Updates

  • Why I won’t support Creative Commons or Wikipedia this year

    It’s that time of the year again. Creative Commons and Wikipedia are working towards their fundraising goals for the coming year and asking users to donate to support the cause. I spent the last…

  • GeekRetreat scholarships available!

    We’re gearing up for the next GeekRetreat from 15-17 January in Stanford, Western Cape. I can’t wait! It’s going to be awesome 🙂 And, best thing is that we have 11/12 scholarships for people…

  • The “value” of “protest”

    The biggest debates from the day was between those who think that this protest was ‘pointless’ and ‘stupid’ vs those who think that it is ‘important’ and ‘worthy’. I’m fascinated about this question –…

  • Word on the (digital) street

    Last night I went with friends to see Pomplamoose and others play at the Brainwash Cafe in SF. Brainwash is an awesome little place on Folsom Street where you can grab a beer while…

  • Firefox 5th Birthday Party

      _MG_6689, originally uploaded by btmoss. Went to the Mozilla Firefox birthday party in SF last night with DR and Dan Perkel. Loads of fun.

  • GeekRetreat.co.za is live!

    As part of the new GeekRetreat at Stanford in the Western Cape, the fabulously talented Jackie Scala (Scala Designs) volunteered her time to develop a new shiny home for the GeekRetreat. Guy Taylor (Telamenta)…

  • ‘Mapping the world class African city’

    My article on the city of Johannesburg’s closed GIS data policies is now available at brainstormmag.co.za. Also this month is a story that I wrote on technology incubators titled ‘Technology incubators: how successful are…

  • The mysteries of how credit card fraud divisions actually work

    I am without a credit card in the US which is very scary since it’s the only way for me to pay for anything here until I move it to my US bank account.…

  • Call me when I can trust you

    I just found an email dated over a month ago from a representative from the agency Atmosphere Communications asking me to contribute to a project that they are working on ‘on behalf of the…

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