Mike Stopforth

The key word is collaboration, according to Phil Windley. Phil had the following to say re: so-called Office 2.0 vs. traditional desktop office suites:
So, where don’t Word and Excel compete well today? The very place that online tools shine: collaboration. Microsoft would like you to believe that that’s why your enterprise needs SharePoint, but [...]

I’m looking to buy a GPS. For someone who has absolutely no sense of direction whatsoever, this has taken waaay too long to happen. But there were iPods and PSP’s and things to get. By now, the money I’ve wasted on petrol getting lost and found may well have paid for ten [...]

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Sunset at Home, originally uploaded by Mike Stopforth.

Life is kak in South Africa. Gad I love home. Pity about the telephone wire. But gad I love home.

I get traffic fines. Lots thereof. Tend to drive too fast. Not a problem, until you get a whopper. Let me explain…
Normal traffic fines are about R 200 or R 300, when you’re caught going 138 in a 120 zone, as an example. Whoppers happen because traffic fines are decided [...]

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Polokwane Sunrise, originally uploaded by Mike Stopforth.

One thing I miss about being a sales rep is the road trips. They have more pros than cons, if you’re that kind of bloke. This taken [...]

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Clever Audi, originally uploaded by Mike Stopforth.

Thoroughly enjoying this new Audi billboard advertising the sexy Q7 - with a little guerilla marketing to boot.
If you don’t get it please mail me so I can explain [...]

I had a great chat with Dave while we waited for our plane back to Jozi the other day. I told him I was planning to write the post you are reading now, which turned into a pretty healthy debate around content on blogs, and more specifically on our blogs.
Here the deal: I [...]