Concrete The Studio

by Franz

SchoolPulse.com launched on time. We’re cleaning up a lot of details around it, but we’ve also got a lot of c5 work to do. We need your help:

1) We’re building a marketplace/community so if you’re building blocks, making themes, or building sites with c5, tell us about yourself or your shop. There’s a lot of exciting details around how this site will work, but we don’t want to spill the beans. Suffice to say, you’ll be able to sell stuff you’ve already made that works with c5, and you’ll be able to find new work for hire as well. We’d like to launch this store with some real content, so contact us through the c5 site.

2) We’re looking for solid hourly PHP contractors from around the world. We work online using a combination of IRC, IM, and a task management system - if you write great code we don’t really care where you do it from. If that sounds like your cup of tea, we’ll want to see a resume and an example of something you’ve written to work with c5. You can reach us in #concrete5 on efNet, or through the forms on concrete5.org

3) Hosting providers? We’re rolling out another server to deal with the requests we’re getting through concrete5.org, but in the picture - we’d love to have a partnership with an existing company for hosting. If you’re part of a well established hosting company that’s interesting in partnering, we’d love to hear from you too!

So exciting times folks! Just a couple of dashboard improvements left to do before we upload another build and drop the “beta” from the version number.

by Franz

We’ve gone a little dark new builds of c5 since osCon because we’ve been fully dedicated to this rebuild of SchoolPulse.com. We’re making it all out of c5 and it’s gonna be sexy, easy to use, and provide a lot of great blocks back to the project. It’s consumed every waking hour from everyone I know for the last two weeks and weekends. It’s launching next week.

In the meantime, here’s an email thread I had recently with a new c5 fan where I lay down some of the ideas and plans we’ve been putting together as we watch our baby take off here:

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by Franz

I’m reading Ray Kurzweil who says the the Singularity is Near. While nay-sayers claim his science is questionable, I say he sounds pretty bright to me. The basic gist is because of exponential growth in technology (ie Moore’s law) we’re on the cusp of revolutionary changes in what it means to be human. We will transcend our bodies through technologies ranging from advanced medical DNA engineering to nano technology and the internet itself. We will become immortal within 20 years. (…says Ray)
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by Andrew Embler

No, not for us. We already have a new logo. No, the logo I’m talking about is for Wal-Mart:

It’s interesting they ditched the hyphen - makes sense though, since I could never remember if Walmart was spelled with one or not. The iconic Walmart star is present, but they’ve moved it from the middle. Upon seeing this logo with the star at the end, the first thing I thought of was an asterisk, meant to denote some bit of trivia or impart a cautionary reminder about the company in question.

Walmart*

(* - May prove hazardous to liberals, leftists, protectionists and yuppies.)

(* - Prolonged exposure may lead to nerve damage.)

(* - Watch for falling prices…or reap the whirlwind.)

(* - Surgeon General Recommends a Lifestyle Free of Excessive Bargains.)

And so on… Any you want to add?