Mike Stopforth

Wow. What a response. We now have 80 people attending the upcoming 27 Dinner in Cape Town, and 12 on the waiting list. Btw, if you don’t make it there and get left stranded on the waiting list, you automatically become first choice entries on the next dinner list. You’ll never [...]

I have waxed lyrical about Vincent Maher’s creative ability in the past, but I’m really impressed by the work he’s doing with the Mail & Guardian website now that he’s their full time Web genius.
He forwarded me a link to “The News in Photos” - his latest project at http://photos.mg.co.za - and it [...]

I love cricket. It’s in my blood. I watch and follow the sport religiously. I try and be as objective as possible about the team and it’s performances but my emotions always betray me.
We’re on the eve of the announcement of the team we’ll send to another World Cup (can [...]

Jeez I’m slow to post these days. K, so yesterday morning Paul announced the launch of Chilibean Media. They chose Valentine’s Day, very sexy, and used a YouTube hosted vid to make the announcement.
Since Cerebra (my company) launched amidst glasses of wine and chaos at the inaugural 27 Dinner, things have gone well. [...]

How To Drive Traffic to Your Blog - The Advice of a 12 Year Old
Smart kid
(tags: blog blogging seo howto marketing advertising business)

Andre sent me a mail to tell me about this, looks like a whole lot of fun, even though I’m not a photography buff. What would be really cool is to get a mix of photographers there - pro’s, enthusiasts, mobloggers, even mobile photographers - to highlight the evolution and diversity of the industry.
From [...]

The Mac Metamorphosis Meme: In celebration of all things Mac, and all things silly
Another crazy sideline project - woohoo!
(tags: fun Mac photobooth Apple isight apps Macintosh SouthAfrica humor joke pics pictures photography social socialnetworking images photo photos flickr)

It seems the 27 Dinner brand is growing in stature, with our second meeting, this time in Cape Town, already 100% booked out. This is awesome news and I’m really looking forward to the event!
Please, if you have put your name down knowing full well you can’t make it, take it off so that [...]

Hey! Good news from the Cherryflava media company - the all new, all shiny SA Blog Awards for 2007 site is up and running (no small thanks to the Rafiq and Miguel, my two fav Web AddiCTs).
This is a significant landmark, I believe, for the SA blogging community. I sort of feel that [...]

At any given point in time I have a whole lot of serious work stuff happening, and one or two absolutely meaningless, pointless exercises (or experiments) on the cards.
One such experiment has been coined the Mac Metamorphosis Meme (or mmmeme for short). I recently bought a black 13″ Macbook to replace my [...]