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2 posts tagged with emergency

No news isn’t good news

Following on from my previous post, Media24.com meltdown, and on a more serious note, there’s a good lesson to be learnt in how to correctly respond to technical failures or emergency situations online. Or in News24.com’s case, how not to respond.According to readership statistics (.XLS download) published by the OPA of South Africa, … view full post

 

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I drove past an accident scene this evening and aside from the two cars that had collided, and a pair of shoes scattered across the lanes, the one thing that shook me most was the sight of the drivers standing around the motionless pedestrian, fumbling with their cellphones in a state of panic. In those few seconds of passing, I … view full post