DChetty» Politics

Is Cristina Yang Voldemort’s Daughter?

DChetty — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:52:35 +0000

We’ve been watching a lot of Grey’s Anatomy lately and I’ve questioned Cristina Yang’s family tree. Is Cristina Yang the daughter of Lord Voldemort ?

The similarities are striking!

Nando’s Last Dictator Standing ad!

DChetty — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:42:09 +0000

Nando’s “Last Dictator Standing” has been a brilliantly successful campaign from the Peri-Peri Chicken brand. The video has successfully managed to score posts from Huffington Post and TIME.com.

I was fortunate enough to score a link to my Nando’s “Secrecy Bill” campaign post from Time.com.

Check out the video of the Last Dictator Standing here:

Click here to view the embedded video.

A full list of other Nando’s campaign posts that I’ve done before can be found here.

MWEB fights for Naked ADSL! |Video

DChetty — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:17:54 +0000

MWEB has started a campaign for Naked ADSL and this is a cause that REALLY needs as much support as possible as it is currently corporate rape that Telkom is allowed to charge us for Telkom landline rentals for phone lines that we do not want in order to get access to ADSL line rentals.

The unbundling of these two products will be a huge saving to those who already have ADSL, but don’t use their landlines and also make ADSL more accessible to those who can not afford the combined cost of both the Telkom phone line and the ADSL line rentals.

This video by MWEB explains the entire issue:

Pledge your support for the movement by joining their Facebook campaign.

DISCLAIMER: I am an EX-employee of MWEB and currently have no relationship with them. This post is purely as a result of the fact that I completely support unbundling of ADSL line rentals and can not wait for Naked ADSL.

Samsung Galaxy S2 ad campaign mocks iPhone 4S!

DChetty — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 08:38:47 +0000

Samsung has launched an attack campaign on Apple with their latest mock advert which does not explicitly mention the iPhone 4S, but does a good job of ripping Apple fanboys.

I must admit, even though I’m a huge Apple fan, I quite like the ad from Samsung.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Zapiro on the secrecy bill!

DChetty — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 08:13:16 +0000

Zapiro’s latest political cartoon highlights the ANC, depicted here by Zuma with the shower on his head, and their secrecy bill campaign.

DChetty gives thanks!

DChetty — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 08:18:09 +0000

I started blogging a few years ago when I was inspired by ChrisM from iMod who had been doing it for a few years by then already. I was soon addicted & was later nominated for two 2009 SA Blog Awards, Best New Blog and Best Science & Technology Blog. Even though I did not win, the greatest compliment to my work that I could have had at the time, was that ChrisM had admitted that he was intimidated by my blog and saw me as a serious contender to beat him in the awards.

In 2010, again I made the final list of Best Science & Technology blogs, but only managed to snatch runner up. This year too, I have been voted as one of the Top 3 and have been invited to the awards ceremony in Cape Town next month.

I’ve often said, that I see my blog as my playground on the web where I learn about how the web works and I use it purely to experiment with things like SEO best practise and stuffs. For the last year, I’ve spent a lot of my time fine tuning. Fine tuning old articles, my blog design and SEO implementation among other things.

The rewards have finally paid off, with a consistent flow of organic traffic from search engines, my blog posts being indexed and ranked by Google within minutes of me posting new articles and an awesome rating by webgrader of 98%. )

While these feat was a slow and diligent one, I have to give thanks where it is due and for that, I am grateful these two guys who have helped me tremendously through the years.

Chris M: Thank you for inspiring me to start this blog. Without you as a mentor through the years, I doubt I would have had the patience to sustain this. (@ChrisM)

Jack Wheeler: Thank you for the design help & your consistent push for CSS awesomeness. Due to your niggliness & eye for detail, I now have a blog logo that I’m proud of. (@JDCWheeler)

I’m also VERY grateful for everyone who has voted for me in the SA Blog Awards and for those who have believed that my blog was good enough to even compete. Thank you!

Nando’s react to the Secrecy Bill! #blackTuesday

DChetty — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:21:13 +0000

Nando’s reknowned for their tactical marketing leads the way in SA for witty ad campaigns. In reaction to the passing of a “Secrecy Bill” today being passed by parliament, the guys at Nando’s have released this brilliant print ad:

Check out some other brilliant ads from Nando’s here.

The Toyota FJ – The funny Cape Coloured ad!

DChetty — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:43:09 +0000

This is a brilliant ad by Toyota South Africa for the release of the Toyota FJ. It’s in Afrikaans but with a major Cape Coloured spin. I totally love it

Click here to view the embedded video.

Nando’s has a swing at Malema!

DChetty — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:54:48 +0000

Nando’s have been the king of tactical marketing in SA with brilliant, relevant and topical campaigns. Today’s Nando’s poster release is yet another witty campaign leveraging off the Julius Malema suspension from the ANCYL.

Check out all my previous Nando’s posts.

Axe Excite – TV Ad take-down order issued in SA!

DChetty — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:26:45 +0000

So the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) of South Africa has ordered a take down of the Axe Fallen Angels TV ad, due to a customer complaint.

Axe have issued the following statement:

As a show of good faith to those concerned, we have also made sure the seriousness of the matter is understood by our Angels, who will from now on try their very best to resist the seductive powers of The AXE Effect. To those AXE Men who have used, and who are continuing to use AXE Excite in the hope of seducing Angels, please note – whilst there is no individual danger of disciplinary action from the ASA, the Angels have been known to come in at quite a speed, and the use of AXE Excite is completely at your own risk.

The offensive video can be found here:

Click here to view the embedded video.

I actually like the ad and disagree with the ruling to have the ad removed from TV. There’s a petition up on AXE’s Facebook page, go have your say.