geekdinner 2.0
oh hooray another GeekDinner! Thanks Mike for organising :-) and Graham for sponsoring the delirium juice – which I will be staying clear of this time!
Think this one’s going to be a rowdy one .. seen some names on the wiki that I know to be purveyors of playful mischief, amongst some seriously smart beings heading out.
In Jo’burg on Thursday 5th October? Want to connect with some of South Africa’s freshest memetic engineers and blazing tech talent? Want to find out why all the fuss about Web 2.0, social media, integrated marketing, and what relevance it has to your business? Perhaps discover the potency of blogging as a political tool within Africa for freedom and dignity?
Or even just hang out with fascinating peops and drink free (fabulous) wine?
..then what the hell are you waiting for >> get your fingers & eyes over to the wiki IMMEDIATELY and add your name before all the places are gone (then you too will have to go on a fat mission to undo your procrastination habit so you don’t keep missing out on great opportunities… go go!)
I wish I could go!! sounds like its going to be awesome!
Hey Max. Stopforth tells me you’ll be in Jozi soon. I’m keen to hook up with you for some coffee (or delium juice:)
Lol. Looking forward to it Maxi.
[...] Stormhoek sponsored some fantastic wines for our dinner last night – I tasted some Rose and Cabernet Savignon which I would recommend to my friends, and would also recommend they don’t have more than 2 glasses. Graham (from Stormhoek Wines) told us how the blogosphere helped get their wines from unknown to world-famous on a tiiiiny budget. Thanks to Mike for organising, D for taking photos, Aiden for talking about how the connected web saves lives, Max for an inspiring talk (”I’m not a motivational speaker!”), Christoff for telling us an intimate story about him and a goat (real “hands-on” stuff…) and surprise guest, blog god Seth Godin, for telling us how well placed we are in South Africa right now. I invited my friend Thando to come along kinda because she’s new to the whole geek thing (having discovered open source like, last week) but more because I was hoping she’d meet some people who could help her with her dream. She grew up in the rural Eastern Cape (close to Grahamstown) and her family raised enough money for her to study so she could get a job. She been in Joburg for a number of years doing the corporate thing and has realised she just doesn’t enjoy it. So she’s heading back to her roots, but wants to start an education/social upliftment thing – and a computer lab will be a big part of that. After looking into licensing fees from Microsoft she realised that wouldn’t be an option, and so has just discovered the open source approach. I would love to help her succeed in getting this computer centre off the ground, including full internet connectivity. Thando got several ideas from tonight – including blogging (with the view of connecting her vision globally with interested people and perhaps raising funds), getting people to donate towards the vision and getting the geek community involved (Jacques definition of a geek: a nerd with social skills…I’m not sure I agree!). [...]
Thanks Max – great meeting you last night – and looking forward to welcoming you to Joburg when you make the move :)
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