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Alan Ball I m an online marketer living in Cape Town working for 24.com as a Games Marketer. I enjoy good music and all things tech.

26 November 2009 ~ 0 Comments

DJ Line up for Synergy Live

Managed to get hold of the DJ line up for the Electro Dome @ Synergy Live this weekend.
Here it is:
FRIDAY 27TH NOV
17.00-18.45 Ainsley
18.45-19.30 Antonio
19.30-21.00 Spekta
21.00- 22.00 PH Fat
22.00- 23.00 Hyphen
23.00-00.30 Niskerone
00.30 – Close Counterstrike
SATURDAY 28TH NOV
13.30 – 1500 Anthea
15.00-17.00 X ray
17.00- 18.30 Elgordo.
18.30-20.00 Lapse
20.00-21.30 Haezer
21.30- 23.00 Bruce willis
23.00- 00.30 Grave danger
00.30- Close Killer robot (Bruno [...]

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25 November 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Festival Essentials

With SynergyLive at Boschendal Wine Estate this weekend I thought I’d put together a quick list of the items needed to get you through to Sunday.
Absolute essentials:
• Tent
• Sleeping bag
• Cash
• Torch with spare batteries!!!
Clothes:
• Waterproof jacket  - The weather forecast for this weekend looks great so probably not needed.
• A warm top – the [...]

13 November 2009 ~ 5 Comments

Layar

I downloaded the new iphone Layar app yesterday (free by the way) and I was really surprised to see what I found in Cape Town.  Layar is basically an augmented reality browser which means it allows real time digital information to be shown on top of what you are viewing on your cellphones camera.  So be it photos taken [...]

13 November 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Photos inside Greenpoint Stadium

Got sent these amazing photos of the new stadium in Greenpoint .  Wow it looks amazing!
I’m really looking forward to watching the World Cup Quarter Final there next year.

12 October 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Brothers Streep and Anna Paquin

A few years ago I helped get 5 copywriters from the AAA school of advertising some intern work at Inxcom. Only one very talented guy survived, Simon Streep and he has been doing some great things with his band “The Brothers Streep“.
They recently played on Graham Nortons BBC1 show performing the song they wrote for [...]

01 October 2009 ~ 0 Comments

End of an era

It’s the end of the lavish lunches and media parties in London for me.
Over the past two years I have been extremely lucky to take part in a very cool ritual within the Uk online media industry – “The Lunch Meeting”.  As an Account Director on some large accounts my team and I are wined [...]

30 September 2009 ~ 2 Comments

Online finally overtakes TV in the UK

This is definitely a big milestone for online media. The IAB announced this morning that online advertising spend has overtaken TV. Great news for the UK online media market showing the strength of the medium during the toughest of times.  I personally think there is still more to come from online as there are still [...]

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29 September 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Hello world!

Welcome to WordPress.
Yes finally I have shifted over to wordpress after lots of procrastination.  But it feels really good to get my site up and running.  Hopefully I can start posting some more stuff over the next few days, before the GREAT TREK back to mamma aafrika.
I’ll keep it short and sweet for now.  But [...]