Smart is the New Sexy
<< this is when we’ll be rockin’Relish - don’t cry to us if you don’t get yourself on the list in time: 80 is the limit ..and it’s almost there!
The guest list is jamming with genius & not just with the technocracy of the geekdinner >> so don’t be scared if you’re a techbum ‘cos 27 is a gathering at the edge of the future of innovative business in South Africa.
Come cerebrate some of the reasons why SArocks!
oooh PS. Verity will be rocking the house :-D
I came, I saw, I drank
(okay.. last of the geekdinner posts I promise).
Guess this one should have a geek alert: my boet was laughing at me once again for being pathetically nerdy but I found it amusing (sitting for hours squished in a car roadtripping - if you’re a slighty hyperactive human - can make anything funny*) hence my take on Julius Caesar’s Veni Vidi Vici after a heavy night of Stormhoek through a hungoverhaze**. I discovered that the linux forums had a whole list of them >> go if you’re nerdy ‘nuf
One of the pleasures of roadtripping is discovering crazybeautiful spots along the way: tumbling your numb.bum out of the car and sharing the wander/wonder with your mates. Captain Chris took us to Herold’s Bay (home to Ernie Els) where he apparently spent many a rowdy night while doing his flight training.
^above^ the Cape Town geekgang - Chris, Max, Rafiq & Miguel (Dave our Marketing Geek behind the camera) heading back home after the GardenRoute’s first geekdinner. The dinner was so much fun, little sleep was had, much Stormhoek consumed & new friendships were forged. Business & pleasure on rails. [We even had enough coffee to focus on a business meeting for an exciting new project the next morning].
I believe that our journeys change us & I know that my life has been enriched and changed for the better for this one. Thank you so much to all of you guys who made this weekend truly memorable in all the best ways.
(esp. DD who moves worlds with laughter & courage)
One of the very best things that we can do to nurture our capacity for genius is to occassionally refresh & challenge our thinking by breaking away from the cynical bastards who thrive on playing Devil’s Advocate to your beat your bright ideas into submission. And instead: hang out with others who dare to think and share wild & original thoughts.. and do it in a relaxed and playful environment. This is the basis of accelerated learning - it’s brain-friendly and pops us effortlessly into the realm of inspired & innovative problem-solving. Fun is the very best way to generate brilliance and superlearning’s extraordinary results
[Here in South Africa we've been doing this within the framework of geek dinners: where outstanding ideas, projects, alliances and good friendships have been forged].
Continue reading ‘Hunting party - roadtrippin’ 2 hunt some genius’
Saturday night is the first of the 27dinners in Jo’burg and the lineup looks epic.. friends Paul (he of chilibean fame) Dave (the 
marvellous marketing geek) & MsRitz are on the speakers roll…& the guest list is throbbing with some fine form! I know Mike’s organising the whole shebang & maybe a little busy on the night but I’m sure he’ll get up there too & reveal a little of his legendary energy & insight into the wild opportunities abounding for South Africa in tech & marketing.
.. AND no doubt he & Dave will be celebrating Cerebra’s launch (at long last!!)
Really almost sad that I’m staying in midsummer’s paradise, on the beach in Cape Town & not heading to the big bad city for the fun. I’ll have to wait for a whole month till 27 rocks the MotherCity.. so heads up to those not going to Jozi for the premier edition because you’ve got a month to make plans to combine business & pleasure on the 27th of Feb. Go to your diary NOW >>
..”before we resume our regular programming: a word from our sponsors”..
AAAARGH!!! I swear I can hear an audible click as my brain defocusses and searches for an alt.activity to fill a few minutes. Oh I know there are those who remain placidly cow-eyed and obediently absorb, but increasingly our human immune response to, shall we say oldskool bacterial bombardment of ads thrown at us unbidden, is on high alert.
Though we are still very prone to viral campaigns it seems :-P
Like some frenzied biological warfare campaign from the labs of a nefarious evil genius - media companies and ad agencies from every corner of the globe are striving to sequence the freshest viral DNA code to unleash upon the masses, in a bid for world domination of the attention kind of course. It may last only a few days.. but those feverish few days can pay off handsomely. Continue reading ‘Too 007 : Bond.ing & innovating against the clock’
I really want to tell you about how wonderful last night’s geekdinner was (think it may have been the global final for 2006 ). But a severe case of Christmas weekend writers block has befallen me zzzz :-/ .. my brain’s on cruise mode /// some lazy languid loll after a frenetic few days, nay weeks.. ah hell, months. whew. exhale. Continue reading ‘damn you guys rock!’
Hooray! Time for our 2nd official Stormhoek Geekdinner has arrived.
If you haven?t been to one yet, and you are a geek, don?t miss out! (If you are one of the mighty lucky ones to be visiting or living in Cape Town this week that is). It?s this Friday 22nd December
You know the feeling when something fairly small and relatively insignificant just confirms your suspicions that you made a really good choice? Continue reading ‘Neoleisure’
