Author: Kris Krüg
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Web 2.0 Conference Photos
Here’s some photos from last weeks Web 2.0 conference in SF. I had a great time and was lucky to meet some online peeps I have admired for a long time, including Bram Cohen, Jason Fried, and Mark Cuban. A couple of wild cards were Michael Powell and Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead. It…
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Quickie Web 2.0 Conference Post
I’m here at the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco. Lots of interesting stuff going on. I’m just between sessions and thought I’d drop a few quick notes. * Cool to see the Vancouver crowd representin’ – Will Pate, David Gratton, Andre Charland, Lori Pike and token YVR boy Termie. Six oh four in da…
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BitTorrent For Dummies
BitTorrent For Dummies There is hardly a clearer sign that a technology, service, or product has become mainstream than its inauguration as a  For Dummies†title. Susannah Gardner, author of Buzz Marketing with Blogs For Dummies, has her BitTorrent For Dummies released t Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection. See also: Building…
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Customized Code and Free Hosting for Grassroots Media Activists
Customized Code and Free Hosting for Grassroots Media Activists Designers, developers and administrators from Spain, Netherlands, Austria and Germany are working on a special distribution of the Drupal Content Management System that makes it a lot easier to set up your own multi-user, multi-language, multi-purpose int Part of the AI for Creatives collection. See also:…
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Raised Voices
Raised Voices Testimonies from the majority world on the effects of G8 policies have on their lives. Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection. See also: Building AI Companions w/ John Anthony Hartman of IHAVEROBOTS.
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Playlist Module Released
Playlist Module Released Over the last little while I’ve been working on a playlist module for Drupal. Farsheed was also working on a playlist module. So we have combined forces and now present to you the fruit of our labours: The new, improved, ass kicking playlist module. Part of the Web and Early Blog archive…
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Is “Fix it in Photoshop” A Valid Statement?
Is “Fix it in Photoshop” A Valid Statement? My opinion on this has always been a very loud and clear, “NO!” There’s so much more to taking good shots than uploading something that isn’t so great onto your computer and changing it to become semi-okay. Part of the Photography and Visual Storytelling collection. See also:…
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Blue Flavor is Open for Business
Blue Flavor is Open for Business Congrats to my friends and Seattle guys Blue Flavor for getting their new company off the ground. Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection. See also: Deconstruct Your Business Model on a Lean Canvas: Google News Initiative Launch Lab Week Two Report.
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BitTorrent’s Grab at Respectability
BitTorrent’s Grab at Respectability Its technology is beloved by illegal downloaders and file sharers. Now the outfit is raising venture funding in a bid to go commercial Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection. See also: Building AI Companions w/ John Anthony Hartman of IHAVEROBOTS.
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BitTorrent for Dummies Chapter 1 and Table of Contents Online and Available
The BitTorrent book Susie and I wrote is done, printed and bound and ships to stores next week. You can pre-oder Bit Torrent for Dummies at Amazon now. The first chapter and the index and table of contents are available online now over at Wiley. Check it out and let me know what you think.…
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Lead Generation via Myspace
Lead Generation via Myspace I talked about how blogs have been a great lead generation tool for us. For reaching promoters, event planners and bands, Myspace is amazing. It’s like shooting fish in a barrel. Part of the Photography and Visual Storytelling collection. See also: Embarking on a Media Revolution: My Participation in the Google…
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Open Source CMS Evalation – Part III: Implementation
Open Source CMS Evalation – Part III: Implementation In my last post, I narrowed my open source CMS candidates down to Joomla and Drupal. I was hoping to have a choice made by Monday morning, implement the design in the morning, and populate the content in the afternoon. Two days later and I’m now where…
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Building a website with an Open Source CMS
Building a website with an Open Source CMS I think the open source community has done an excellent job of figuring out how to create frameworks for developing web applications. But what about websites. You know, the web presence that every company wants – for minimal cost. For most companies, it’s Part of the creative…
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Open Source CMS Evaluation – Part II: Customization
Open Source CMS Evaluation – Part II: Customization This is the third and final post in my quest to find the best open source CMS for my needs. Previous posts include Building a website with an Open Source CMS and Open Source CMS Evaluation – Part I: Installation. Based on these two posts, reader feedback…
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Open Source CMS Evaluation – Part I: Installation
Open Source CMS Evaluation – Part I: Installation Today I began my journey in evaluating Open Source CMS applications. The motivation for this adventure can be found in my post titled “Building a website with an Open Source CMS”. Basically, I’d like to find a good solution to build small-to-medium size w Part of the…
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Raincity Studios Party!
Raincity Studios Party! Raincity Studios would like to invite you and a guest to attend our one-year-belated-studio-launch-party! Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection. See also: Building AI Companions w/ John Anthony Hartman of IHAVEROBOTS.
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Web of Change Photos on Flickr
Well, the internet came back for an hour or so and I was able to get some photos from Hollyhock and Web of Change online. Here’s a bunch from the photoset over at Flickr. Part of the Photography and Visual Storytelling collection. See also: Aerial Photography: Combining my loves for flying and making photos!.
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Cheetah Sighting
Brian spotted a cheetah tonight here at Hollyhock. Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection. See also: Building AI Companions w/ John Anthony Hartman of IHAVEROBOTS.
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Top 10 Marketing Initiatives for Civic Space
We had an awesome case study session today with Jason Mogus from Communicopea and Andrew Hoppin of Civic Space here at Web of Change on Cortes Island. The premise of the conversation was what can CivicSpace do to improve their marketing and evangelism efforts and many of the suggestion apply directly to Bryght and Drupal…