I wanted to point out a few improvements we made recently to the site, which should make it more fun and easy to use. Please come and explore, and let us know what you think! Report problems via the beta link in the logo above or contact us by email.

Dipesh Pabari of Wildlifedirect has been blogging actively on Kabissa about animal poaching and related issues in East Africa. He sent me the following question about blogging on the Kabissa site which I think would be worth sharing with the community. I have added it to the Beta group on the site which we have been quietly experimenting with to bring together people who are interested in making the site the best it can be. Feel free to join it too!

Many people ask us all the time about Drupal, the platform used to develop Kabissa 2.0.

Our friends at Lullabot have announced The Lullabot Learning Series available on DVD. I have not yet seen the DVD but the short trailer video on their website is very useful in explaining quickly some of the most important benefits of Drupal.

Visitors to the Kabissa 2.0 site may have noticed small changes happening here and there. We are indeed continuing to improve and "tweak" the site features in response to feedback from visitors and members - keep it coming! I thought it might be particularly useful to point out the nifty interactive features.

I have once again been asked to nominate projects for the Ars Electronica PRIX in the Digital Communities category, which is described on the Ars Electronica site as follows:

The "Digital Communities" category will honor important achievements by digital communities well as innovative artistic approaches towards web-based communities. 

Social Networking for African Organizations

We have been dropping hints about "Kabissa 2.0" for a year now, and now finally we are able to share the fruits of our labors. We hope you like what you see!