Island Chic’s Babble

I don’t mean to be over excited but i think it’s quite cool that i can finally find my tiny teeny home in the virtual world, which has never happened before even with Google Map. Thanks to National Geographic’s  interactive map of Maldives!

I grew up on a tiny island in the Northern most atoll of [...]

I have switched to a WordPress custom domain from Blogger quite recently. Since I have moved I’ve been meaning to import my old blog posts from Blogger onto the new blog (not because my posts were all that cool, just because they were mine and I wouldn’t want to leave them to rot [...]

Ever since I have heard of Google Wave, I’ve been quite amazed by it. I am not a tech junky and I probably don’t realise some important technical aspects of what Google Wave is about. However from an average dummy’s perspective, I can still see where it’s headed and the sheer potential of [...]

The hype about Google Wave, ever since its launch to the privileged few, have definitely been causing enough waves in the social media to create curiosity among the ignorant and not-so-tech savvy lot (I’m in there somewhere) to want it, no matter what!

The array of blog posts, twitter accounts created merely for the purpose [...]

Although blogging used to be a hobby, I can’t really call it a hobby anymore because I hardly blog. Who’s to blame? Twitter!
Ever since I’ve started tweeting (@islandchic) I just can’t bring myself to blog anymore. Here’s why.

Brevity – tweets are shorter (limited to 142 characters) and therefore it takes less effort to tweet than [...]

I work from 9 am to 5 pm. During my work hours, I still log on to Facebook every now and then. It keeps me connected to the friends around me. We’d arrange our after work outings with Facebook group messages or decide to go check out an event, which we’d have coordinated [...]

DChetty is my blog guru and has been an inspirational blogger from the very beginning. His blog DChetty.co.za has always had something for everyone. Everything from cool internet apps, gadgets, luxury cars, politics and twisted humour, DChetty.co.za has offered a refreshing to read every time.

In the 2009 South African Blog Awards, DChetty.co.za has been nominated [...]

“Dee Chetty is a South Africa- and India-educated computer junkie. Focusing on strategy and new developments, Dee finds himself pushing the limits of innovation with his ideas. Dee loves open-source, mobile technologies and location-driven applications”.

Dee aka HoTsTePPa has always made us proud with his innovative tech-related ideas, mostly on his blog which is always refreshing [...]

National Geographic has perhaps the most beautiful collection of nature related photography on the web.

In addition to a number of breathtaking photographs from the National Geographic Magazine, there are a number of screen savers and desktop wallpapers available for free download in categories such as Adventure & Exploration, Animals, History, Landscapes, Nature & Weather, Patterns in [...]

I’ve always been a huge fan of firefox and when Hotsteppa introduced me to the world of firefox add-ons I was as excited as a child with a new toy (let’s make it a huge box of toys!)
Since then, I’ve been totally hooked! I’ve using many of the add-ons from the huge array of cool [...]