Archive for August, 2008

PersonL ready for commercial (beta) release

PersonL is now ready for use for paying clients and we have already secured three paying clients (details to follow as clients go live).
This week we released the last of the vital/core features and the team is now focussing on the “wishlist/enhancement” items (some of which can be seen here). Immediately we will be building:

The […]

New PersonL Site Blitz!

Yesterday, I (proudly) sent the following mail to the office:
“We have just officially entered PersonL (last minute) into this years TechCrunch50 Contest
We had half applied, decided it was too late, and then they mailed me yesterday and asked me to complete the entry by tomorrow…

So we got cracking and churned out a much upgraded web […]

PersonL sponsors CareerPlanet

CareerPlanet is an initiative designed to contribute, meaningfully, towards the development of a skills pipeline for South Africa.
In practical terms, CareerPlanet has a mobile network of computers and trainers who setup in shopping malls for a week at a time and assist kids to understand the “world of work,” profile themselves and have their minds […]

The Google effect

Google has progressed from being known as a worldwide phenomenon, to simply a standard in the way we conduct our Internet lifestyle. I’m actually quite shocked that Word has identified ‘Google’ as a spelling error. It’s an indispensable tool used and loved by all. I must confess that it’s so effective, that I sometimes use […]