Well spoken Tim O’Reilly

Friday, October 24th, 2008

I like when people get it right. So did Tim O'Reilly at the WEB 2.0 EXPO BERLIN today (surprise, surprise;-) He stated that all the web-clones are unnecessary - How many Twitter copies do we have now? He also told everyone to stop looking for the quick buck - these days ...

Brief BlogWorld 2008 Recap

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

I won't go over all the great speeches and podium discussion at Blogworld 2008. 100's if not 1000's of other bloggers have covered this already via Twitter or in depth on their blogs. I just want to sum up the things that stood out for me to make this a very ...

Blogworld Entrepreneur & Executive conference - what a great place to be at

Saturday, September 20th, 2008

Imagine a conference center that usually holds 100k + visitors - filled with nothing else but ~ 300 bloggers - many of them leading thinkers and influencers. That's what #1 of the Blogworld Expo 2008 looked like. Of course bloggers are interested in growing their "tribe" or following and so a ...

What led to the creation of Project South Africa – Time for Ubuntu?

Sunday, September 7th, 2008

We just launched a major initiative to help South Africa dealing with rape, HIV and subsequent problems like sky high numbers of orphans. I have been asked repeatedly how I came up ith the idea and why I am so commited to "South Africa Project - Time for Ubuntu". I should ...

How much social media and web 2.0 does the “normal” Internet user really want or need?

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Let's add a few more questions: Does my neighbor really want to know which websites I have been on today? How do you explain to the next guy on the street why any of your hyperconnectivity really matters? Are you possible just giving the vibe that you belong to ...

Aloha Social Media Summit Colorado coming up

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Here is a rather unique opportunity to get in front of the experts: Dave Taylor and Andy Beal will be hosting the Aloha Social Media Summit Colorado. The event will be held in Boulder at the "Techstars Bunker" on October 6th & 7th. It is labeled to be an un-conference. The price ...