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    Internet Guide, Volume 1, Issue 1 January 20 2009 Page 1

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    03. Letter from the Editor

    04. Byte Sized:

    06. Bookmarked!

    08. Smart Search

    10. What is Web 2.0?

    12. Seacom Cable

    13. Q &A with Twitter

    14. For the Fun of It

    15. Getting involved

    16. Links

    www.InternetGuide.co.za

    The Internet Guide is published by Ideabank twice a month, and is dis-

    tributed ree o charge in PDF ormat, online. For editorial or advertising

    queries, please see Page 15 o this magazine.

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    Welcome to the rst issue o the Internet Guide.

    I have wanted to publish a magazine dedicated

    to the South Arican Internet or years, and am

    thus thrilled to be launching this digital version

    right at the start o 2009.

    South Arican Internet users have had a hard

    time embracing the webs potential. Our band-

    width is restrictive, the costs o online access

    prohibitive, and the usage prevalence is rela-

    tively low. Yet, despite these challenges, those

    who are active in the online space, whether as

    creators or users, have done a remarkable job

    o integrating the web into everyday lie. The

    good news is that i everything goes accord-

    ing to plan, South Arica is in or a tremendous

    boost o bandwidth at almost no extra cost (see

    page 12). What that means is that we are going

    to push our usage o the web to the limits, and

    hopeully raise the bar to international level.

    This e-mag is written or everyone who wants

    to become more amiliar with the online world,

    both local and international. It is written or

    those o you who are just getting started using

    the web, as well as or veteran users who already

    spend most o their time online. The web is, o

    course, a vast vessel o content and no one can

    ever know everything. Hopeully, the pages that

    ollow will give you nuggets o inormation as

    to how the web can best be used to make you

    more productive and ecient, both in your pro-

    essional and leisure time. And it will strongly

    push to the ore some o the excellent sites that

    are created by South Aricans.

    The e-mag is published twice a month, on

    the rst and third Tuesday. It is created in .pd

    ormat, which means it can be read on virtually

    any computer that has online access, can be

    orwarded, saved, printed or emailed to others.

    It is also ree, so please spread ar and wide!

    The e-mag will also have a website (www.inter-

    netguide.co.za), where I envision most o the ar-

    ticles will appear in a blog ormat. This will allow

    or comments and discussions, which should

    prove to be a lot o un. Ill keep you posted, or

    just check it out at your leisure. In the meantime,

    should you have comments or suggestions or

    the magazine, you can email those directly to

    me at [email protected]. For other waysto get involved, see page 15.

    I hope you enjoy this rst issue. Its just a sample

    - I am testing the waters so to speak. Expect

    more with each orthcoming issue.!

    Cheers!

    Eve Dmochowska

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    New podcastI you are interested in learning about

    the ull power o digital media, check

    out a new local podcast, The Digital

    Edge. In the two episodes ready or

    download, you will hear interviews

    with industry experts about their pre-

    dictions o what will be big in the on-

    line space in 2009. Listen to the pod-

    cast on your iPod while commuting

    to work, and put dead time to good

    use!

    Find a kidnapped zebra!A zebra was stolen rom the Perdeberg vineyards! The kid-

    napper wants wine as ransomand will post weekly clues

    that will lead to a new drop-o location. I you help solve

    these clues, you will get a 10% discount o the wine, and will

    also stand a chance to win a case o wine every week. There

    is a new clue posted every Monday. What a clever and un

    use o online tools to promote a local brand. Now go nd

    that zebra!

    Behave yoursel online...As the web makes it easier and easier to post opinions and

    views online, the doors are opening or litigation against neg-

    ative content. Two cases have come to light recently. Donn

    Edwards was sued by QVC or over R460,000 or publishing a

    critical blog post about their telemarketing practice o prom-

    ising a prize in return or a timeshare presentation. This case

    has now been settled out o court. Also, Duane Brady was

    arrested or allegedly deaming his wies riend on Facebook.

    Brady allegedly wrote that his wies riend was sleeping

    around to buy drugs. The lesson? Make sure you have youracts straight, and respect others right to privacy. Otherwise,

    you might be acing a lawsuit or even jail time.

    Happy Birthday!Wikipedia, the user generated online

    encyclopedia that anyone can edit,

    has celebrated its eighth birthday. In

    the last year, it served 700 million page

    impressions, raised over $6 million

    in donations,

    and launched

    its mobile site

    http://mobile.

    wikipedia.com.

    Have you got news youd like

    to share with our readers?Email quick bytes o inorma-

    tion to

    [email protected]

    Byte sized ...

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    Making it bigSynthasite, the South Arican start

    up ounded by Vinny Lingham has

    reached a million registered users.

    Synthasite allows web users to easily

    set up websites using drag-and-drop

    technology, and templates.

    Google calendar smsI you use Google calendar to keep track o your schedule,

    you should also consider using their sms service to remind

    you o important appointments. Simply set up an sms alert

    (www.google.com/calendar >> settings >> mobile setup),

    and the time you want to be alerted, and the rest is up to

    Google. The service is ree, and, surprisingly, works within

    South Arica with all three main cell networks supported. Its

    also great or anniversary and birthday reminders. Now you

    have no excuse!

    Seat inormation onlineThe www.seatguru.com site ensures that I get as ew nasty

    surprises when I fy as possible. It lists the amenities o eve-

    ry seat o almost any plane. Will you have power supply or

    your laptop? A private screen? Floor storage? Good view o

    the monitor? Or, you can simply nd out which seats have

    the most legroom. Poor seats are fagged in red, and the

    ones that are less than ideal are yel-

    low. There is also inormation on

    the amenities o the plane as a whole. All you need to know

    is the model o the plane and the airline., the rest youll getrom this site. Perect or online check-ins, where you can

    choose your seat in the comort o your home or oce.

    Maths geniusFor those times when you need to

    work out answers to complicated

    math equations, or i you simply

    just cant nd your calculator the

    Web2.0calc should prove a lie saver. It

    has all the unctions you might want,

    including trig,

    logs, quadratic

    equations and

    more.

    Rise and shineTend to oversleep or nap at inappropriate times? Youll love

    Kuku Klok. Its an online alarm clock that is easy and un to

    use: simply set the time and choose one o our sound eects

    or the alarm. The best part is that the alarm will still unction

    even i you drop your Internet connection. And apparently

    its Swiss made, so you can bet its reliable. Theres no snooze

    button though, so no cheating.

    Byte sized ...

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    n24.com

    The nancial site has had

    a major revamp, and now

    sports a clean look with easy

    navigation and an excellentlayout. It oers everything you

    might expect rom a website

    in this genre, including

    market indicators, columnists,

    tools and personal nance

    advice. There are various paid

    premium levels, which oer

    extra eatures but you can geta lot o mileage out o the ree

    version too. Since the site has

    an alternative revenue model,

    there is not too much in-your-

    ace advertising, which is a

    bonus. I you are serious about

    staying current with market

    data, make sure you check out

    their mobile version too. Its

    personalised to your portolio.

    ewn.co.za

    This site is like having your

    hourly radio news at your n-

    gertips at all times. A Primedia

    initiative (think 702, Highveld94.7) the news site is updated

    around the clock with relevant

    news inormation, and also in-

    cludes links to trac, weather,

    market indicators and eature

    stories. You can register to get

    ree sms alerts o breaking

    stories, and can participate ina citizen-journalism by sub-

    mitting your own stories to

    the site. There is much more

    content here than you will

    ever hear on air, and lots o

    stories come with background

    inormation to put you ully in

    the picture.

    scoregrid.com

    I you are an English Premier

    or Champions League an, this

    site will make you think youre

    died and gone to heaven.ScoreGrid oers you a dier-

    ent perspective o every game

    played by giving you visual

    inormation o all the action,

    together with the relevant

    stats. In other words, you

    can track the path o the ball

    throughout the whole game a technology marvel. There

    are also heat maps and graphs.

    As a bonus, there is a robust

    community o users, so you

    can comment, analyse and

    predict game results. A antas-

    tic site or soccer ans, devel-

    oped by a South Arican team.

    And just in time or 2010?

    Bookmarked !

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    postsecret.com

    The concept o the site is

    simple: people anonymously

    send their innermost secrets

    on a postcard, and themost captivating ones get

    published on the site so

    ar about 2,500 o them. The

    postcards are also illustrated,

    adding to the visual appeal

    and enhancing the message.

    Some recent secrets that

    have been posted includeWhen my unemployed former

    co-worker told me he used

    me as a reference on a job

    application, I submitted my

    own resume. I start on Feb

    14. (I was unemployed too).

    Postsecret.com is an online

    phenomenon. I suggest you

    visit!

    dailyroutines.

    typepad.com

    Famous and/or successul

    people also only have just 24

    hours per day. This website

    gives you an insight into some

    o the routines that these

    people have, to help them

    ull the days tasks. The site

    provides a gentle insight into

    the lives o lmmakers, musi-

    cians, mathematicians, writers

    and many more. The inorma-

    tion is sourced rom across all

    media, and includes proles

    on people long dead. Daily

    Routines oers a captivating

    and inspiring daily read. Visit

    the site and nd out who said

    A mathematician is a machine

    or turning coee into theo-rems

    fightaware.com

    I you travel a lot, or i some-

    one close to you does, then

    youll soon become addicted

    to this site. On the surace, ittracks the fight patterns o

    airplanes, but in reality it oers

    much more than that. You can

    check the status o any fight

    (even one in the air), weather

    conditions at airports, ETA and

    even predict possible delays.

    Since the site tracks the actualequipment, you can check

    where the plane you are about

    to board has just been. Or sim-

    ply use the site to check where

    the plane your loved one is

    on is right now. The service is

    most reliable or fights within

    the US, but the website is

    worth a visit, even to just play

    around.

    Bookmarked !

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    Smart Search

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    Google Shortcut Finds Pages That Have...

    nokia phone the words nokia and phone

    sailing OR boating either the word sailing or the word boating

    love me tender the exact phrase love me tender

    printer -cartridge the word printer but NOT the word cartridge

    Toy Story +2 movie title including the number 2

    ~auto looks up the word auto and synonyms

    dene:serendipity denitions o the word serendipity

    how now * cow the words how now cow separated by one or more words

    + addition; 978+456

    - subtraction; 978-456

    * multiplication; 978*456

    / division; 978/456

    % o percentage; 50% o 100

    ^ raise to a power; 4^18 (4 to the eighteenth power)

    old in new (conversion) 45 celsius in Fahrenheit (Also works or currency)

    site:(search only one website) site:websearch.about.com invisible web

    link:(nd linked pages) link:www.liehacker.com

    You are already most likely using Google as your main search engine. But

    do you really know how to search eectively , so that you nd what you

    want quickly? And do you know that the Google search bar has built in

    unctions to get you your answers with as lew clicks as possible? Here is a handy cheat sheet to help

    you get the most out o Google.

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    Smart Search

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    cache: (view cached page) cache:google.com

    letype:(restrict search to specic letype) zoology letype:ppt

    allintitle: (search or keywords in page title) allintitle:nike running

    inurl:(restrict search to page URLs) inurl:chewbacca

    site:.edu (specic domain search) site:.edu, site:.gov, site:.org, etc.

    site:country code (restrict search to country) site:.br rio de Janeiro

    intext:(search or keyword in body text) intext:parlor

    allintext: (return pages with all words specied in body text) allintext:north pole

    book(search book text) book The Lord o the Rings

    phonebook:(nd a phone number) phonebook:Google CA

    bphonebook: (nd business phone numbers) bphonebook:Intel OR

    rphonebook:(nd residential phone numbers) rphonebook:Joe Smith Seattle WA

    stocks:(get a stock quote) stocks:ncesa

    #...#(search within a number range) nokia phone $200...$300

    daterange:(search within specic date range) bosnia daterange:200508-200510

    As a deault, Google shows you 10 search results on a page (or astest

    response time), but you can change that to 30 by tweaking your preer-

    ences.

    And remember, Google has dierent home pages or di-

    erent countries. So search results rom Google.com will be

    dierent rom results rom Google.co.za, ahich will be more

    skewed to South Arican content.

    (Shortcuts were sourced rom About.com)

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    There is no widely-accepted denition, and itreally depends who you ask.

    A web developer will tell you that Web 2.0 reers

    to a platorm, a phase where content that used

    to sit on your hard drive now sits on someone

    elses drive, or in the cloud, and is accessible to

    you via any Internet connection.

    A web user will tell you that Web2.0 reers to a

    web that is more interactive and responsive to

    his needs.

    A designer will dene Web 2.0 very much by

    the new,

    clean look othe sites that

    all into the

    category.

    However you

    choose to

    dene it, what

    no one will

    argue with is

    the act that Web 2.0 is all about improved com-

    munication between those who participate in it.

    When the Internet rst became mainstream, the

    bulk o the content that was seen by the web

    user was created by the owner o the web-

    site. So, or instance, Company ABC would put

    together a number o web pages, and would

    advertise the URL (address) o the site. Anyone

    interested in the company would visit the site,

    and read the content. I they had questions or

    comments, there would most likely be an email

    address on the website where they could post

    their views. Thats classic Web 1.0 a one way

    communication channel, where a company

    would talk, and the consumer would listen.

    The new era o web use, known as Web 2.0

    changes that drastically. Now, it is very easy

    or a web user to interact with a website. For

    instance, i a newspaper posts a story on its

    website, readers can now comment on that

    connect. A whole new dialogue opens up,

    where the original reporter can interact with his

    audience.

    Similarly, web users can create home videos and

    post them on YouTube, can upload slide presen-

    tations and share them with a wide audience on

    Slideshare.com, can create their own blogs (web

    journals) using ree sotware such as Wordpress,

    and much, much more.

    The bottom line is that with some passion or

    your topic, but very little (or none) web devel-opment knowledge, you can now become a

    serious contributor to web content. And others

    can interact, comment, praise or dismiss that

    content equally easily.

    This has caused a great shake up in the ways

    we communicate with each other, and the

    ways companies talk to us. It has given you, the

    consumer, a very loud voice which you can use

    to shout out loud to be heard in the crowd. In

    What is Web2.0 ?

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    Web 2.0 has given you,he consumer, a veryoud voice which youan use to shout out

    oud to be heard in therowd.

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    uture issues, we will discuss some o the tools

    available to you to do so, but as you browse

    the web notice that almost every good website

    has some sort o means to allow you to express

    your opinion or to submit content (known as

    user generated content). I you hear someone

    talk about a Web 2.0 site, know that it is simplea website or an application that allows you, the

    user, to interact with it. In act, I seriously doubt

    whether any website that is newly launched

    could successully survive without having these

    capabilities. Even this online magazine will soon

    have a corresponding blog where you will be

    able to share your points o view.

    You might also hear reerence to a Web 2.0 look.This reers to the current design trends o web-

    sites, which change and evolve over time, just as

    ashion does. Right now what seems to be hot

    is rounded corners, shadows, refections and an

    overall clean look.

    There is no rocket science to this it is a simple

    evolution o how people talk to each other. Ac-

    tive is always better than passive.

    Some tools o the Web 2.0 era:

    (This is only an introduction to the tools. Each

    will be covered in much more detail in uture

    issues. )

    Blogs: simple websites that allow users to up-

    date content regularly, and make it available to

    a wide audience.

    Bookmarking/Tagging: allows you to save

    and sort online content, or have access to the

    content, so that it is accessible to you wherever

    there is an Internet connection.

    Content aggregation: Brings online content

    to you in a single place, rather than you going

    to it.

    Crowdsourcing/Voting/Reviews:Means o

    interacting with companies, and voicing your

    opinion.

    Discussion boards and orums: Once again,

    an excellent platorm to interact with a com-

    pany, and ellow users o products. Good place

    to ask and answer questions.

    Microblogging:The use o tools such as Twit-

    ter to stay constantly in touch with a chosen

    network o people.

    Online video: Made popular by the likes o

    YouTube. Allows or quick sharing o visual

    content.

    Photosharing: Not conned to baby albums,

    photosharing sites such as Flickr add to the

    webs visual content, and allow or quick distri-

    bution o images

    Podcasting: Audio content easily accessed by

    tools such as iTunes.

    Social networks: Making the Web 2.0 a bit

    more about me, social networks such as Face-

    book or LinkedIn help you dene your crowdand communicate with it.

    What is Web2.0 ?

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    Aricas Internet users account or just 3.5%o global users. That is a sad, but unsurprising,

    statistic. But South Arica, as well as some east-

    ern Arican countries, will see a change in June

    o this year. Thats when the much anticipated

    Seacom cable reaches our shore. The Seacom

    cable is a 15,000 km undersea cable, connecting

    India, Arica and Europe, and will deliver band-

    width at speeds and costs we could only dream

    about up to now. It will provide 40 times the

    bandwidth we currently have available. Accord-

    ing to Moneyweb, the Seacom cable will oer

    70% - 80% saving on our current bandwidth

    prices. Accord-

    ing to Business

    Day, Seacom

    has pledged

    to provide Uni-

    versities with

    50 times their

    current band-

    width at 2% o

    the cost.

    The bandwidth will be sold to any other net-

    work operator, and the number o such resellers

    could rise dramatically into the hundreds. This

    will urther ensure competitive pricing.

    O course, the cable will only prove to eective

    i the internal communication structures that

    deliver the bandwidth rom the cables dockingpoint to your computer, are in place. MTN and

    Neotel are jointly investing around R2 billion to

    build a 5,000 km bre-optic network connect-

    ing the major centres in South Arica. The rst

    completed section will join Gauteng to Kwa-

    Zulu Natal.

    What does this mean or you? Rather than

    expecting to get a lower bill or your online

    connection, expect to pay the same amount or

    many times the bandwidth. That translates into

    a connection that is ast, reliable and one that

    will bring us on par to the speeds experienced

    in other developed countries.

    That will be the necessary jump start or our on-

    line developers and new media agencies, who

    have thus ar been stifed by the prohibitive cost

    o large volumes o bandwidth. They will be-

    come more innovative, and more competitive

    on the global market. As the local online users

    begin to interact with the web more and more,

    you will nd that South Arican developers start

    ocusing on developing applications targeted to

    our home population.

    Also, expect to drastically change the way youconsume all types o media, including TV. I

    South Aricans will be allowed to legally pur-

    chase shows orm iTunes, you will soon nd

    yoursel no longer being at the mercy o the

    TV stations or to the delayed schedules o your

    avourite series. Youll be as up to date as the US

    audience.

    Our usage o mobile web--on-the-go will alsogrow exponentially.

    Seacom Cable

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    eacom has pledgedo provide Universities

    with 50 times their cur-ent bandwidth at 2% the cost.

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    Twitter is an online microblogging tool that is a

    global phenomenon, and is slowly taking o in

    South Arica.

    Well have much more to say about it in uture is-

    sues, but or now know that it is a means to com-

    municate online with a pre-dened network o

    your peers and riends rom around the world.

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