An online resource library can be a key way to offer value to your target audience – but how do you design a knowledge hub that’s user-friendly and accessible?

When you trace back the history of storytelling, it becomes quickly apparent that it’s as old as time and has an important place in every culture and society. we are, fundamentally, narrative-driven beings. We naturally look for stories in everything (some of us more consciously than others) – because stories help us make sense of the world around us and connect with other people. Which is lovely – but there’s more to the power of stories than that.

Recently, a longstanding client asked for something we didn’t really offer – but it made a lot of sense. So we tried it. We loved it. She raved about it (and when Mishkah Teladia raves, it’s really worth listening). And so we decided to open it up to anyone.

Do you believe in New Year’s resolutions? I’m not a fan.

I feel like they can often make you feel like there’s something about your life – or yourself – that you need to “fix”, and if you don’t stick to them, there’s a sense of failure.

Whenever I sit down to write an end-of-year mailer, there’s a thought that always lingers at the back of my mind, skulking in the shadows, whispering: “Is anyone actually going to read this?”

A few weeks ago, I read a book with a premise so intoxicating I finished it in 24 hours.

A woman works in a big corporate office.
She and her co-workers do not get on.

As a little treat to herself, to get through the mind-numbing days, she ends every professional email to her colleagues with a brutally honest P.S., saying everything she wishes she could say to their faces…

If you’ve ever opened a Google Analytics dashboard and felt your eyes glaze over at the sight of acronyms, percentages, and line graphs, you’re not alone. Data can feel overwhelming and opaque – but it doesn’t have to. When we reframe analytics through the lens of human stories, they become some of the most powerful tools we have for understanding mission impact.

We all have it – that little voice in our head. The one that replays past conversations, worries about the future, or quietly critiques us while we go about our day. In his book That Little Voice In Your Head: Adjust the Code that Runs Your Brain, Mo Gawdat (former Google X exec and accomplished computer scientist), offers a fresh, empowering perspective: this inner voice is not you – it’s the “software” your brain runs. And like any software, it can be debugged, updated, and improved.

Back in 2021, we shared one of our favourite ways to send passwords safely. A lot has changed in the digital security space since then – not just the tools available, but also the risks we need to watch out for.

From phishing sites pretending to be trusted services, to malware that now actively targets password stores, the stakes are higher. Here’s an updated look at how to share passwords safely in 2025:

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

Display Purposes is, as they describe it, an “advanced Instagram tool to unleash your Instagram potential and get more eyes on your profile”.

When we transitioned to working remotely, for the most part, we were quite conscious about finding tangible ways to weave the things we loved from our office culture into an online space so that we still felt connected.

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.

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). 

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?

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?

One of my favourite things about being a Pomegranite is our systems. We review them almost daily and making an improvement to one of our processes…well that just gives me all the feels.

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.