Marc Forrest.com

Nominations open for SA Blog Awards

Posted on02. Aug, 2010 by Marc.

0

The SA Blog Awards have officially opened for nominations, and the call for blogs to be nominated in the various categories has opened.
Over the last year, I have put a lot of time into MarcForrest.com. And the rewards have paid off. My traffic has increased tenfold, and my search rankings are higher. The idea behind [...]

Continue Reading

My Gadgets & Gizmos article in “The Ballito” magazine

Posted on13. Jul, 2010 by Marc.

1

A couple of months ago, I met Justin Scott who is the editor of a local magazine in Ballito, aptly called, “The Ballito“. The magazine is a published every two months and covers life on the beautiful North Coast of KZN. The magazine also forms part of a stable of magazines including “The Centurion” as [...]

Continue Reading

A weekend at Honeywood Lodge – Bliss

Posted on01. Jul, 2010 by Marc.

1

A couple of weeks ago, I received an email from the owners of a place called Honeywood Lodge, Ian and Sharon, inviting me and the famdamily down to their self-catering accommodation for the weekend.
Honeywood is situated just a bit north of Port Shepstone, on the KZN South Coast, in a suburb called Sea Park. We [...]

Continue Reading

Jack Parow CD

Posted on30. Apr, 2010 by Marc.

2

You may have heard of Jack Parow. You know that guy that sings “Cooler As Ekke“. That afrikaans rap tune, that every time you listen to it, cracks you up. It’s brilliant. And finally, he has bought out his own CD.
If you haven’t heard it check out this video to get an idea about what [...]

Continue Reading

Please help me go to #Tech4Africa

Posted on30. Apr, 2010 by Marc.

9

You may have noticed this banner that I have on the right hand side of my page. The banner is for an upcoming conference in Jozi, in August, called Tech4Africa.
The conference is run over 3 days, and includes some of the most prolific speakers in the tech industry, from South Africa as well as abroad. [...]

Continue Reading

Revolutionary House – Julias Malema Song

Posted on21. Apr, 2010 by Marc.

1

You may have heard the new parody song on 5FM called Revolutionary House. The song is a remix by David Law, and mixes in some of the out of line phrases Julias Malema used at a recent press conference.
It really is a catchy tune, and is gaining loads of attention.Her is the video of the [...]

Continue Reading

Thirst4Work Launches in KZN

Posted on15. Apr, 2010 by Marc.

0

I’m a big fan of startups in South African, and even a bigger fan when the startups are from KZN, and EVEN more stoked when they from my home town Ballito, up on the North Coast of KZN.
Enter Brad Dowden. Brad is also a local Ballito boy, and has recently launched a very very cool [...]

Continue Reading

Don’t touch me on my studio

Posted on15. Apr, 2010 by Marc.

1

You seen the hiliraious encounter that took place on the set of E-Tv’s news studios last week, when Andre Visage became a household name overnight, and soon everybody was talking about “Don’t Touch ME on MY studio“. The payoff line has sorta become a joke amongst friends and loads of spoof video’s and songs have [...]

Continue Reading

Read my article on MemeBurn

Posted on06. Apr, 2010 by Marc.

0

I’m sure by now you must have heard about the new South African website called MemeBurn. The site is the brainchild of Matthew Buckland and the guys from Creative Spark.
The site focuses on South Africa and the emerging markets and is a mashup between the Techcrunch’s and Mashables of the world. So far I am [...]

Continue Reading

Big Big Brandplus for eBucks

Posted on18. Mar, 2010 by Marc.

8

Disclaimer: I was in no way asked to write this post, or compensated in any way
I have always loved eBucks. The fact that I am getting rewarded for spending money makes a huge difference to me. Every year I used to accumulate my eBucks till December then “splash out” on a Woolworths Gift card which [...]

Continue Reading

Jamie Oliver’s TED Talk

Posted on16. Feb, 2010 by Marc.

1

Many of us know Jamie Oliver for his awesome cooling skills, and TV programmes, as well as his great cookbooks, of which I am sure we all have a copy lying around somewhere.
Jamie was invited to speak at the TED 2010 conference in California last week, and the topic he spoke about was “Teach every [...]