Maximillian Kaizen
Hunter of Genius. Public Lead Creative Commons South Africa. Citizen Scientist. Open Educator. Smart is the new sexy.

Streets Of Our Lives, a photographic exhibition to be held at the Alliance Francaise Art Gallery, will be open to the public from Monday 07 May until 26 May, 2012.

Comprising of a focused selection of approximately 25 works, the exhibition highlights day to day scenes of street life from across the globe, shot candidly in cities spanning New...

Place: a portion of space occupied by someone.

For most of us, that definition refers to the place we call home, a place that has a street address and a postal code. For others, the definition is literal: a mere portion of space – under a bridge, on a park bench, on a pavement – devoid of an address, but treasured all the same.

As we again...

Come join us at our bigger, more stylish and more fabulous BelowR300 market. Pretty Bits and pieces at pretty prices!

In collaboration with the Red Bull Studio, the CTEMF presents a series of open info-sessions and workshops, which aim to illuminate the complex and fascinating South African music industry with a focus on the Electronic Music scene. The key speakers come from all corners of the diverse SA music world, from artists to those behind the scenes, and...

The Cape Town Electronic Music Festival 2012 >>
On the couch: Maximillian Kaizen (Creative Commons), Hilton 'Roach' Roth (African Dope), Hagar Graiser (Jump Media / Cape MIC)
An overview of the nuts and bolts of the music industry with a focus on Electronic music, taking a look at issues such as publishing, needletime, music...

Arduino Make&Create Day 02!!!

Come:

Think, Design, Create, Learn, Teach, Help, & have FUN!!!

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The International Day of Awesomeness is a celebration of awesomeness. People are awesome every day, frequently don't realize it, and their feats of awesomeness are rarely recognized. We aim to fix that, with a special day to both perform and celebrate feats of awesomeness!

“Lion's Share: Intellectual Property Rights and the South African Music Industry”

-- a seminar by Prof. Veit Erlmann

DATE: Friday 10 February 2012
TIME: 13h00-14h30
VENUE: Centre for African Studies Gallery
(UCT, Upper Campus)

RSVP: Adam Haupt at adam.haupt@uct.ac.za


Abstract
Intellectual property is one of the key areas of conflict...

Come grab something at the BelowR300 Market on Saturday 10 December 2011. Beautiful pieces as low as R20. Clothing, sandals. accessories, bags & welcome drinks to the first 50 guests!

In this session of The Hip-Hop Dialogues we talk about copyright, royalties and approaches to promoting your music.

Our speakers:
* Nothando Migogo (MD, Dramatic, Artistic & Literary Rights Organisation -- DALRO)
* Max Kaizen (Public Lead, Creative Commons, ZA).
* Peter Theunissen (Cape Music Industry Commission -- Cape MIC)
* DJ Eazy...

In this session of The Hip-Hop Dialogues we talk about copyright, royalties and approaches to promoting your music.

Our speakers:
* Nothando Migogo (MD, Dramatic, Artistic & Literary Rights Organisation -- DALRO)
* Max Kaizen (Public Lead, Creative Commons, ZA).
* Peter Theunissen (Cape Music Industry Commission -- Cape MIC)

These questions...

Creative Commons, Open Business and Artist's Rights Night

The Creative Commons Global Summit will take place over three full days from September 16-18 in Warsaw, Poland.

The theme of this year’s Summit is “Powering an Open Future.” As Creative Commons enters its second decade, prominent thinkers from the commons movement worldwide, including Sir John Daniels from the Commonwealth of Learning,...

In its 11th successful year, the summit aims to bring together 100 of the country’s brightest young minds from diverse backgrounds for a week-long summit of exposure, training and developing innovative solutions.
[I'm leading a brainjam session on illuminating the way forward with Internet-powered *African* awesomeness.]

The annual Women’s Leadership Conference, described by many as the most dynamic conversation of women leaders in the country is an opportunity for you to invest in yourself and in your career. For the sixth year running, Johannesburg based QualityLife Company will be presenting the “We are the Leaders we’ve been waiting for” Conference....

The Daily Maverick's #HNWWW coffee is coming to Cape Town. Except it's not coffee, it's drinks. And it's not at 10am, it's at 5pm. And 3/4 of the team won't be able to make it. Aside from these trivial details, you won't notice the difference.

This is a FREE concert ON SUNDAY afternoon. Big stage - Good Sound The line up is as follows.
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Larry Joe
Delft Big Band
Heavenly Quartet
Emo Adams
Rudimentals
Elvis Blue (Pop Idols winner)

On a panel with Maritza van den Heuvel and Monique Theron called Wired Women – Wonderful Ways to use collaborative innovation in the Digital Economy
Social media like blogs, facebook and twitter reflect the easy and natural way women form community and share information. Learn more about how becoming a digital citizen can fast-track the...

You are kindly invited to our first Girl Geek Dinner Cape Town event taking place on Tuesday 8 March.

*Event Details*
Date and time: Tuesday 8 March 2011 | 19h00 for 19h30
Venue: The Woodlands Eatery, 2 Deer Park Ave West, Vredehoek, Cape Town
Guest Speaker: Jacques van Niekerk, MIH Swat
Cost: R150 for a three-course dinner and goodie bag (Drinks...

Blocked bloggers, jaded journos, wilting wordsmiths this one's for you. Vivian Warby, journalist and WordWarrior writing bootcamp sergeant will get your pens, keyboards and synapses dusted off and ready to go >>

Come join us on the deck for an early hour-long Friday coffee and brainjam.

PS. This is a free event. [A delicious optional...

An informal conversation with morning coffee & optional breakfast hosted by Huddlemind. This weeks Huddle is on the potency of a healthy body on our work and productivity.
We're delighted to have guest expert, Traditional Chinese practioner Dr Sam Coucombros will lend her expertise to the session.

We live in a moment in which the choices we make could impact the world for generations. All around us, in isolated pockets, thinkers and experts are considering, or dreaming about, the future.

For one evening only, you are invited to engage with a live Wikipedia of fascinating African thought leaders and mavericks in the beautiful surrounds of...

The best damn entrepreneurship training I've encountered in South Africa. Swedish founded NGO Afriversity will be celebrating their successes for Cape Town Entrepreneurship Week #ctew. I'm proud to be cheerleading tonight.

In honour of our southern belles, and because it’s Sunday, we’ll be out of town and invading the glorious Noordhoek Farm Village – where the food is for fainting and everyone r e l a x e d, so if you’re +children there’s plenty to keep them safely amused and not haunting the periphery with desperate little eyes. We’ll be lolling about...