Mike Stopforth

Talent imitates, genius steals: The Future is Open
Thoughts from Faris Yakob (who I was fortunate enough to meet today) on co-opetition
(tags: trends collaboration competition coopetition)

Cerebra is proud to announce the Brand Building Through Web 2.0 and New Media course - a collaboration with Vega the Brand Communications School, one of South Africa’s leading marketing, branding and advertising schools.
The two-day, hands-on course (more like a workshop) will not only get delegates up to scratch with the latest developments in [...]

The Long Tail: The Black Wire and the White Wire
Poignant thoughts on corporate IT departments from Chris Anderson
(tags: web2.0 security IT longtail policy business management enterprise2.0 networking)

I have gone on record in the past as having lamented the sub-standard execution of conferences in South Africa - especially ‘Web 2.0′ or ‘New Media’ conferences hosted by those who care more about making a quick buck off a trend than delivering a quality informative experience.
Rant over.
In the midst of the [...]

Yup, we’re drawing closer to the end of 2007 (believe it or not) and that means conferences springing up all over the place. In amongst the inevitable muck that sometimes dominates the industry there are some really cool events lined up which you may be interested in attending. Yes, I’m speaking at them, [...]

I climbed off a plane this evening and made my way through OR Tambo to my car. It felt different. There was a proliferation of green - abnormal numbers crowded around Totalsports and the Bok supporters booth snatching up the last jerseys, flags, scarves and even socks. I couldn’t stop smiling. [...]

Cherryflava: Future trends in branding
Two of my favourite brands in the world have no set CI - and it’s working for them. Missinglink.co.za and the Dave Matthews Band crowdsource and alter their CI on a monthly basis. There’s a case for it!
(tags: branding logo CI corporate business entrepreneur innovation identity)

Seth’s Blog: The wikipedia [...]

If I consider that 10 months ago at the first 27dinner in Jozi we publicly launched Cerebra (and only really started doing significant business after that), I’m absolutely thrilled at where we’ve grown to. We’ve learned stacks of lessons as a team, not all of them easy, but all of them valuable.
Still, I probably [...]

The Future of Software Development
Danie Roux - eat your heart out!
(tags: design development entrepreneurship future software web agile process ProjectManagement Programming)

Brian Ashton (Pom’s rugby manager) and Jake White both die and enter the Pearly Gates.
God takes Brian on a tour of heaven and ends up at a little two-bedroom bungalow with a faded English rugby banner hanging from the front porch. “This is your house, Brian,” says God, “You’re very lucky. Most [...]