Mike Stopforth

Ushahidi means ‘witness’ in Swahili. This attempt to use social technology to chronicle incidences of violence in Kenya is the brainchild of Erik Hersman, Ory Okolloh and David Kobaya.

The site is painfully simple in design and concept - it’s a Google Maps mash-up that allows users to report incidences of crime and violence by [...]

One of the disadvantages to the competition between the most popular Web 2.0 tech blogs, i.e. TechCrunch, Mashable, Read/Write Web, GigaOm and in other respects Engadget and Gizmodo, is that sometimes sensationalism sells blog posts too. It’s not just newspapers that need catchy headlines to grab our attention anymore.
Also, the scoop has [...]

This Video Makes Bill Gates Look Cooler Than Steve Jobs
The light-hearted, star-studded hat tip to Bill Gates shown at CES 2008 - brilliant!
(tags: cool fun funny humor Microsoft music video windows billgates bill gates)

Wendy (my wife) and I aren’t really the New Year’s resolution types. We’re of the opinion that if you cannot change your ways midway through the year, January is not a good enough motivator to kick the habit, start the habit, or whatever it may be.
Having said that we’ve become increasingly conscious of our [...]

…will inevitably be documented on this blog
That’s right - about a month after I get back from DEMO ‘08 I’ll be flying out again, this time to Las Vegas, to attend MIX08 - “an intimate opportunity for cutting-edge technical, creative and business strategists to engage Microsoft in a conversation about the future of [...]

I’m a big fan of Keo.co.za, Mark Keohane’s super popular blog for South African rugby and cricket fans.
I visited the site this morning to see if there was a write-up about the Protea’s emphatic test match win in Newlands and noticed that Keo is looking for a webmaster.
Sounds like a dream job for one of [...]

12 predictions for Enterprise Web 2.0 in 2008 | Enterprise Web 2.0 | ZDNet.com
Dion with another post that is compulsory reading for anyone interested in the evolution of Enterprise 2.0
(tags: collectiveintelligence enterprise enterprise2.0 enterpriseweb2.0 predictions SaaS security trends web web2.0)

Happy New Year!
A lifetime ago (that is, December 2006) there was a little game of blog tag I was roped into playing. Once again I have been tagged and if not for the fact that it is the illustrious Susan Scrupski that is doing the tagging, I might ignore it.
But what the [...]

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