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Seeing SA through the eyes of US bloggers

3 Dec 2008 12:422 commentsBizLike
Hosted by the International Marketing Council (IMC) of South Africa, the We Blog the World South Africa - Blogging South Africa Tour 2008 - is currently underway. As SA blogger Matthew Buckland writes, “the idea [is] to show some key US bloggers what our country is made of: the good, the bad and the complex.”

360o picture of the participatingUS and South African bloggers, courtesy of Virtual Africa. Full screen version.

So what have they been up to? Find out in their own words by reading:
  • Bizcommunity blog: [US blogger tour] My first lesson on blogging
  • Bizcommunity blog: [US blogger tour] We Blog the World kicks off on Sunday [this post lists all the participating bloggers]
  • Bizcommunity blog: [US blogger tour] We Blog the World kicks off on Sunday
  • Weblogtheworld.com: Lanzerac Hotel is a hidden gem
  • Weblogtheworld.com: Rosebank Hotel refurbished and rocking
  • Weblogtheworld.com: The story behind Stormhoek
  • Weblogtheworld.com: South Africa Sluggish on Wind Power
  • Weblogtheworld.com: We blog the world: US bloggers hit RS of A
  • Weblogtheworld.com: South Africa's Darling Wind Farm
  • Weblogtheworld.com: Jouled
  • Weblogtheworld.com: A Call From the Distant Past
  • Weblogtheworld.com: Virtual Panoramic Shot of American Bloggers in Africa
  • Weblogtheworld.com: Cape Town Helicopter Flight
  • Weblogtheworld.com: Helicopter Ride Over the Cape
  • Weblogtheworld.com: Joule, the South African Electric Car
  • Weblogtheworld.com: Africa joining the electric car craze, with Optimal Energy's Joule
  • Weblogtheworld.com: Same Information, Different Representation
  • Weblogtheworld.com: View from the new Mandela Rhodes hotel
  • Weblogtheworld.com: New Media in Action
  • Weblogtheworld.com: Enter a New South African Chapter
  • Weblogtheworld.com: The GRID and South Africa's First Mobile Documentary
  • Weblogtheworld.com: Painted Faces
  • Weblogtheworld.com: “A Very Exciting Experiment”
  • Weblogtheworld.com: Getting Connected
  • Weblogtheworld.com: Flickr, Twitter & YouTube Feeds to Follow Us in South Africa
  • Weblogtheworld.com: Johannesburg's Rosebank Hotel
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    Simone Puterman is managing editor of Bizcommunity.com. After majoring in psychology and linguistics at Rhodes University, and then completing her Honours in psychology, she has been in the world of B2B publishing since 1997 and at Biz since 2006. To submit press releases and contributor pieces, see How to contribute to Bizcommunity, from op-ed pieces to news | Submit news. Follow @SimoneBiz on Twitter.View profile and articles...
    Derick
    complexity-
    If we're talking complex, what happened to me is complex!
    Take a look at my page: www.saconference.co.za/profile/derickporembabrumer Posted on 3 Dec 2008 17:58
    Neil
    a very disappointing meet up-
    I went to the US blogger meet up in Cape Town and was very disappointed...

    Firstly, the US bloggers were over an hour late.
    Secondly, one of the bloggers spoke for roughly 5 minutes but we couldn't hear a word he said as he was trying to speak over loud background music.
    And thirdly, no one gave any presentations, us South Africans had to mingle with the US bloggers, we were probably 5 to 1 so everyone was jostling to get a word in.

    By this time it was past 10pm on a Sunday evening...

    All in all it wasn't very professional, if I can give any suggestions it would be to stay away from a Sunday as many people (who I invited) couldn't make it, who knows who else didn't make it... The turn out will be much better if it were on a workday in a quieter location. Posted on 10 Dec 2008 08:24
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