When lots of cool stuff has already been said about an event, is it worthwhile to add yet another blog post to the mix?
When I first started blogging, I would be eager to write about something, but then I’d see it written on another SA blog and I would get demotivated. I was looking for the scoop in every case… So I ended up not posting very often at all.
Part of what’s interesting when analysing blog posting volumes is how the number of posts increase around major news events.
So anyway, my point: I took a lovely hike last week. At various junctures there were sign posts marking the way, held up by a pile of stones. Everyone that passes these sign-posts should add a stone to the pile because the winds and rain are constantly rolling other’s stones away. It’s a seemingly trivial act, but it’s a way to help guide other hikers and show them that they’re on the right path.
So, having said that… A bunch of support stones have already been piled up for the recent 27 dinner. But I’d like to add mine. Some thanks:
- To the people who put their name down on the wiki and actually came!
- To Stormhoek for providing the wine and organising the venue.
- To my business partners at Cerebra, Mike in particular, for continued support of the 27-dinner project.
- To Zoopy for creating a dedicated 27-dinner channel and sponsoring TWO Sony DVD Camera’s as prizes for people at the dinner who shot videos and pics and uploaded them to Zoopy. (Winners to be announced at 27-5 in Joburg in May)
- To Henk, who donated 3 Skyrove wifi hotspot kits. We auctioned them off at the dinner to raise funds for iCommons. And also to the angel bidders who bought them: Nikki Friedman, Jacques Marneweck, and Ian Gilfillan.
- To the speakers: Ian Gilfillan (Deep, soulful and technologically advanced!), Glen Verran (Passionate voice of the SA podcasting movement) and Mike Scott (Hilarious, profound and inspiring cartoonist).
I know that lots of good networking and socialising happened. I, for one, am chuffed at the result… Although, to be honest, I would have loved to have seen more racially diverse representation there, especially on Freedom Day.
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The iCommons Bring and Braai event lastnite in Cape Town was AMAZING! Thanks to the wonderful iCommons team, Daniella, Rebecca, JC and Heather for putting such a kiff event together!!
Internet visionaries and all-round cool guys Jimmy Wales and Larry Lessig loved the party and were busy the whole time chatting and meeting lots of Cape Town geeks and Free-Culture enthusiasts.
Justin Nurse was there, handing out Googlethu t-shirts and Laugh It Off event calendars. I saw him and the Stormhoek guys hitting it off (perhaps exchanging ideas on how best to disrupt the market:p).
Richard Mulholland and Prof. Lessig were also getting deep on the subject of presentation skills – particularly the world-famous Lessig-Method, I wonder who learned more?
Of course, the purpose of the event was to activate involvement in iCommons – to get the community together, to encourage digital sharing, and to protect our rights online. The Freedom Toaster was there so people could freely upload their own cc-licenced music, and other people could download it freely and pass it along.
I was particularly stoked to chat with Dr. Bobbi Kurshan, who has a global education and learning community called Curriki. We’re looking into using it for the Nomadic Marketing course we’re doing with the UCT GSB.
Good news too: thanks to Missing Link the event has been captured on video. These guys kick butt at making videos and presentations – can’t wait to see the vid! It’ll be posted on the web soon for your viewing pleasure.
The event is done, but the work continues – create, collaborate, remix, share…
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27Dinner Cape Town has a new home: The Hotel School restaurant in Mouille Point (next door to the Waterfront and the Radisson Hotel). *
The good news: not only do they offer a beautiful spot (right on the ocean front!), delicious food, great value for money, and all the sound, lighting and projection equipment we need… but we can seat 100 people too! So this means that there’s now a further 20 spaces available for 27-4
As always, the 27dinner is a great opportunity to meet other people who are interested in media, technology, marketing, programming, technology, the web, and generally fascinating combinations of those.
There will be a couple of talks, and the wine will be sponsored by Stormhoek. If any other company would like to sponsor a prize or two (or hundred), then we’re also open to that.
To join us, go along and pop your name on the wiki – or drop me an email.
* Thanks to Mr Knox and Captain Chris for scouting and scoring the new venue 
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I’m very happy to announce that UCT Business School will be running a 3-day Executive Education programme on Web2.0 marketing!
Max, Mike And I have been working with the UCT GSB, doing talks and developing this idea for some months… And yesterday our syllabus was finally approved! *yay*
The course is going to be called “Nomadic Marketing” referring to the way in which digital citizens work and move information in the dynamic global market online. More on that in coming weeks.
The progressive GSB exec-ed management team have given us free-reign of the marketing of this course, so look out for a dedicated blog featuring great articles, podcasts, and opportunities to attend the course for contributing… Coming soon!
The course will be running from the 17th-19th July. More info on the website here.
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