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_ Web 2.0 for Good will explore how Web-based tools such as blogs, wikis, podcasting and social bookmarking can be used to promote social change and innovation. These new tools offer unprecedented potential for campaigning organisations, charities, public sector bodies, social entrepreneurs and CSR practitioners to extend their reach, prominence and impact.
I’ve always believed that […]

OK, so I’m not a fan of the Akismet approach for one or two reasons, and it seems that although making users log in to comment works as an anti-spam device, it doesn’t encourage random people to comment, and lets face it, that’s half the joy of blogging - you meet loads of people from […]

Soon as I turn off “you have to be logged in to comment” so that anyone can comment, I start getting hit by the spammers! Anyone got any great anti-spam measures (plugins, custom code?) for WP2.0, or do you all just use “you have to be logged in to comment”? I’m not sure […]

Thinking of implementing a Wiki? This little resource, which allows you to compare Wiki software in a nice comparison matrix, should get you on your way…
_ WikiMatrix
I’ve been looking at DocuWiki, MediaWiki and PhpWiki as solutions for various problems…:
http://www.wikimatrix.org/compare/DokuWiki+MediaWiki+PhpWiki

docuwiki, phpwiki, mediawiki, wiki matrix

Check it out - love the saturation and simplicty of these photo’s..
http://gosu.co.za/.
Hat tip to Lebogang.

photography, africa, south africa

I’ve been watching Lebogang’s photography get better and better, and am finding myself going back often to see what he’s been up to…
Check it out:
http://sinah.org/

photography, africa, south africa

A few of us have been chatting about the long train trips / cab fares home from events that always seem to be in Central or East London, so we’ve decided that we’re going to try do something a little closer to home, for all the obvious reasons…
So, if you’re into the mixed bag that […]

Today I spent the better part of the morning with a client, talking to them about their content management needs, and how we could create a solution that worked for them now and in the longer term. It was so refreshing talking to people who recognise that the web is not their domain (they […]

Last night I was watching the national geographic channel with everyone at home, and I caught a glimpse of what the future of the web could hold.
Many years ago (like, mid-2003) I had this idea that the internet was actually a bit dysfunctional (imagine that) and that there were things that could be done to […]

I’ve been asked to provide some feedback on a search engine issue for a clients client, so I put some thoughts together (off the top of my head) and into an email then whisked it off.
Anyways, I thought that it would be worth putting here as well ‘cos you never can tell who would find […]

As a white person speaking Zulu, you kinda stick to the basics, especially when communicating with real Zulu people. Hamba kahle means to “go well” or “stay well”, not really goodbye.
Today a good friend of mine leaves sunny London to join his wife in Durban, South Africa, and although I know I’m going to […]