Best wishes for 2026! Happy #20PlentyFix!
#TechTip: Report fake accounts
#TechTip: How to turn off Ctrl+Click for opening hyperlinks in Outlook
#GoodPractice #Tip: Crack a joke about making an error 404
#UsabilityFail: Cookie Notice only gives option to ‘Accept’
#DarkPatterns: LinkedIn disguises gaming ad as notification
Happy International Women’s Day #ForAllWomenAndGirls
Good Practice Tip: Keep it simple with web cookies
Happy #ReadAnEbookWeek!
#CapeTownFire sets Table Mountain alight
#TechTip: Make yourself less valuable to Meta
Wishing you a #rattical #ValentinesDay 2025!
#TechBlog: CoSchedule still shows Twitter logo
Starlink complains about BEE and pulls out of SA while Eutelsat connects 1 mil in sub-Saharan Africa
#SONA2025: SA Gov encourages to #WearLocal
#WRAD: Happy World Read Aloud Day 2025!
#UsabilityFail: Meta ends Fact-Checking for Facebook, Instagram and Threads
Happy Chinese New Year of the Snake!
All the best for 2025! Happy #20PlentyThrive ☺
#FraudAlert: How to protect yourself against the SIM Swap Scam
#FraudAlert: Beware the SIM Swap Scam
#GoodPractice #Tip: Offer to connect with Support along the way
#UsabilityFail: Google doesn’t offer support for account recovery
#TechNews: Google Calendar finally offers dark mode
I’m the invisible girl!
Good Practice Tip: Notify users when redirecting to an external link
#UsabilityFail: Google Doodle promotes shooting street signs
When life writes stories: Know your birthday
#UsabilityFail: Microsoft blocks its own content
#UsabilityFail: When ‘Phone’ means ‘Email’
#UsabilityFail: Using generic newsletter name
Happy Women’s Day! 2024 speech by Cyril Ramaphosa
#UsabilityFail: Google Analytics displays calendar unaligned
#UsabilityFail: Google Analytics uses generic ‘report’ as default file name
#GoodPracticeTip: Instant reward for quiz participation
#TechTip: How to uninstall AVG Secure Browser
#UsabilityFail: AVG Secure Browser installed itself without consent
#PodcastRecommendation: ‘The Black Museum’ hosted by Orson Welles
World Inflammatory Bowel Disease Day: IBD has no borders
#BrandFail: Twitter X almost looks like close window X
#TechBlog: Are you human CAPTCHAs get more complex
#UsabilityFail: Google puts its own email into Gmail spam
#UsabilityFail: Facebook forgets ‘Post’ button for creating a new post
#LocalisationFail: Windows Spotlight features Spring when it’s Autumn
#TechNews: Google Drive finally offers dark mode
#BrandFail: X (formerly Twitter)
#TechBlog: If the url says ‘Twitter’, it’s ‘Twitter’
#GiveBlood: #MallToAction #1Nation5000Units on April 13th
Happy #WorldRatDay 2024!
#UsabilityFail: Wrong shades of grey
#TechBlog: It’s #MyTwitterAnniversary, not #MyXAnniversary
#GrammarNerd: Samsung fails ‘trade-in’ or ‘trade in’
Happy Chinese New Year of the Dragon!
#TechTip: How to hide HTML Code
A blessed 2024! Happy #20PlentyMore ☺
#GoBokke: Happy Bokke Day!
#GoBokke: Cheeky holiday for Springboks’ Rugby World Cup win
#TechBlog: Twitter is clearly in it for the money with repetitive X linking to subscribe
#TechBlog: Twitter is clearly in it for the money with subscription ads everywhere
#CapeTownClimateWeek 2023 18th to 22nd September
#TravelBlog #SANationalParksWeek 2023: 16 to 24 September
#TechNews: WordPress automatically shares posts to Mastodon
#DarkPatterns: LinkedIn lures with more when there isn’t any
#UsabilityFail: Vague advice is no advice
#UsabilityFail: Google’s logo requirements are too restricted
#UsabilityFail: Writing in ALL CAPS
South Africa’s #BanyanaBanyana Soccer Team makes history as they qualify for the FIFA World Cup Round of 16
#UsabilityFail: No more tick required, but what about privacy laws?
Good Practice Tip: Interactive sign-up responds to user input in a helpful way
#DarkPatterns: Facebook forces to click instead of offering endless scrolling
#GiveBlood: Happy #WorldBloodDonorDay 2023
#UsabilityFail: Try and spot the scrollbar
Happy #EnvironmentDay 2023: Antarctica – for peace and science
#DarkPatterns: Facebook lures with updates which aren’t any
Happy #AfricaDay: #OurAfricaOurFuture
#TechBlog: Pinterest requests date of birth
Happy International Day for Biological Diversity
#TechBlog: Twitter auto-sharing stops due to API pricing increase
Happy International Museum Day
Happy #InternationalNursesDay 2023!
‘Who Stole Our Oceans?’ Dance-Theatre activation
SA Library Week 2023: Libraries – telling powerful stories
#Sign the #Petition: #Support the #BushRadio 89.5FM 2023 License Renewal
#VaccineRolloutSA: New round of boosters to fight COVID-19 subvariant
#VaccineRolloutSA: Get your Covid vaccination at the soccer game! ⚽
Protest against polar explorer Akademik Alexander Karpinsky, 26 Jan 10 to 11am, V&A Waterfront
Happy Chinese New Year of the Rabbit!
#VaccineRolloutSA: #VaxAndRelax at Sea Point Promenade and Mnandi Beach this weekend
#VaccineRolloutSA: Get your Covid vaccination at the beach! ⛱
#CoronavirusPandemic: Most transmissible COVID-19 Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 hits South Africa
#CoronavirusPandemic: #StaySafe against most transmissible COVID-19 subvariant
#CoronavirusPandemic: A more transmissible COVID-19 Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 is spreading
#HappyNewYear: May it be as cool as dog 😎
#UsabilityFail: Flimsy grey font unreadable on white background
#ArtificialGeneralIntelligence: ChatGPT shows the power of #AI
Morocco makes history as first African country to reach Soccer World Cup semi-finals
#MeetSouthAfrica: Progress on the decriminalisation of sex work in SA
#HappyChristmas: Cyril Ramaphosa declared 27th December a public holiday
#PodcastEmpfehlung: ARD Audiothek Adventskalender
#UsabilityFail: LinkedIn, please stop with your #DarkPatterns pseudo alerts
#WhiteWashing explained: Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) address #WhiteSaviourism
#BoycottQatar2022: Should we boycott the Soccer World Cup?
Qatar FIFA World Cup: Protest by logo redesign
Qatar: FIFA World Cup of Sham
#ThinkBeforeYouClick: Funny Spam email
#16DaysOfActivism: 5 women killed every hour by family member
Join the virtual Nature for Life Hub Nov 28th to 30th, 9am EST / 2pm GMT / 4pm SAST
Qatar: FIFA World Cup of Kafala
Qatar: FIFA World Cup of Homophobia
#ThinkBeforeYouClick: Beware well-crafted Spam emails
Qatar: FIFA World Cup of Shame
Good Practice Tip: Scan your Spam folder
#GEW2022: Global Entrepreneurship Week 2022 Launches from South Africa
#UsabilityFail: Don’t create unnecessary steps
Happy #NaNoWriMo 2022!
#cocreateDESIGN FESTIVAL 2022: How to get the community involved
#FraudAlert: Beware this Facebook Fake Community Standards Phishing Scam
#NobodyIsAboveTheLaw: President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Response to the State Capture Commission Report
WCG #GBVF Summit: A plethora of valuable input
#EnoughIsEnough: Western Cape Government to host Provincial Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Summit
#UsabilityFail: Beware tech lingo
#MeetSouthAfrica: #LoadShedding declared SA’s Word of the Year 2022
#GoodPractice #Tip: #EskomSePush lightens the load(shedding) with funny gifs
#Review: YouTube handles show once again Google’s unreliability in business decisions
#TechNews: YouTube Studio finally offers username handles
#UsabilityFail: Facebook’s new Pages experience tour pop-ups outside of window
#InternetSafety: Happy International Cyber Security Awareness Month
#BringYourNeighbour: Woodstock Community Day
#EndPlasticWaste: Sign up for free kerbside recycling along the Cape Town Marathon route
#EndHumanTrafficking: Join the #WalkForFreedom
#SAIS2022: #Unconference applies decentralisation in action
#SAIS2022: Department of Science and Innovation’s Press Conference
#SAIS2022: Connectivity before Technology
#SAIS2022: SA Innovation Summit NFT Auction
University of Western Cape launches She-Bobo junior girls’ football league
#SAIS2022: SA Innovation Summit Pitch Competition Award Ceremony
#SAIS2022: Introspection can enable Africa to compete with the world
#SAIS2022: SA Innovation Summit starts with an inspiring Opening Ceremony
#SAIS2022: SA Innovation Summit seizes the Momint and hosts exclusive NFT art auction
#WorldPharmacistsDay: Pharmacists play a critical role in the fight against Covid-19
#BeTheChange: #MarchForSystemChange 24 September 2022
#UrbanGardening: Happy Spring Day 2022!
#GoGreen: September is SA #ArborMonth
#CoronavirusPandemic: Number of Covid-19 orphans nears 150,000 in South Africa
#TravelBlog: #CapeNature #AccessWeek 2022
#GoGreen: #CapeTownClimateWeek 19–24 September 2022
7th South African #Tuberculosis Conference: Bold steps needed to tackle TB in SA
#CapeTownForFree: Andrea Bacchetti solo piano concert
Yours *TrulyJuly* 
