ll take the bike out to the potholed parking lot and be sure the gears are adjusted properly. And sometimes, especially if the bike is for a cute kid, he’ll attach a horn or some tassels – anything worth noticing.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Verdana;">The astonishing thing isn’t how unusual Reggie is. The astonishing thing is how easy it is what Reggie does, and how many people <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">don’t </i>do it. It doesn’t matter if you’re doing accounts payable or product design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those last five minutes make it easy for your customers to find the difference between you and everyone else.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Verdana;">It takes 99 percent of the time you spend just to be average. The remarkable stuff can happen in a flash.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="NL" style="mso-ansi-language: NL;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Beslis iets om aan te kou.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: navy; font-family: Verdana;"><em>Foto: m_bartosch</em></span></div>Rian Truterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01228049793932427155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5504549038498397086.post-75892332122340439732011-04-21T12:59:00.001+02:002011-05-05T12:48:11.801+02:00Social Media<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Verdana;">Ek gaan nie oor Graeme Smith of oor die Proteas praat nie!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Verdana;">Dié pynlike gebeurtenis is verby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Afgehandel, kapoet, water onder die brug, maar vir almal wat dink die Kaap is weer <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Hollands</place></city>, wil ek net sê: dié littekens gaan nog lank wys!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: navy;">Ná ons verstikking in die kiwivrug het ek skielik baie tyd tot my beskikking en het ek ‘n nuwe uitdaging in my lewe gekort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: navy;">Iets soos <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Facebook.</i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Verdana;">I can hear teacups rattling and people choking on their sandwiches. Can’t you find something more edifying? Something safe?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More your age?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Never thought you would go that way!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Verdana;">I thought so too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But now that I have taken the brave step and finding that I am still alive, I am beginning to like it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even thinking about starting to twit, or is it tweet?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: navy;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">But why?</i> I hear you ask.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have a few close friends that also shake their heads in dismay and promise me that they will rather die than be on Facebook. Why so extreme? I will rather Facebook and be alive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sounds like a better choice to me!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Verdana;">Let me tell you why and what I have discovered over the last weeks:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 45pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 45.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">First, it’s not that difficult. If you’re able to read and know how to access the internet, you can do it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tip: let the youngsters help you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They love to share their superior knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 45pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 45.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Facebook is not from the devil. Same with MXit and the other social sites.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a lot of these cases the unknown lends itself to wrongful and evil interpretations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I won’t disagree that the devil may also know about these tools.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 45pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 45.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Facebook helps me to communicate with my friends and family. It facilitates the sharing of knowledge … or so they say!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 45pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 45.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">It’s the biggest photo album in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You don’t have to wait for your children to come back from holiday to see their photographs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can view it the moment they share it on Facebook. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 45pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 45.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">News is instant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Much like the old <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">plaastelefoon</i> in days gone by.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It feels if you are eavesdropping on your <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">friends</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only difference; it’s legal!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 45pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 45.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">But be warned!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Facebook can also be dangerous.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 45pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 45.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Say only on Facebook what you would be prepared to say in public.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The same with photographs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only post pictures that you would be proud to see printed on the back page of a national newspaper.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 45pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 45.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Watch out whom you allow as your <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">friends</i>. Everybody is not your friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You don’t have to accept their invitation to become friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially people who haven’t been friends with you over the last fifty years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Suddenly they want to be your friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nonsense! Just remember that you already have enough friends as it is.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 45pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 45.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I have discovered that there is a difference between a personal <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">profile </i>and a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">page</i> for a business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A lot of people don’t know this fact and open a personal page for their business. Do a bit of research before you dive into the ocean of social media …</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="NL" style="mso-ansi-language: NL;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Dat daar altyd doemprofete oor enige nuwe tendens/uitvindsel sal wees, is ‘n feit soos ‘n koei.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maar ek het my les jare gelede met die sage van die vrotmelkkultuur geleer!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Toe ek na maande se wik en weeg besluit om tot dié geledere toe te tree, toe val die bedryf se boom uit …</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Nie weer nie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ek onderskryf nou Jack MacAllister se motto <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">if you don’t make dust, you eat dust.</i></span></span></div>Rian Truterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01228049793932427155noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5504549038498397086.post-38492457966017645562011-04-20T14:48:00.000+02:002011-04-20T21:52:13.062+02:00Afskop<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hierdie is die begin van my langbeplande blog!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Hou hierdie spasie dop vir my mening, opmerking en waarneming van leierskap, onderwys, inspirasie en sommer net die lewe ook!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Die titel, <em>Piesangs en Jellietots</em>, sal ek later verduidelik.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Afrikaans of Engels? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">'n Bietjie van beide. Hierdie blog is vir Suid-Afrikaners bedoel wat beide die twee tale magtig is.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Genoeg vir eers.</span>Rian Truterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01228049793932427155noreply@blogger.com1