Adii Rockstar

http://adii.co.za

• Marketing Substance

  http://adii.co.za/2009/07/marketing-substance/
  7 days

  I’ve spent quite a bit of time recently trying to figure out how I can improve the marketing of my personal brand, this blog & my Twitter profile, because let’s face it – things like website traffic & Twitter followers are kind of a ego stroke / boost these days … But ego stroking aside, I started pondering why people were really

• EP12 – Tribes

  http://adii.co.za/2009/07/ep12-tribes/
  10 days

  I’ve been wanting to write a blog post titled “Business with personality” for a while now and then I recently started reading Tribes by Seth Godin, which finally prompted me to publish some thoughts on the matter. So EP12 is my take on why businesses need leaders and what kind of characteristics those leaders should have

• EP11 – Social Networks & Owning your data

  http://adii.co.za/2009/06/ep11-social-networks-owning-your-d...
  12 days

  So this is something I’ve been thinking about for a while now and ever since Foxinni convinced me that’s at least worth a consideration to host all of your data on your own server, instead of giving it to major social networks. In this episode I talk about why I think we’re still using social networks, whilst the way we’re using our personal

• EP09 – Launch Day

  http://adii.co.za/2009/06/ep09-launch-day/
  24 days

  So yesterday was saw the launch of WOO2 finally happening and I think we managed to handle this mammoth task in quite a smooth way. Except for the server crashing for a hour afterwards, but anyway… In this episode, I suggest a few ways how you can minimize the risks involved with launching something online

• EP08 – Trusting WordPress

  http://adii.co.za/2009/06/ep08-trusting-wordpress/
  27 days

  After last week’s release of WP 2.8, I figured that it’d be a good time to talk about how much WP users are trusting the platform these days. The conclusion? Well, I’m pretty much torn down the middle of being very excited for WP and being even more scared when faced with the reality of this willy-nilly trusting

• EP07 – Patient Development

  http://adii.co.za/2009/06/ep07-patient-development/
  31 days

  This is the first episode (and it’s a quick one) that won’t be going up on therockstar.tv, but on adii.co.za instead. This is also the first time I’ll be using my new Sony SR67 camera; so don’t expect everything to be perfect… In this episode I talk about patient development, which in principle is at the exact opposite end of agile development,

• Investing in hindsight

  http://adii.co.za/2009/06/investing-in-hindsight/
  32 days

  You should know by know that I’m a firm believer of acting upon one’s gut feel and I’ve tried to do that as often as possible in my short little foray into a business career. Things could’ve however been totally different (for me) had a few other people made other decisions. Let me explain… When I quit my corporate job last year,

• An Integrated Approach

  http://adii.co.za/2009/06/an-integrated-approach/
  34 days

  Okay, so this is a little weird and maybe overly impulsive (even from me), but I’ve decided to close down RockstarTV (previously at http://therockstar.tv, but with a 301 redirect bring you here now) completely as of today, after only having it online for the last couple of weeks. All six RockstarTV episodes that I’ve published already have been

• EP06 – DIY & Changes

  http://adii.co.za/2009/06/ep06-diy-changes/
  37 days

  In this episode a talk a little about why I’ve created RockstarTV and what my aims are with this venture. I also explain that whilst I may look great on camera (heh); I’m definitely no actor and I didn’t go to drama school. So with this you can expect a very DIY, authentic and natural approach to all future RockstarTV episodes

• EP05 – Inspirational Workplaces (Part 2)

  http://adii.co.za/2009/06/ep05-inspirational-workplaces-part...
  37 days

  So this is part 2 of my Inspirational Workplaces video and in this episode I talk about the things that made me move into an office (after working from home before). I also try to give you guys (and girls!) some advice with regards to also creating an inspirational space within which you will work. So I hope you find this useful!