Push-Button Web 2.0 Publishing
Bryght is a content and community management system that allows you to create and maintain a dynamic website for your organization without having any technical knowledge. It is based on the open source Drupal system.
For users: sign up. For resellers: sign up.Suitable for anyone
- Requires nothing but a web browser to easily create and maintain content - from web pages to news and photos
- Blogs, RSS and photo galleries for all users
- Polls, Forums, RSS aggregator and many more features
Innovative and open
- Based on the open source Drupal system means no lock-in
- New features continually added
- Enhancements and additions are available for all users
Cost Effective
- A complete turn-key solution for one monthly price - $39.95US per month
- Complete control - maintain your website in-house, with no techie between you and your content
- Excellent for resellers give your customers the power to maintain their own content
- Need 100s of sites? Bryght can be customized for your mass deployment.
These guys have some great ideas as to how companies can use Drupal specifically (and blogs in general) to grow your business and develop a community around your product or service. If you're at all thinking about the benefits of blogging on your business or how best to create an on-line community � you need to talk to these guys.
- Bryan Rieger
Recent news
November Drupal Training Update - new Drupal for Consultants
We've got an update on the Drupal Training (first info that we posted here) that we're presenting along with Raincity Studios. Check out the current description of training -- this is going to be updated with a longer outline in the next couple of days.
Oh, right, the update: we're locking down the first day as a more general day that should be applicable to people that don't fit neatly into either Designer or Developer, or that don't have time for a full 4 day course. So, the first day (November 14th) will be a general overview. What is Drupal, what can I build with it, how do I configure it? A guide to Drupal.org and finding information there. Is Drupal right for me, for what I want to build? I think that for any consultant or project manager that has heard about Drupal, or even installed it and checked it out a bit, this first day should provide a solid grounding in spec'ing Drupal projects, or perhaps determining if Drupal is right for your internal organization.
The whole 4 day course is $800USD, just the first day is $250USD, with a catered lunch and snacks, and delicious coffee from Workspace.
We've also just decided that we'll be handing out USB keys with information on it. Everything from a PDF version of the Drupal.org handbooks to a copy of XAMPP with which we're going to teach people how to run their own local development environment. This will be included for all 4 day participants, or available for $25 to those who are only attending one day.
Contact Raincity or us if you have any questions. So far, we've got people coming from as far away Denver and maybe some Californians, too.
SXSW panel idea: The Ultimate Music Recommendation Smackdown
SXSW is still months away, but I can't help but get excited already. The list on upcoming.org is growing, and panels are being selected using a cool new tool that lets people vote for which panels should be added to the conference.
Speaking of panels being selected, yours truly has proposed a panel for this years SXSW. I know that the panels that do the best, seem to be the ones that are slightly confrontational, a bit tongue in cheek, but still very informative. So keeping that in mind, my proposed panel description is as follows:
With the unprecedented accessibility of recorded music, how can we discover that hot new band when there are millions of possibilities at our fingertips? Fortunately, many companies address this very question. Find out which service creates playlists worthy of a veteran DJ, and which service recommends tracks like an iPod set on shuffle as they battle it out in the ultimate playlist smackdown. Based on audience feedback, trophies will be awarded.
You can vote to have my panel added to the SXSW conference here:
2007.sxsw.com/interactive/panel_picker/#panel_23
Initial announcement: Drupal Training in Vancouver presented by Raincity Studios and Bryght, November 2006
This is an initial announcement about a training session that Raincity Studios and Bryght will be jointly putting on. The training will be here in Vancouver in mid November, and will feature a developer-centric track with training by Djun and James, and a design-centric track put on by Raincity's design ninjas. The first day will be a joint overview applicable to both developers and designers.
What: Drupal training for developers and designers -- leave with a solid base of understanding to be able to tackle complex Drupal projects, as well as learning how to work with the community
When: November 14 - 17th, 2006
Where: Workspace, Vancouver, BC
Cost: $800USD per person (only $200USD per day, including food)
We'll have more details on the full course outline up in the next week. Complete details are available on the Raincity Studios training pages: Drupal Training November 2006, Vancouver, BC
Looking for other training locations and dates? Our friends at Lullabot plan training on a regular basis -- check their training page for upcoming events.
Bryght represents at EuroOSCON 2006
I’m stoked to be speaking tomorrow about music at the O’Reilly EuroOSCON conference tomorrow. So far, the conference has been quite interesting and I’ve enjoyed hearing about new projects and new approaches. The things I have enjoyed so far are:
- Tom Steinberg’s “Hackers guide to democracy” and mysociety.org. We need something like this in Canada. Maybe built on Drupal. Hmmm…
- Bre Pettis (of Make Magazine fame) and his cool drawbot
- Tim O’Reillys’ keynote, which was a well put together summary of things we all know. But when you hear it all said again in a clear concise voice, you just can’t help but get excited.
- Hanging out with Drupal folk.
- Daisy, which looks kind of cool.
Looking forward to DrupalCon and BarCamp, coming up this weekend!
International Talk Like a Pirate Day (2006)
Don't forget about the International Talk Like a Pirate Day, coming up on September 19th. It's in Upcoming.org as well (strangely enough, listed as taking place in Melbourne).
Ready your pirate filter, me hearties. You might also want to check out the entire celebratory week of pirate cartoons over at Savage Chickens.