{"id":21776,"date":"2013-08-08T19:02:33","date_gmt":"2013-08-08T17:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/mark-bartels\/"},"modified":"2013-08-08T19:02:33","modified_gmt":"2013-08-08T17:02:33","slug":"mark-bartels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/mark-bartels\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Bartels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"wpsr_floatbts_anchor\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the midst of my wondering why so many people have tweeted and liked the MyPE article about <a href=\"http:\/\/mype.co.za\/new\/2013\/08\/bill-and-chelsea-clinton-visit-ubuntu\/\">Bill and Chelsea Clinton<\/a> visiting the Ubuntu Education Centre in Zwide, <a title=\"Port Elizabeth\" class=\"aal\" target=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mype.co.za\/cgi-bin\/search.cgi?keywords=Port+Elizabeth\">Port Elizabeth<\/a> yesterday I Stumbled Upon a retweet by a Mark Bartels.<\/p>\n<p>As part of my drive to add as many <a title=\"Port Elizabeth\" class=\"aal\" target=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mype.co.za\/cgi-bin\/search.cgi?keywords=Port+Elizabeth\">Port Elizabeth<\/a>, Uitenhage and Despatch twits to the various Twitterati lists maintained by MyPE I did the normal thing and had a look at Mark\u2019s profile, only to discover that the is the CEO of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stumbleupon.com\/about\/management\" target=\"_blank\">StumbleUpon<\/a> \u2013 a web site that helps you easily discover new and interesting stuff on the Web. From a personal point of view I have used StumbleUpon from when they were a start up \u2013 this was way before that other social media site sometimes called \u201cgroup sex for amoebas\u201d. I haven\u2019t added much to my page though, preferring to be an observer rather than a participant.<\/p>\n<p><strong>An invitation:<\/strong> Those who have a StumbleUpon account can add interesting discoveries on the web about our region to a list page that I created today: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stumbleupon.com\/lists\/704813225302312080\" target=\"_blank\">MyPE \u2013 Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage and Despatch<\/a>. In fact it looks like Mark Bartels has an abiding interest in Africa as he has already added the Bill and Chelsea Clinton article to his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stumbleupon.com\/lists\/322970798277287056\" target=\"_blank\">Africa List<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>I have a challenge for Port Elizabeth business:<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>If you sign up to StumbleUpon\u2019s paid discovery service \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stumbleupon.com\/pd\/auth\/\" target=\"_blank\">click here to see the sales pitch<\/a> \u2013 then let Mark know via his Twitter Account <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkBartels\" target=\"_blank\">@MarkBartels<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Maybe by doing so Mark will remember Port Elizabeth and the Ubuntu Education Centre and donate a chunk of money to Ubuntu when his ship comes in and he sells StumbleUpon for BILLIONS \u2013 no pressure Mark!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mype.co.za\/search\/W_,045_From_Walls_to_Wrought_Iron\/Welfare_Organisations_,040Registered,041\/ubuntu_education_fund_11892.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28186\" alt=\"Mark Bartels\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/730a4_Mark_Bartels.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thanks for the retweet Mark \u2013 every bit of exposure that Port Elizabeth and the Ubuntu Centre can get is much appreciated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>And Mark replies \u2013 How cool is it that he is from good old P of E?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MyPE\">@MyPE<\/a> Thanks Alan. I&#8217;m born and bred in PE. Big Ubuntu fan. Clinton visit is fantastic. Thank you for all you are doing.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark Bartels (@MarkBartels) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkBartels\/statuses\/365120982651912192\">August 7, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<strong>These businesses support <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mype.co.za\/new\/2011\/07\/more-ad-choices-on-mype\/\">MyPE<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mype.co.za\/new\/2011\/07\/more-ad-choices-on-mype\/\">MyPE<\/a> supports PE business:<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the midst of my wondering why so many people have tweeted and liked the MyPE article about Bill and Chelsea Clinton visiting the Ubuntu Education Centre in Zwide, Port Elizabeth yesterday I Stumbled Upon a retweet by a Mark Bartels. 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