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Mark Bartels

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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.

As part of my drive to add as many Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage and Despatch twits to the various Twitterati lists maintained by MyPE I did the normal thing and had a look at Mark’s profile, only to discover that the is the CEO of StumbleUpon – 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 – this was way before that other social media site sometimes called “group sex for amoebas”. I haven’t added much to my page though, preferring to be an observer rather than a participant.

An invitation: Those who have a StumbleUpon account can add interesting discoveries on the web about our region to a list page that I created today: MyPE – Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage and Despatch. 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 Africa List.

I have a challenge for Port Elizabeth business:

If you sign up to StumbleUpon’s paid discovery service – click here to see the sales pitch – then let Mark know via his Twitter Account @MarkBartels.

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 – no pressure Mark!

Mark Bartels
Thanks for the retweet Mark – every bit of exposure that Port Elizabeth and the Ubuntu Centre can get is much appreciated.

And Mark replies – How cool is it that he is from good old P of E?

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Alan Straton

Chief Cook, Bottle Washer and Broom Mechanic at MyPE
Passionate about Port Elizabeth and definitely NOT packing for Perth. Alan's ethos is epitomised in the words of Nelson Mandela; "I have fought against white domination and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the idea of a democratic and free society. If need be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die." See more articles by Alan.