Monday, March 28, 2011

My Adobe CS5

Just installed Adobe CS5 and I'm having the excitement of exploring what it has to offer.
My main focus on this CS5 was Dreamweaver for my web project I'm working on and plus a number of websites i wan't to be done with soon.


Where i got it and on whether it's licensed is rather obvious prejudice on Kenyan student both in IT and the rest. Anyway i assume it's not that big deal assuming most of Kenyan software users (especially personal use) don't buy software-> add that to #PeculiarKenyanHabits (on Twitter if you fancy). I however appreciate the effort to come up with such a powerful and useful software package.

I have used only two modules of the software
my menu showing the CS5 package
.Adobe contribute CS5 and of-course  Adobe Dreamweaver CS5.The new Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 is cool and has an easy-to use interface that improves the coding experience so much. What i like mostly of it is the vertical split function an improvement of the previous split screen.

I have also tried my hands on Adobe Contribute CS5 which in-line with it's name it's used in contributing to the internet. To sample it, it's what i used to post this blog-post.I'd first of all posted an empty post just to test if it works.
Something i also noticed is it's inevitable connection to the internet. I'm unable to cut communication between the software and it's author. I managed to get a number of serials which every time i connect to the internet using this latter blogging discovery(Adobe Contribute ) blocks the serials and i have to move on to the next. It's security against #PeculiarKenyanHabits 
seems on another level . I'mcurrently  running short of serials. Probably that will take me back to Dreamweaver8 if this one gets locked. << -- That's the sad point :(
All in all I'd recommend this software to anyone trying to hit mob birds in one stone




Tuesday, March 15, 2011

SMART BRANDS on social media


Looking at the growth of internet usage and information sharing being online is an unquestionable for any company worth it's name. much more latest trends show that social media is the new way to go as far as being online is concerned. Since your consumers are on social sites, it's of much importance to be there since they're your core sustainer as a marketer. History repeats itself and as from history. Looking at the way companies and different industries welcomed computerization  the same is expected with brands and social media as a current trend whose time is due.
Results of a recent TNS study that was conducted on companies listed on the NSE and their presence on social media were released at the event. A greater fraction of these companies have pages on facebook than twitter however the percentage of companies using their pages on twitter is much greater than facebook.
The fact that most companies now will be going into social media usage, it no longer is an advantage since all your competitors will be onboard the same platform as you are. What draws the line between the good and the better is dependent on the usage of these facility.
I find humble brands tend  more appealing  to online fans since they relate to the people not as a brand or an abstract entity but as a person. On twitter, Firefox is a perfect example of a humble brand which follows it's followers, safaricom is also a good example of such a brand.
My encouragement is on brands to make good and creative usage of social media to get an edge above the competition in social media