Mike Stopforth

I love the look and feel of Google Reader, and the functionality exceeds that of my current RSS reader, Bloglines, but I can’t switch for one stoooopid reason: My blogroll.
You see, in my sidebar there is a list of sites I recommend. I like that list, because it acknowledges important sources [...]

Attention all geeks! Our fav South African blogger, media superstar and author Tertia needs a face lift! (on her blog, that is). Apparently she was so chuffed with the good work Mark did on my site that she’s decided to do the same.
Okes, I’m sure one of you talented types could [...]

Bru & Boegie - the kiffest comic in the world, by Mike Scott
Bru & Boegie has a new home - well done Mike!
(tags: comic SouthAfrica humor fun funny cartoon)

Danie Roux : South Africa can finally create Paypal accounts again
Danie has discovered that we are good enough again - nifty.
(tags: PayPal DanieRoux SouthAfrica payment web online)

Techcrunch [...]

Marvelous Max and Dastardly Dave are at it again:

Book your spot at the wiki!

Leo LaPorte is building a new media empire on podcasting technology. TWiT (This Week in Tech) is a podcast network, owned and operated by Leo which publishes numerous entertaining and informative shows to a global audience. He has a few dedicated listeners here in South Africa and is one of the pioneers in [...]

Rod Boothby recently quit his job at Ernst & Young USA to join an exciting new startup - all as a result (according to him) of the effort he’s put in to publishing one of the most well-respected resources on the application of social software in the enterprise available on the Web. Congrats to [...]

Only Hugh MacLeod has epiphanies when he’s knackered.
From a recent post:
Here is one thought I came away with: As traditional, Madison-Avenue-style advertising gets more expensive and less relevant by the day, as the traditional mainstream media advertising business model gets continues to nosedive, where is all the client’s business going to move to, [...]

There’s a bit of buzz in the South African blogosphere around two posts, Cherryflava’s “We’re a bank, give us money to make ads” and Goozeberry’s “The Relevance of Web 2.0 Debated? Hmmm…“, both of which allude to the ever-increasing delusion of our four major banks.
It seems the consensus is that those companies who preach most [...]

Design guru Mark Forrester has helped me put together a new theme for the site, as opposed to the generic one I was using.
Please give feedback in the comments section - would love to hear your views, good and bad.

Classic. Entrepreneurial genius and IncuBeta founder Vinny Lingham is discovering the many joys of being an employer.
This from one of his more creative developers: