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Apple’s premier event of the year, the Macworld Conference & Expo, kicks off on Tuesday, 15th January 2008 at 9am PST or 5pm GMT for us on the African continent with Steve Jobs’ keynote or State of the Mac address! Anyone involved in any form of creative process whether it be film, art, design, music, photography, etc. will want to watch the keynote or at least read up on summaries. It’s a jam-packed session of all the new and shiny goodness to expect from Apple and other companies developing for the Mac platform in the year ahead and rarely disappoints, if at all!

There’s a lot of buzz around the net with several sites throwing their predictions into the hat on what new gadgets and software Sir Steve & company will be announcing. Some of the most comprehensive coverage can be found at The Unofficial Apple Weblog and Wired.

What has transpired in Kenya since the election has been quite depressing to say the least. It’s sad to see a nation that was well and truly on its way to economic prosperity suddenly digress in that manner. The scale of violence has left me speechless, especially after getting firsthand accounts from friends caught up in areas that witnessed the worst of it.

Nonetheless, amid all of the political bickering that continues while lives are being ruined, cheetah innovation, ingenuity and passion shines bright as a group of friends and fellow TEDsters have come up with a new tool to help people chronicle/document incidents of violence, looting, etc. around the country called Ushahidi, Swahili for witness.

Thanks for the tip Hash.