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July 1, 2025

Ladders, compasses, flint and flames

We launched Pomegranite in the year that I turned 28. Which means that Pomegranite’s 12th birthday is also my 40th – just three days apart, if you’re counting.

There’s nothing like a milestone birthday to make you think about the ways in which you can spend a life. The writer, Zadie Smith, says, “Time is how you spend your love,”… and I suppose that work is how you spend your passion. Or it can be, if you’re lucky.

May 12, 2025

Why website accessibility matters

Have you ever tried to navigate a website with your eyes closed? Or on a laptop without a mouse? Accessibility is about more than good UX or ticking a compliance box – it’s about empathy and creating a digital space that welcomes everyone.

May 9, 2025

Revamp or rebuild? Our take on the best approach to a website refresh

Clients often come to us wanting to update their website and are unsure whether they want to revamp or ‘reskin’ the site (i.e. use the current theme and structure and replace text and images), or whether they want to rebuild the site (build the site afresh on a clean WordPress install with a new theme, look and feel).

April 29, 2025

A love affair with the Kingsmead Book Fair

For almost as long as Pomegranite has been in existence, the annual Kingsmead Book Fair has been one of the highlights on our work calendar – a website we love furnishing with each new theme and author lineup; a social media calendar we delight in crafting; an event we dream about live posting both before and after the spectacular reality of the day itself.

April 3, 2025

Everyday AI tools: convenient echolocation

Our society is responding to the rapid uptake of AI technologies in everyday tools in real time. We’ll look back and talk about how we first used and felt about AI. For some, AI conjures uncertainty – they’re the ones asking “Aren’t you worried about ChatGPT taking your job?” around the braai. For others, these tools are just another thread in the digital fabric of their day, making things quicker and easier. All of us probably underestimate how much it has touched our lives.

March 17, 2025

Productivity hack: turning your face towards a task

There are some tasks that are big, complex and important but not urgent. They easily fall to the bottom of your to-do list because they can’t be done in one go and they tend to hang around for a long time. It’s easy to start getting despondent about ever feeling the rush of crossing that sucker out.

February 27, 2025

Five top tips when choosing a keyboard

Keyboards are an often overlooked aspect of ergonomics, which is a pity, given how many of us spend a lot of our workdays pecking away at these devices. Read more about finding the right keyboard for you.

November 26, 2024

Top tips to improve communication from the Slack Masterclass

A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to attend a Slack Masterclass, which focused on how to optimise internal comms within any company using Slack’s features. The class covered three main topics, and below I’ll discuss some of my favourite points from each.

November 18, 2024

Solid gold takeaways from my five years at Pomegranite

September marked my five years at Pomegranite and it got me thinking about my colourful journey as an employee, from little 14-year-old me trying to earn some extra pocket money at the local stationary store to new product development at a dairy manufacturer with my best cousin (don’t tell the other 44) to Pomegranite (and a whole lot more in between). 

September 23, 2024

The one where we thank our lucky stars

On 25 September it will have been five years since Melissa’s first day at Pomegranite. Five whole years of her Monica Gellar-level efficiency, dead-pan humour, expert spreadsheet-ing, kind support, and “safe” hands. Could we be any luckier?

September 3, 2024

Affordable, brand-ready school websites

Pomegranite has been building school websites for more than 10 years, and they remain some of our favourite sites to create. When we approach a project like this, we do so very intentionally, starting with the question: How can we capture this school’s unique magic in a way that really lands with their target audience?

July 1, 2024

Eight strategies to approach feeling overwhelmed

Feeling overwhelmed is a completely normal part of life. The trick is working our way out of getting stuck there. These strategies are helpful tactics to gain a little shift in perspective and keep moving forward with what we need to do. 

May 31, 2024

Poetry prompts and good rivers

The title of my most recent skills share was:

Poetry.
(Again, I know. Sorry. Sort of.)

As you can see, it’s not the first time the team has been treated to a jaunt down this lane. My reasoning is not just that I love poetry. It’s that it’s such an interesting way to look at and think about language and meaning, and the ways you can bend it.

April 19, 2024

10 easy design-adjacent tools for everyone

Graphic design can be a daunting task if you’re someone who doesn’t consider themselves a designer, but there are so many tools out there that can help you out on the daily, and make your workflow faster. In this post I’ve outlined 10 design-type tools everyone can use to make their processes a little easier.

April 15, 2024

We’re looking for freelance graphic designers

We’re looking to find and partner with the right freelancers to work with us on future graphic design projects on a remote basis. We work with foundations, NGOs, changemakers and the education sector to tell their story through websites and social media.

April 15, 2024

We’re looking for freelance social media managers

We’re looking to find and partner with the right freelancers to work with us on future social media projects on a remote basis. We work with foundations, NGOs, changemakers and the education sector to tell their story through websites and social media.

March 18, 2024

A self-care framework (finally)

I had a conversation a few weeks ago that – not to be too dramatic – shifted the axis of my life a bit.

It was with my friend Meg, and it was about self-care.

Wait wait – I usually glaze over at the use of that word too, but don’t go yet. This is quite interesting.

March 6, 2024

AI in social media

How do you use AI? It’s become an honorary member of social and marketing teams almost everywhere. It’s embedded in Canva, where Reels, text and art can be created with unique prompts, as well as Hootsuite, where text generation can be used for new content. Generative AI is available on social media platforms too, where LinkedIn now encourages users to “Start a post, try writing with AI” at the top of the main feed.

December 7, 2023

You’ll never guess what the word of 2023 is…

Last week, our Operations Manager, Melissa, sent a link to our “show-and-tell” Slack channel about Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year for 2023 – a term for “something we’re thinking about, writing about, aspiring to, and judging more than ever”.

Forget the newest development in Taylor Swift’s relationship status, the latest travel trend you won’t believe – this is my clickbait.

December 4, 2023

Four things I learned from the Meta Agency Summit

The Meta Agency Summit was a really interesting online event held with the goal of helping agencies use the Meta platform better. I attended it on the Wednesday evening of its launch, and had to report back to the rest of the team about what I’d learned, because there were so many great points and takeaways that I’d like us to use for ourselves and our clients.

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  • All
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  • Skills share (48)
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  • Something different (19)
By people

July 1, 2025

Ladders, compasses, flint and flames

We launched Pomegranite in the year that I turned 28. Which means that Pomegranite’s 12th birthday is also my 40th – just three days apart, if you’re counting.

There’s nothing like a milestone birthday to make you think about the ways in which you can spend a life. The writer, Zadie Smith, says, “Time is how you spend your love,”… and I suppose that work is how you spend your passion. Or it can be, if you’re lucky.

May 12, 2025

Why website accessibility matters

Have you ever tried to navigate a website with your eyes closed? Or on a laptop without a mouse? Accessibility is about more than good UX or ticking a compliance box – it’s about empathy and creating a digital space that welcomes everyone.

May 9, 2025

Revamp or rebuild? Our take on the best approach to a website refresh

Clients often come to us wanting to update their website and are unsure whether they want to revamp or ‘reskin’ the site (i.e. use the current theme and structure and replace text and images), or whether they want to rebuild the site (build the site afresh on a clean WordPress install with a new theme, look and feel).

April 29, 2025

A love affair with the Kingsmead Book Fair

For almost as long as Pomegranite has been in existence, the annual Kingsmead Book Fair has been one of the highlights on our work calendar – a website we love furnishing with each new theme and author lineup; a social media calendar we delight in crafting; an event we dream about live posting both before and after the spectacular reality of the day itself.

April 3, 2025

Everyday AI tools: convenient echolocation

Our society is responding to the rapid uptake of AI technologies in everyday tools in real time. We’ll look back and talk about how we first used and felt about AI. For some, AI conjures uncertainty – they’re the ones asking “Aren’t you worried about ChatGPT taking your job?” around the braai. For others, these tools are just another thread in the digital fabric of their day, making things quicker and easier. All of us probably underestimate how much it has touched our lives.

March 17, 2025

Productivity hack: turning your face towards a task

There are some tasks that are big, complex and important but not urgent. They easily fall to the bottom of your to-do list because they can’t be done in one go and they tend to hang around for a long time. It’s easy to start getting despondent about ever feeling the rush of crossing that sucker out.

February 27, 2025

Five top tips when choosing a keyboard

Keyboards are an often overlooked aspect of ergonomics, which is a pity, given how many of us spend a lot of our workdays pecking away at these devices. Read more about finding the right keyboard for you.

November 26, 2024

Top tips to improve communication from the Slack Masterclass

A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to attend a Slack Masterclass, which focused on how to optimise internal comms within any company using Slack’s features. The class covered three main topics, and below I’ll discuss some of my favourite points from each.

November 18, 2024

Solid gold takeaways from my five years at Pomegranite

September marked my five years at Pomegranite and it got me thinking about my colourful journey as an employee, from little 14-year-old me trying to earn some extra pocket money at the local stationary store to new product development at a dairy manufacturer with my best cousin (don’t tell the other 44) to Pomegranite (and a whole lot more in between). 

September 23, 2024

The one where we thank our lucky stars

On 25 September it will have been five years since Melissa’s first day at Pomegranite. Five whole years of her Monica Gellar-level efficiency, dead-pan humour, expert spreadsheet-ing, kind support, and “safe” hands. Could we be any luckier?

September 3, 2024

Affordable, brand-ready school websites

Pomegranite has been building school websites for more than 10 years, and they remain some of our favourite sites to create. When we approach a project like this, we do so very intentionally, starting with the question: How can we capture this school’s unique magic in a way that really lands with their target audience?

July 1, 2024

Eight strategies to approach feeling overwhelmed

Feeling overwhelmed is a completely normal part of life. The trick is working our way out of getting stuck there. These strategies are helpful tactics to gain a little shift in perspective and keep moving forward with what we need to do. 

May 31, 2024

Poetry prompts and good rivers

The title of my most recent skills share was:

Poetry.
(Again, I know. Sorry. Sort of.)

As you can see, it’s not the first time the team has been treated to a jaunt down this lane. My reasoning is not just that I love poetry. It’s that it’s such an interesting way to look at and think about language and meaning, and the ways you can bend it.

April 19, 2024

10 easy design-adjacent tools for everyone

Graphic design can be a daunting task if you’re someone who doesn’t consider themselves a designer, but there are so many tools out there that can help you out on the daily, and make your workflow faster. In this post I’ve outlined 10 design-type tools everyone can use to make their processes a little easier.

April 15, 2024

We’re looking for freelance graphic designers

We’re looking to find and partner with the right freelancers to work with us on future graphic design projects on a remote basis. We work with foundations, NGOs, changemakers and the education sector to tell their story through websites and social media.

April 15, 2024

We’re looking for freelance social media managers

We’re looking to find and partner with the right freelancers to work with us on future social media projects on a remote basis. We work with foundations, NGOs, changemakers and the education sector to tell their story through websites and social media.

March 18, 2024

A self-care framework (finally)

I had a conversation a few weeks ago that – not to be too dramatic – shifted the axis of my life a bit.

It was with my friend Meg, and it was about self-care.

Wait wait – I usually glaze over at the use of that word too, but don’t go yet. This is quite interesting.

March 6, 2024

AI in social media

How do you use AI? It’s become an honorary member of social and marketing teams almost everywhere. It’s embedded in Canva, where Reels, text and art can be created with unique prompts, as well as Hootsuite, where text generation can be used for new content. Generative AI is available on social media platforms too, where LinkedIn now encourages users to “Start a post, try writing with AI” at the top of the main feed.

December 7, 2023

You’ll never guess what the word of 2023 is…

Last week, our Operations Manager, Melissa, sent a link to our “show-and-tell” Slack channel about Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year for 2023 – a term for “something we’re thinking about, writing about, aspiring to, and judging more than ever”.

Forget the newest development in Taylor Swift’s relationship status, the latest travel trend you won’t believe – this is my clickbait.

December 4, 2023

Four things I learned from the Meta Agency Summit

The Meta Agency Summit was a really interesting online event held with the goal of helping agencies use the Meta platform better. I attended it on the Wednesday evening of its launch, and had to report back to the rest of the team about what I’d learned, because there were so many great points and takeaways that I’d like us to use for ourselves and our clients.