Mike Stopforth

Getting Things Done - GTD. It’s actually a very popular web meme, with a very popular blog attached to it (Lifehacker). I personally find it really difficult to complete, well, anything. I prefer rather to have a hundred tasks going simultaneously and never finish one of them. Which has it’s problems, you [...]

The Myth is that open source is cheaper. Many of you who read this blog will know that already - many of you won’t.
The original allure of open source is undeniable. “Good quality software that can do the job of my current applications for little or no cost!? What a [...]

* This article appeared on my MoneyWeb blog on the 26 July 2006 [Link].
Let me begin by saying that I have never been a victim of violent crime in 25 years of living in South Africa.
A Golf I once owned did get broken into overnight. My childhood home in Johannesburg was invaded [...]

Dell have started a blog. It’s called one2one - Direct Conversations With Dell. Many would argue that this move is in direct response to Jeff Jarvis‘ much publicised Dell Hell, which had a significant impact on the Dell brand, or perception thereof, in the blogosphere.
I like what they’re doing. They’ve already taken [...]

Zinedine Zidane. Zizou. I’ve always been a huge fan. Like Adam Gilchrist and his bat, Zizou has always used his boots to do the talking.
Or so it seemed.
I know it’s old news now, but this nifty little pic from Splattermail had me chuckling about it:

To be honest, I [...]

When Google snatched up online collaborative word processor Writely, and followed it up closely with the launch of Google Spreadsheets, my attention was immediately diverted to the startup that would provide the foundation for a powerful, functional web-hosted presentation application.
In our business keynote presentations are not only a revenue stream but a fantastic way to [...]

Seeing as he’d made the trip all the way up to Jozi for the National Innovation Competition Exhibition, I thought it only right to pay Rafiq a visit at the Theatre on the Track in Kyalami.

We spoke a bit about corporate blogging, the new Flock web browser, Rafiq’s impressive iDrive.co.za web project and other arb [...]

How lame is that title? You come up with a better one…
Exciting news in my inbox yesterday - Jonathan Cherry of Cherryflava.com and more recently, the Cherryflava Media Company, has secured a deal with BMW to support the launch of the new Z4 Coupe with a blogging campaign. Kudo’s to Jon!

The press release:
A [...]

Ok, here it is on a platter:
Your customers are advertising-immune. Message-deaf. Surprisingly smart.
The vast majority of those we classify as consumers (and we’re all consumers on some level), have innoculated themselves against the overwhelming barrage of marketing messages, sales pitches and advertising slants we fire at them on an [...]

Business 2.0 recently released its list of 50 People Who Matter NOW, and 10 People Who Don’t just to compliment it.
No huge surprises on the Top 50 Who Matter list, if you understand that the role of the consumer has changed dramatically in the last few years.
You see, Business 2.0 reckons the most [...]