Archive for November, 2006
Pay-as-you-go entrepreneur hub for Cape Town
Posted on 30. Nov, 2006 by Jonathan Cherry.
That big, new, shiny building that’s currently being built next to the CTICC [where we used to sneak free parking] will soon house a new
2000m2 Habitaz office facility.
We wrote about Habitaz earlier this year: the innovative, pre-paid work centre that provides micro entrepreneurs, fully-fitted work environment facilities as they need them.
Finally Cape Town will join Joburg and the rest of the world in welcoming an emerging mobile office trend.
Now before you go launch a bazooka at your present landlord – the facility is only expected to open its doors in November 2007. So take it easy for now. [thanks Kees]
Web: Habitaz
Previously: Micro-entrepreneur office space comes to South Africa – Cherryflava
Free business idea: The coffee shop office – Cherryflava
Britain’s super-sized billboard
Posted on 30. Nov, 2006 by Jonathan Cherry.
Britain now has a massive, huge, crazy billboard – and the first advertiser is an underwear company that have posted this giant woman on it.
The six-storey advert for underwear firm Pretty Polly features a leggy model wearing a real skirt.
When the wind blows it lifts the purple material, revealing her black tights.
That skirt wouldn’t stay on long in Cape Town.
[via The Sun]
Pushplay: Brad Pitt, Borat and a Tsotsi delivered to your door
Posted on 30. Nov, 2006 by Jonathan Cherry.
Mr Video and co. should be as nervous as a clean shaven surfer in Pollsmor, because the next level of home DVD rental has finally hit South Africa.
If you’ve been wondering why a business concept like Netflix has not made its debut in this country as yet – wonder no more.
Pushplay.co.za is based on a highly successful
yet simple proposition – create a personal list from our online catalogue
of over 10,000 movie, music, TV series and documentary titles.
Your DVDs are then delivered to your post box at no extra charge.
All of this for a flat monthly fee with no penalty fines for late returns,
and no limit on the number of DVDs rented per month.Through PushPlay,
members can browse their own virtual DVD store, rate movies, and have
DVDs recommended to them based on their personal profile and viewing
habits. [thanks Debora]
The company are offering a free ‘try before you buy’ 2-week trial [which we are personally giving a bash] for the first 1000 subscribers who sign up.
The service has really only just been launched – so its drop-box network is still very much concentrated in the Cape Town area. But word is that their orange footprint will be spreading across the entire country shortly.
Drink Pepsi – save your integrity
Posted on 30. Nov, 2006 by Jonathan Cherry.
Sheesh – this is hard core.
This Australian Pepsi ad appeared on the back cover of Cleo magazine [thanks to Lisa for sending this in].
Apparently these fake mag headlines are Aussie celebrity quotes: ‘I drank liquid soap to cover up the smell of vomit on my breath!’……..’I passed out and wet the bed with my crush lying right next to me!’
Clearly Monday night problems that most Australians can relate to.
Drink Pepsi lite – and you’ll save yourself from blowing XXXX chunks all over the inside of your sheila’s brand new Chevy.
Next thing you know – Cleo will be a magazine for expectant moms.
Roll your toast
Posted on 29. Nov, 2006 by Jonathan Cherry.
This snappy toaster looks more like one of those hair scrimping irons…that we used to use…before the hot element ignited the cheap hairspray we loved to terrorise that pretty cat with.
Nasty hair iron it is not – this is actually an innovative ‘Rollertoaster’.
Which certainly makes us re-look the way we fire up an entire ‘12 slice mini-nuclear reactor’ to heat up our slim morning slice of rye.
A single-cup kettle will go nicely with this product range.
More: Jaren Goh Design
[via Core 77]
Make Africa Wealthy: Western Cape government plans free WiFi for Cape Town by 2010
Posted on 29. Nov, 2006 by Jonathan Cherry.
….actually the real headline making Aussie geeks and entrepreneurs chase each other’s pet kangaroos around the office water cooler with glee today is:
Damn that George Gregan.
Bet he’s behind this sneaky move to make Australia a better place to invest heaps of money and attract loads of positive international exposure. It now even sounds like a good place to host a World Cup.
Who needs a silly, forgettable tourism and investment marketing campaign costing ‘Fort Knox-sized ‘advertising budgets, when you’ve got serious remarkable headlines like this attached to your neck of the woods.
Forget that ‘South Africa: Alive with possibility’ nonsense….get cracking on delivering ‘the possibility’ bit.
Previously: Make Africa Wealthy – Cherryflava
Vodacom spoof: The Mo ad they really should be running
Posted on 28. Nov, 2006 by Jonathan Cherry.
At last, the rampant spread of rabies has been contained as the meerkat meets his maker en route to his summer holiday nest in Cape Town. [thanks Wesleigh - via Joblog]
Outstanding animation work.
MowDown – YouTube
Other spoofs: Madonna does the leeuloop
Seriously: Topless blondes used in Danish road safety campaign
Posted on 28. Nov, 2006 by Jonathan Cherry.
We here at Cherryflava HQ really believe that we can make a positive contribution by highlighting innovative worldwide trends that can be successfully implemented right here in the RS of A.
As we approach the festive season, which also signals the start of our favourite national sport; of ‘kill or be killed while traveling like a possessed retard to your chosen seaside holiday destination’ – we thought we’d share with our traffic authorities the details of a highly successful Danish traffic safety campaign.
Danish road safety officials
responding to the fact that speeding vehicles are blamed for 25% of
road deaths in Denmark, have dreamt up a TV road safety campaign which involves topless blonde women called the Bikini Bandits.The TV ad [NSFW] is a spoof news report where topless blondes in hot pants
strategically positioned at the side of the road carry traffic signs
showing the Danish speed limit: 50km/h.
So far – the idea has been surprisingly successful. But somehow [sigh] we just don’t think its gonna convince our traffic police to do something similar.
Danish ad makes road safety sexy – BBC
See the ad right here after the jump….
Snippets: Google branded food
Posted on 28. Nov, 2006 by Jonathan Cherry.
- Google’s brand new gourmet deli is now open at its spanking fresh NYC office. Look what the employees are forced to eat. Just makes you realise that working where you do sucks more than you thought it ever did before.
New Google Cafeteria Crushes Competitors’ Cafeterias – NY Mag
- This one slipped past us a while back – South Africa has the world’s No. 1 ranked hotel in the world for 2006…and its not that Mount Nelson thing either. Cape Town ranked the 6th best city.
- The reason there are no Starbucks stores in Africa is that Starbucks wants to screw Africa – not serve it.
Documentary films rattle business world – MyWay
- Could Telkon totally redeem themselves if they started a blog?
3 Big brands reinvent themselves with blogs – iMedia
- Can Durex turn your lonely Johnson into a Superpower in your pants? Now that’s attention grabbing advertising.
Durex Makes Superhero Cutouts for Your Little Friend – Adrants
Interactive building: Press 3 for red
Posted on 28. Nov, 2006 by Jonathan Cherry.
If there wasn’t enough cool stuff to do with a cellphone already – the clever Swedes have invented an interactive building lighting system that allows you to change the colour of its lights by phoning it.
Colour by Numbers is a 72 meters high light installation at Telefonplan in Stockholm, Sweden.
You select the floors you wish to colour using the buttons 0 to 9
on your phone. The various combinations of red, green and blue can be selected on the keypad. The tower can be monitored via live video feed on the net.
Play with your buildings we always say.
Its therapeutic, and costs a damn lot less than some billboard that most people never notice.
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