Mike Stopforth

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morguefile.com Where photo reference lives.
Nice link from the AddiCTs. Free stock pics online.
(tags: free photos photography stock images photo design)

Multiply
Multiply is a central personal [...]

There’s a stack of buzz online around Grazr (yet another vowelless Web 2.0 brand).
Grazr (as I understand it) lets you build, customise and insert a little widget into your site or blog that contains RSS feeds. RSS feeds, for those of you who are still figuring them out, are injections of updated articles or [...]

The “Citizendium”
The end of Wikipedia? Or a complimentary service?
(tags: collaboration community Wikipedia Encyclopedia web2.0 Citizendium wiki)

Thanks to all of you who have added your names to the wiki for the Stormhoek Jozi Geek Dinner.
We have over 30 people attending already! Keep spreading the word, let’s try fill the place (we’ll close of registration at 100).
If you’re keen to attend add your name to the wiki or email me to [...]

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The Studio @ Primi, originally uploaded by Mike Stopforth.

A shot of our venue for the Stormhoek Jozi Geek Dinner. Ooooh.

Announcing Jozi’s first Stormhoek Geek Dinner to be held on the 5th October 2006 at The Studio @ Primi Piatti (Rosebank).

Thanks to Rich…! and the Links for the logo. It’s version 0.91. Look out for version 1.0 to come.
The Geek Dinner concept was conceived by Hugh MacLeod of GapingVoid.com and the lads at [...]

Proposed Definition for “Expertise Management Systems”
Dennis McDonald explains in more detail what he refers to as “Expertise Management Systems” - an offshoot of knowledge management. Excellent slide presentation resource included
(tags: collaboration km knowledgemanagement enterprise2.0)

Blog Translation Plugin for WordPress
Read the comments on the post - it seems blog translation plugins have their limitations. That [...]

David Tebbutt has put together a really accessible, concise two-page article titled The IT manager’s guide to social computing that I’d highly recommend as an introduction to the pro’s and con’s of social software as a knowledge management tool.
David and I spoke before in the midst of the Enterprise 2.0 vs. Wikipedia debacle [...]

Mike Solomon (subscribe to this man’s RSS feed!) points to a nifty campaign called “Code of the Road” by Chevrolet SA. They’re asking Chevy evangelists to “be a part of South Africa’s first real TV ad” by submitting video clips according to a specific brief. Here’s a snippet from that brief as it [...]

Pick ‘n Pay has launched Pick ‘n Play (thanks to Mike for the headsup) - a music and mobile content donwload site.
It’s pretty basic for now, they seem to be building it from the ground up, which I like, and illiciting a bit of feedback from users as part of the development process. [...]