MIKESTOPFORTH

Man, I just love these self-righteous, introspective, “I-think-I’m-important-enough-for-you-to-read-such-crud” blog memes. I’ve been tagged before mind you, and if it weren’t for the fact that it’s the incomparable Ethan Zuckerman tagging me this time around (just a mention on his blog results in a lightning bolt of traffic) I’d ignore the whole shebang. Still, I wouldn’t [...]

I knew last night’s 27dinner in Jozi could only have had one of two outcomes. Being the first dinner to enjoy full brand sponsorship (more on that later) there was a risk of it being too commercial and boring, even prescriptive. I knew I didn’t want that. On the other hand, it had the potential [...]

Ok maybe I’m finding this funnier than you will, but I just got a mail from Virgin Active saying the following (verbatim): Hey there Premier Upgrade Fee We’re writing to let you know that your monthly upgrade fee will be increased by R .00 per month, effective 1 January 2009, resulting in your new monthly [...]

Dave Duarte has grown the Nomadic Marketing brand into the definitive local social and mobile media education programme – nothing else comes close. The combination of excellent content, the backing of the UCT GSB and professional facilitation mean that it ranks among the best of it’s kind worldwide. And now Dave is bringing Nomadic Marketing [...]

I love free stuff. Want to win me over? Send me free stuff. But then I think that works for most humans. I still get a warm tingly feeling when a post office slip arrives, or even better, the courier rings the doorbell for me to collect some random corporate gift or token. Doesn’t matter [...]

Just before I sneaked out of the office yesterday I received a surprise in the form of a hand-delivered package containing a flash disk and a letter drawing my attention to the launch of SA’s newest tech podcast, The Digital Edge. As soon as I got home, and in between whipping up supper and greeting [...]

In March 2007 (jeez, that long ago??) I wrote a post titled Ten Young South African Digital Citizens To Watch. In it I highlighted the guys and girls I believed would make a big, meaningful impact over the next few months in the South African digital space. I’m pleased to report that many of them [...]

God bless Sheena Gates‘ little cotton socks. Not only does she regail us with unending wit and drama on Twitter but, and to quote her own words, in a week that is normally quite ‘emo’ for many of us returning to the grindstone, she has brought a little ray of sunshine to the circle-jerking, ego-flated [...]

This time inspired by Erik Hersman, but not necessarily a meme, my weapons of choice: 15″ MacBook Pro 16 Gb iPhone Gorilla-head stress ball (too cool) Steaming hot cup of coffee Car key (I spend most of my life on the road) Canon EOS 450D D-SLR (not pictured) Garmin Nuvi GPS (not pictured) What are [...]

Erik has tagged me as part of the “Why I Blog About Africa” meme. It’s proved a tough one to answer. I blog about Africa primarily because I was born here, I guess. I sometimes feel guilty calling myself African because in many ways South Africa is to Africa as America is to the rest [...]

How to Use Twitter to Grow Your Business — Copyblogger Is Twitter more than just a waste of time? Before you discard it, read this and decide. (tags: web2.0 socialnetworking socialmedia marketing branding business tips tools seo social_media Twitter)