OpenCafé

We have spent quite a few months training members of the local group, The Heralds and in the process we have helped them create a web presence that will contribute to taking their materials to more fans around the country and beyond.

Have a look at the Heralds online homes :

• Facebook Heralds page
• Myspace Heralds page
• Flickr Heralds page
• Youtube Heralds page
• Main Heralds website

Even though the cafe seems more quiet - we are always working on things - and we will post developments as soon as there is news.

The great news is - recently Thabo contacted us - he asked for some support to help market his group, the Heralds. They are a group of singers from Potchefstroom - we will soon be posting more info about them as soon as their online material is ready.

We are helping them weekly with creating online presence, website, and other online tools like working with Myspace and Facebook, Last.fm, Flickr, Twitter and other sites to create an online community around their music.

You can already visit their new Myspace page to listen to some of their songs at :

http://www.myspace.com/theheraldssouthafrica 

We will keep you posted about their progress.

Hi there - just  a quick update to make sure you know we are open as usual.

The first months in 2009 have been more quiet - the cafe is open as usual weekdays from 9-5pm. We are busy with upgrades - so that is also the reason for all the quiet time.

You are welcome to come and check things out - and get your copy of Linux - opendays are still available on request so just mail us to find out how to arrange one.

This year we plan to take it slow and spend time with a few smaller projects.

Opening times :

• The cafe is open as usual - weekdays Monday - Friday - 9am-5pm.

Open days :

• Opendays will be available on request - so if you are interested in …
  • testing Ubuntu,
  • or need help with the installations - do let us know and we can devote some time for that during our opendays.
  • Internet is free during open days so if u want to devote a day browsing free in the cafe - contact us.

Linux distros

•  We only have Ubuntu at the moment - still making plans to make sure that the latest isos are available again - but you can always get a copy of Ubuntu as a start

Other projects

• We have no specific plans for now - though have a few ideas in mind and will update you on the latest here on the blog.

I’m happy to let you know that our little initiative has its own Second Life

The SL cafe is located on the Non-profit commons together with other great initiatives that are worth checking out. If you have a nonprofit project - you can also apply for free space there - let me know if you need more info. Here is a few shots of the SL Cafe - though it is always chaning as I carry on learning more building skills - if you’d like to help with building tasks - please contact me!

A corner for the Freedom Toaster and Creative Commons

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All about the cafe and Ubuntu

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Chilling area

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Chilling area

Click to get the SLURL to the cafe - I am looking forward to your visits & suggestions. This cafe is just an extension of the RL cafe and has similar goals - sharing skills, information, so come and soon you will find lots of free stuff that you can just take&modify&share with your friends.

The SL cafe’s program will entirely depend on its visitors suggestions and interests - we plan to put together a databse of open resources, open projects and also be a meeting place for all those interested in Africa-related topics. We hope to unite all those interested in taking part and building the cafe with us.

• You are welcome to just walk by and get some info or all the free things that we will have here,
• You can also get support if you need advice with using SL, with your basic building projects
• you can also contribute with your donations if you like the projects we are busy with,
• you can send us info that will add to our open database,
• or you can even be one of those creating the material for these databases.

All that we do here is free - so come and check it out - and let us know what you think!