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RPG powerhouse CEO Ryoei Mikage talks about influences and sales targets in recent interview.
Imageepoch is a major player in the RPG genre. It seems that the studio got its start from a highly regarded classic of the genre.
In an interview featured in the latest Gemaga (a portion of the interview was posted at 4Gamer today), CEO Ryoei Mikage recalled his first time visiting a game shop. It just so happened that this was on Final Fantasy VII's release date. The game was recommended to him by the clerk. He purchased it and played four days straight without sleep.
"I seriously don't think I slept," said Mikage. "If it weren't for this time, I'd probably be doing something else."
Final Fantasy VII wasn't Mikage's first game, but it was pretty close. He'd gone to the shop to find something new to play because he'd been playing Myst and didn't find it too interesting. Myst was the first game he played on his father's newly bought PlayStation.
He was only allowed to play Myst because he'd just finished his exams. Mikage's mom was apparently quite strict. His father brought Dragon Quest IV home one day but his mom referred to it as a "tool that will make your head bad" and threw it away, something that Mikage jokes caused him trauma.
Yes, Mikage was quite young when Final Fantasy VII was released. Even though he's CEO of Imageepoch, he's just 29 years old. He got started in the industry working as a part time debugger at Koei during his third year of high school. In 2004, he joined Namco Tales Studio, then formed Imageepoch on August 13 of that year On June 9, 2006, he took Imageepoch public.
Also in the interview, Mikage shared some of his insights into game sales. His strategy with Imageepoch, which just released its first self-published game through PSP's Final Promise Story, is to first make games that sell 150,000 copies. FPS falls into this category. He hopes to release three games in this category before shifting to a higher target of three games that sell 300,000 units each. This shift is planned for three years from now.
Looking at recent sales data, the latter target is a difficult goal. Mikage noted that in the 1990s, each year would see at least three RPGs sell over 300,000 units. Nowadays, you'll get maybe one game every two or three years that sells a million copies, and one game every couple of years that sells 500,000 copies. Those games that once sold 300,000 units are now selling under 100,000 units.
Mikage wants to make Imageepoch into a company that produces every year three games that sell 300,000 units. This is his five year target for the company.


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"The Red Convertible," which also forms a chapter in Louise Erdrich's novel Love Medicine (1984, 1993), is the story of two Native American brothers, Lyman Lamartine and his older sibling, Henry, Jr. Narrated by Lyman, the story explores the relationship between the brothers before and after Henry's combat experience in Vietnam, where he was held as a prisoner of war.
The story begins on an American Indian reservation in North Dakota. Lyman has received a large insurance check after a tornado destroyed his restaurant. He and Henry, a laid-off factory worker, buy a red convertible. Free of daily responsibilities, they take to the open road in their flashy automobile. Along the way, they pick up Susy, a Native American woman who is hitchhiking. After giving her a ride to her home in Chicken, Alaska, they spend the summer with her family. Their idyllic journey comes to an end when they return to their reservation and discover that Henry, who had volunteered for military service, has been called to report for duty.
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Steelers vs. Browns: Instant Grades, Analysis for PittsburghNovember 25, 2012
Steelers vs. Browns: Instant Grades, Analysis for Pittsburgh
All season, Cleveland has been playing pretty tough at home, scoring victories against Cincinnati and San Diego, as well as playing the Baltimore Ravens very close in the Dog Pound.
Today, the Steelers limp into Cleveland, relying on 15th year quarterback Charlie Batch. He's the third-string quarterback in Pittsburgh these days, but for today, he's No.1. It seems that it may be in the Steelers' best interest to attack with the running game.
Don't be fooled by Cleveland's record—five of their eight losses have come by a touchdown or less. They could really interrupt Pittsburgh's run towards the postseason.
Pittsburgh 14 Cleveland 20—Final
He didn't protect the ball (two interceptions in the quarter).
He wasn't productive.
Pittsburgh was just hoping that Charlie Batch could get them this win against one of the NFL's lower-tier teams. It didn't happen, and Batch's worst performance came when it couldn't be afforded.
Charlie Batch had some good throws in the third quarter, but the ineffectiveness is only continuing. I understand that he can't help negated plays, but it seems like he's completing only throws for short yardage.
Most of the focus has shifted to the passing game, and that has translated to a pick for Batch. Steeler fans may have been hopeful that he could at least come out and protect the football.
Despite some good throws, he's been more bad than good.
Although Batch isn't to blame for the Steelers' three turnovers, he's not doing much to correct the problems.
He did a good job throwing the ball in the last two minutes of the first half, connecting on four passes on that single drive alone. Still, he'll need to do more than that for there to be a legitimate impact.
Ben Roethlisberger's absence is being heavily felt.
It's been hard to get a real judge on Charlie Batch so far. Having only thrown four passes and completing two of them, it was a pretty mediocre start.
However, Batch is not going to see the bigger load of the action, so his goal needs to be to not make any mistakes.
Based on that logic, his grading scale will be a little easier—making no mistakes and getting at least a little production will earn him a good grade, whereas that'd get Big Ben a C. For now, no production exists from Batch.
Eight turnovers. A whopping eight turnovers.
Three total interceptions and five fumbles (three in the fourth quarter) proved to be the end of the Steelers' hopes. It doesn't matter who you play, if you can't protect the football, you will not win.
The entire second half was rough to watch—they took advantage of zero opportunities in the fourth quarter to take the lead.
As has been the case for most of the game, Pittsburgh's offense was mostly lifeless in the third quarter.
They committed their fourth turnover of the day, making it an all-around effort to try to give the Browns a victory. Watching Batch hasn't been easy and the running game isn't much better.
It'll be hard to win after losing Mike Adams to injury and turning the ball over four times.
Wow. What a disaster.
Following up Mendenhall's first-quarter fumble, Dwyer and Redman followed suit with fumbles of their own in the second.
Thankfully, for the Steelers, Charlie Batch led a solid drive in the last two minutes of the first half which culminated with a Chris Rainey touchdown run.
Signs of life.
Nothing really special is going on right now, aside from the Rashard Mendenhall fumble. It's clear that the running game is the main focal point of the team—Charlie Batch has only thrown four passes.
It makes sense, though. The Steelers have three solid running backs carrying the load and Jonathan Dwyer is not having many issues with Cleveland's mediocre rush defense. Isaac Redman will also get some carries as the bruiser of the team.
Pittsburgh is banking on their rushing attack, which is probably the way to go, given the quarterback situation.
They didn't do anything wrong—Cleveland didn't score in the quarter and Pittsburgh's defense did a lot to stop them from moving.
In the end, it didn't matter how good they were. The offense consistently set them up to fail and they were only going to be able to do so much.
Hats off for the defense performing well without Lamar Woodley, but they weren't going to stop Cleveland inside the 20 every time.
Overall, Cleveland's offense was stopped pretty well in the third quarter. They scored because Charlie Batch threw a pick in Pittsburgh territory.
Still, the lower grade comes from the fact that Richardson is starting to find some momentum. Plus, Cleveland's drive at the end of the quarter was stalled because of penalties, not because of good defensive play.
Hard to believe that the top-ranked NFL defense is being beaten by one of the league's statistically worst offenses.
With the offense doing so poorly thus far, you'd hope the defense could shut down the young Cleveland offense. They did in the first quarter.
The second quarter was a completely different story. Cleveland put up 10 points, Brandon Weeden started out completing five consecutive passes, and receivers were consistently wide open. The good news is that they're doing well shutting down Trent Richardson.
Despite all this, you can't blame the defense when the running backs keep fumbling deep in Pittsburgh's territory.
Only an A- because they allowed Cleveland to get points on the board. However, you can't argue with a solid defensive score.
The defense has stifled Brandon Weeden right now, as he's struggling to find the holes where he can thread the ball. Lawrence Timmons made the early noise, scoring on a 53-yard interception return.
Special Teams—B
No real effects came from the special teams in the game. Just to change things up, I figured Cleveland's last punt that pinned the Steelers inside the five could've made a little difference.
Usually, this is a part of the game that is important, but not in this one.
If there's been one bright spot for Pittsburgh, it'd have to be the special teams. They've done nothing to potentially give the game away.
Perhaps they'll make a difference in quarter four.
Like the first quarter, special teams didn't play a big role in how the second quarter turned out.
Solid extra-point kicking Suisham!
When not much is happening, I can't really go better than a B. Shaun Suisham's extra point was spot on—what else is new, it's the NFL!
I'll give them credit where it's due—holding Josh Cribbs to average returns is worth celebrating.
What can be said? Tomlin dealt with a team that couldn't protect the ball and kept turning it over.
Doesn't matter how good of a coach you are if your team can't hang onto the ball.
You can't help but feel for Mike Tomlin and the Steelers' coaching staff. It seems that their play-calling is just fine. Their offense can't hold on to the ball.
Batch can't hit his receivers.
So on and so forth. No blame goes to coaching.
I think one of the biggest things I respect about Mike Tomlin and the Pittsburgh coaching staff is that they knew it was necessary to send a message to their running backs—they fumbled, and they were shown the bench.
They needed to send a message. Tomlin and company trusted Batch to move the ball down the field and then let the rookie, Rainey, punch it in from a yard out.
You got to love Tomlin as a coach.
C'mon, it's Mike Tomlin, how bad can this grade really get?
He's turned some mediocre teams into dominating ones during his time in Pittsburgh, and I can't remember a game that he's somehow mismanaged.
Since nothing key really happened in the first quarter, Tomlin can take the B.
Running Backs—F
All four running backs fumbled the ball today. Not only did they fumble, but none of them had more than 19 yards on the ground.
Pittsburgh was relying on the running game to pick up the slack that Ben Roethlisberger left behind.
They failed miserably.
Heath Miller—A
All season, Heath Miller has been re-emerging after struggling in 2011. Today, he contributed in no way, shape or form to the loss.
He had a solid six catches for 63 yards, proving to be Charlie Batch's favorite target.
It proved to be worthless against the Browns, but he showed again why he's one of the league's top tight ends.
James Harrison—B+
After recording eight tackles and a sack, James Harrison deserves some attention.
The defense was pretty good against Cleveland today, and Harrison was one of the leaders—as if anyone is shocked by that.
Harrison dominated the Browns' offense and would be the star of the game, had he not been slightly outdone...
Lawrence Timmons—A
There were very few highs for the men in black and yellow today, but Lawrence Timmons was one of those points.
He supplied the game's first score, capitalizing on a Brandon Weeden mistake and taking an interception to the house from 53 yards away.
In addition, he recorded six tackles—not a bad way to make up for the absence of Lamar Woodley.


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Innovation Park becomes a jobs hub in northeast Charlotte
As Mercedes Merritt walks the halls of Innovation Park, an employee who works at the University City complex stops to share an idea about security. The pitch from the employee to Merritt, director of leasing at the park, involves bringing Doberman pinschers onto the 200-acre property. An iffy proposition, but it's the type of feedback BECO South sought when it created a tenant advisory council two years ago.
Moments later, Merritt tells her boss, BECO South President Chris Epstein, about the exchange. He beams.
"To me, that's success," Epstein says.
In the three years since BECO South purchased Innovation Park, it has landed big new tenants such as Allstate Corp., AXA Equitable and Wells Fargo & Co., signing leases that total more than 800,000 square feet. The 1.9 million-square-foot property, formerly known as Meridian Corporate Center, was 35% leased when BECO bought it for $42 million. BECO spent another $35 million on renovations, adding 2,300 parking spaces and amenities such as an on-site fitness center and dry cleaner.
Today, Innovation Park is 93% leased, and BECO estimates it's worth close to $200 million, not including the undeveloped land.
Not that BECO, which is planning its second phase of development, has any plans to sell. With little existing space available, the firm is negotiating a lease with Elevation Church to occupy a new 40,000-square-foot building, and Epstein says new, speculative office construction on the campus is less than two years away.
Nearly 5,000 people work at Innovation Park today, which delights Epstein, who once stunned Merritt by sending out his cellphone number to all of them.
"He has a hospitality approach to the way he treats his tenants and employees, like they're guests at his house," says Charley Leavitt, a senior vice president at Jones Lang LaSalle who leases the park with BECO. "That's a unique approach."
Epstein, 44, was at a career crossroads before flying down from Maryland to tour the massive development in December 2009. He was heading up leasing for BECO Management, a Maryland-based real estate firm that Epstein's uncle founded with three other partners in 1986. Epstein had been at BECO for 18 years and was growing restless, eager for a new challenge.
BECO specializes in buying distressed real estate and turning it around. The firm had received a marketing flier for Meridian, the former IBM Corp. campus in University City that had fallen into receivership. The lender to the project was now the owner and wanted to sell.
Jeffrey Cohen, CEO of BECO Management, flew to Charlotte with Epstein. Cohen says his curiosity was piqued by the sheer size of the project, but that was it.
"I really wasn't thinking we would buy it," he says.
Epstein had recently read an article about Google's multi-building headquarters complex in Mountain View, Calif., which features amenities such as a gym, cafes and bicycles for employees to use around the campus. When he toured the University complex, a group of interconnected buildings near the Interstate 85 interchange at W.T. Harris Boulevard, Epstein saw a unique opportunity, and so did Cohen.
"I remember thinking, 'This is the Google campus for everybody else if we do this right,' " Epstein recalls.
His passion for the project and an all-cash offer helped set BECO apart from other bidders, and the purchase closed in March 2010. Merritt had worked on the sale of the project, and during the process Epstein had peppered her with questions about it, deciding then that he needed to hire her. After the sale closed, Epstein called her, and Merritt politely said thanks, but no thanks. She was moving to New York and had seen enough of the property, spending the better part of a year trying to lease it while it was in limbo.
Epstein persisted, and Merritt agreed to meet with him. He flew down to Charlotte on a Monday. Again, warmly rebuffed.
"I feel like we should meet again," Epstein told her over the phone that same week. He flew back to Charlotte on Friday.
Epstein laid out an attractive compensation package and explained his vision for the park, asking Merritt to try it for one year. As part of his job offer, he said he would pay for a three-month trip that Merritt had been planning to countries that included Egypt, India and Israel.
"That really sold it for me, obviously," says Merritt, who became the first employee of a new division called BECO South.
Epstein continued to spare no expense, sending out iPads as introductory gifts to commercial real estate brokers and hosting events with a Let's Make a Deal theme. Epstein played Monty Hall, asking tenant brokers to choose between hundreds of dollars in cash or what's behind door Number 2, which might have been a pack of socks or a trip to Costa Rica.
Five months after buying the park, BECO landed its first big tenant, Classic Graphics. The Charlotte printing company signed a 15-year lease for 180,000 square feet, adding 59,000 square feet in late 2012. After signing, David Pitts, the company's president, went to Italy with his wife for their 25th wedding anniversary. At a cooking class, the couple met a woman from Maryland who worked in commercial real estate. Pitts asked her if she had heard of his new landlord.
"She went on for five minutes about how great they were," he says. "So that helped me a lot."
Innovation Park has thrived by attracting large back-office operations such as call centers, and no deal has been more resounding for the park than AXA Equitable, which moved its local operations center in April from Ballantyne Corporate Park, where it had been since 1998.
At a BECO welcome event, AXA employees were surprised by a flash mob stepping out of the audience and breaking into a choreographed dance routine. The message: You're not in Ballantyne anymore.
Matt Browder, president of Browder Group Real Estate and a board member of University City Partners, calls the AXA relocation a "huge deal" for the submarket. "It speaks to the quality of work that they've done there," he says.
BECO was aggressive with its rental rates in the early days, but when the company builds its first speculative building at the park, meaning no tenants signed in advance, Epstein expects the rental rate will be comparable to Ballantyne, the south Charlotte office park developed by The Bissell Cos.
"The experience will be different, but I think we will be the northern balance to that southern campus," he says.
Epstein has purchased a portfolio of office buildings in southwest Charlotte, and he continues to look for acquisitions as he plans the second phase of Innovation Park. Before discovering and buying the park, Epstein says he had already decided to move to Charlotte after visiting twice. What would he be doing if this hadn't worked out?
"I don't know what it would have been," he says. "But I would have aimed very big."
Since BECO South purchased Innovation Park, it has landed big tenants such as Allstate and Wells Fargo, signing leases totaling more than 800,000 square feet.
March 2010: BECO Management buys the 1.9 million-square-foot Meridian Corporate Center, which is 35% leased, for $42 million
July 2010: Project is renamed Innovation Park, $35 million in renovations begin
August 2010: Classic Graphics signs lease for 179,775 square feet
March 2012: AXA Equitable announces it will relocate from Ballantyne, takes 145,000 square feet
April 2012: Wells Fargo takes 120,000 square feet, later expands to 200,000
March 2013: Areva announces relocation of North American HQ to Innovation Park from Maryland and expands
July 2013: Allstate signs lease for 200,000 square feet at Innovation Park, now 93% leased.


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HESSTON, KAN. -- Kansas Brass Quintet has thrilled audiences in Kansas and the Midwest for more than 30 years. On Friday, Jan. 21, they will travel to Hesston to present the third concert in the 2004-05 Hesston-Bethel Performing Arts (HBPA) season at 7:30 p.m. in Hesston College's Yost Center. Ensemble members Stephen Leisring, Justin White, Paul Stevens, Michael Hall, and Scott Watson will present a concert titled "Dazzling Brass." Featured selections range from "Variations on a Spiritual" by William Schmidt to "Questa e Quella" from Verdi's Rigoletto to works by Nelson Riddle and Wynton Marsalis.
"Brass music always generates a lot of excitement because of the many stylistic periods of music available for brass players," said Jake Rittenhouse, HBPA chair. "This concert should appeal to most every taste in brass music due to the variety of selections being performed by the outstanding caliber of players represented in the Kansas Brass Quintet."
The concert is presented in part by the Kansas Arts Commission, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
Kansas Brass Quintet has performed at the national conventions of a variety of music educators organizations. Their CD--Rare Breeds and Dog-Eared Classics--features a variety of chamber and solo works. Each member teaches in the Department of Music and Dance at the University of Kansas (Lawrence).
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Other upcoming HBPA events include concerts by the King's Singers (7:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 17 at Hesston College's Yost Center) and Rajaton (7:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 5 at Bethel College's Memorial Hall in North Newton).


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LAPD shooting victim's family files $75 million federal civil rights lawsuit
The family of an unarmed black man shot dead by Los Angeles police accused the officers of violating his civil rights in a federal lawsuit filed on Wednesday and was seeking $75 million in damages from the city.
Police have said two officers shot and killed 25-year-old Ezell Ford, described by a family lawyer as mentally challenged, in mostly poor South Los Angeles on Aug. 11 after he struggled with an officer and tried to grab his gun.
The family attorney, Steven Lerman, disputed the police narrative of how Ford died but declined in a news conference outside a Los Angeles federal courthouse to give an alternate version of events. He said that would be presented in court.
"The $75 million claim against the city of Los Angeles should send a resonating message that we cannot tolerate or stand for the continued conduct of abuse, discrimination, racial profiling that allowed this poor man to be shot dead," Lerman said.
The Ford shooting came amid heightened national scrutiny of police conduct two days after the fatal shooting of black teenager Michael Brown by police in Ferguson, Missouri, where a wave of sometimes violent protests erupted in response.
Some critics of police use of force practices have drawn parallels between the deaths of the two unarmed men, and about 500 people rallied last month outside Los Angeles police headquarters to express anger over Ford's death.
Police representatives and the city attorney's office declined to comment on the lawsuit, which was filed in federal court and says Ford's civil rights were violated.
The shooting remains under investigation. Police said in a statement two days after the shooting that the two officers had approached Ford to try to talk to him, and that Ford grabbed one officer and fell to the ground with him, trying to take his gun.
The officer's partner fired at Ford, and the officer on the ground pulled out a backup gun and also shot him, police said.
Lerman declined to give details on Ford's mental health, but said he was mentally challenged, harmless and known to pace his neighborhood and ask for cigarettes.
In another California case involving a controversial police shooting, a Los Angeles judge this week blocked the release of an independent review into the death of an unarmed black teenager by police in Pasadena, denying a request from civil rights groups.
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text: Hi Joe, > It would be a zillion times easier if the *client* did > all this messing around. If the client knew about N > server address it could automatically redirect to a > different server if the primary server failed. if the > client knew about N machines and performed the md5(Key) > calculation to find the correct machine then the problem > would be very easy to solve with no messing around in the > server. Indeed, and I've used this strategy in the past on systems in which we were responsible for both client and server. It has one problem, though, which is if the network is not completely reliable and can become partitioned - different clients can end up using different servers, resulting in an inconsistent state. The way around this - leader election - works nicely in small systems but surely it doesn't scale to millions of clients? > The next step is (ovf course) to allow all the clients to > collectively behave as if they were as server - I think > therefore that the problem is really one about the base > level of a P2P architecture and not about a twitter > architecture per se. I agree - but P2P architectures come with their own lot problems (firewalls, heterogenous clients, the legal issues related to innocent users storing someone else's illegal data, etc.) So I think you're right to stress that we probably need to talk actual numbers, and think about a "sufficiently scalable" architecture rather than an infinitely scalable one. Regards, Dominic Williams http://dominicwilliams.net ----


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tag:www.kickstarter.com,2008-10-09:/projects/deezmaker/buko-3d-printer-raising-the-bar-of-open-source-3d/posts Kickstarter: Bukobot 3D Printer - Affordable 3D with No Compromises! 2013-10-03T23:51:16-04:00 tag:www.kickstarter.com,2008-10-09:Post/618297 2013-10-04T00:56:58-04:00 2013-11-14T05:03:26-05:00 Finally, the end is here, but the adventures continue.
Hi Backers,

First, sorry for the lack of updates, it's been crazy busy and stressing since trying to finish off the Bukobot kickstarter project and starting the Bukito one. We only have a handful of folks left that unfortunately are waiting a bit longer because of a couple of big last minute snags. We have been in contact personally with a few of the final remaining backers, but I can finally say we have everything to send every thing out and should be a matter of days to actually close the books on this project.

Why this happened? One reason is my lack of experience and too much trust in suppliers (which I have learn many lessons of what not to do)...and the other is that a couple months ago, we thought we had all the components and I jumped the gun with the assumption we were going to be done fast...and then we found a few issues with the electronics. I tried my best to work with what we had (and actually sent out a few kits without some parts) but a last batch of drivers and heated boards were unacceptable so we had to get them completely redone. What made things worse is that the heated boards took much longer than promised and basically set us back a whole bunch of weeks. I apologize for this super extra delay, but until I actually had the new product in hand, I didn't want to predict any shipping time for the last few rewards because obviously my predictions never seem to be correct. I have lost a lot of sleep over this and almost freaked out about this situation, but tried my best to keep it together and to keep on going to finish everything.

For those of you that got kits without the heated platforms (or the temporary bad ones), we are getting them ready as I write this and they will be sent out before the weekend.

The end is now within reach on this project, and we will finally be able to move on to the next challenge... the Bukito. So as soon as I see the last reward go out on the Bukobot, we are going to focus hard on the Bukito. We have now stabilized most of the Bukobot production (finally) and we will continue to offer the Bukobot on our website at Deezmaker.com

 Bukobot.com Wiki

We have updated some more of the Bukobot wiki if you haven't see it lately. Check it out at Bukobot.com. If you have any suggestions or tips you think we should add to it, let us know on the forum.

New extruders for 1st Gen Bukobots

For those that got a Bukobot a long time ago and have the first generation with the "Bukoschnozzle", I would like to know how many of you are actually interested in an upgrade kit to the new Spitfire nozzle. If you are interested, send me a message so I can see if there's enough demand to start getting that ready. I haven't calculated the exact cost, but it would be around $100 for single, about $140 for dual to include everything you need for the new setup (New spitfire nozzle, new X carriage, new idler assembly, but without motor, drive gear or fan.)

What's next

Well, the Bukito is now our next focus, but soon we should be starting work on completely new machine (no name yet) that will be pretty amazing (assuming our theories work out correctly) and have a different approach...but we'll talk about that later...

For now, we will continue to send out updates as cool things happen at Deezmaker and will try to stay in touch with all of you, the original and awesome backers of the Bukobot project. Your support for this project has been extremely wonderful and I hope you feel that you will always be part of the adventurous soul of Bukobots and Deezmaker. 3D printing is evolving fast and we hope to keep up and stay innovative.
 tag:www.kickstarter.com,2008-10-09:Post/540872 2013-07-16T19:19:23-04:00 2013-07-16T19:19:23-04:00 Shipping is going good...almost there.
Hi Folks,

Thanks again for everyone's patience in this project. We are doing our best to get the final kits out fast, but as accurate as possible with this new model. The transition was a bit tricky since so much of the design has changed and we now have it all figured out and going smoother.

We shipped a few kits out to test the new model kits a couple weeks back and had discovered some little issues but are now fixed them and continued shipping more (Pictures of our small operation below). We had a bunch go out the last couple weeks, but still got a few more to go.

Although a few folks already got the new models, I haven't had time to sit down in one place to get the instructions up on the wiki...which is my goal to do today (despite that it's my birthday, no days off for me). I did make some videos now so it might be a bit easier for everyone. The cool news is that in making the instructions, I realized that it took a couple hours less to put together, even for us, so build time is much less now with the Bukobot v2. Also, more parts we were needing actually came in last week so it doesn't look like we will ship any partial kits.

I know it's a bit past the date that I really wanted for finishing all the shipping, but we are in the flow and things are moving fast to finish. Sorry that I couldn't ship all the kits at once, but I really want everyone to have the best kit possible at the time of shipping and we are trying to avoid as many errors as possible.

So just a bit more and everyone should be taken care of. Again, thanks for your everyone's patience, but I think you'll be very happy with improvements of new Bukobot v2 that everyone is now getting.

On a side note, although some of you have noticed, we kind of "re-launched" the "Bukito" 3d printer on Kickstarter on it's own to anticipate the finish of this one (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/deezmaker/bukito-portable-3d-printer-take-it-everywhere). We did offer an earlier version of the "Bukito" on the Bukobot project, but was overwhelmed by the big models to be able focus more time on it. We then ran across the "V-slot" project from open builds and found the perfect solution to make it the way we wanted it. So for those few that got the Bukito, you'll be getting it as soon as we make a few more of them in the next few weeks, before this project and with some added bonuses.

Again, thank to all for the support and patience. If you are the small few left to get a Bukobot, I apologize for the additional delays, but you should be getting your shipment and tracking info within days.

There has been so much to do, I haven't been able to write up more updates, but will try to do another one very soon when the instructions are more complete.
 tag:www.kickstarter.com,2008-10-09:Post/518830 2013-06-24T01:31:55-04:00 2013-06-24T01:31:55-04:00 Quick update.
Hi folks,

Things are moving along good. We should have a bunch of kits shipping this week. Here's some quick pictures of the assembly, some laser parts and the extruders, in which we are pre-assembling for you guys to make things easier since the instruction for the new model are not totally ready.

We are also having some cool announcements going on this week, so stay tuned to our website and twitter and stuff...
 tag:www.kickstarter.com,2008-10-09:Post/510715 2013-06-16T18:27:20-04:00 2013-06-16T18:27:20-04:00 Spitfire is coming...to you!
Hey Folks,

First, I think we just might actually make the goal of finishing most of the last kickstarter rewards before July. Here's the quick run down before you check out the pictures...

We have parts! Our "Spitfire" Extruder parts are here, and colorful! So if some final things get delivered in the steady schedule that we have finally been able to accomplish, I think most kits will be out the door before the end of the month. But we have a simple back up plan just in case... So here's an idea (if everyone is ok with it): We were thinking of sending out the kits even if some minor parts are not available at the time of shipping (which we'll keep track of and send out when we get them). I really want to get all the kits out to you guys as fast as humanly possible, but I have a feeling we might not get everything little piece in time so I want to prepare for it just in case. Of course, this is just a back plan that I hope we will avoid.

On another note, below you'll see some pictures / renderings of the new model that everyone is now getting. Since some parts actually came a little early, I had the X carriage (Gold) and the Spitfire extruder aluminum parts (Red) anodized here at local place, which only took a day to do. Not sure if you agree with us, but this little extra coloring make things look really hot!

We've been working hard testing the details of the new model to make sure you guys get the best Bukobot ever. We've made a lot of refinements and improvements. Although I haven't yet counted exactly, I think we reduced the parts count to about half, all while still improving things. This also means the build time is much faster and easier too. Speaking of which, since the new model was designed in more professional CAD software, we will have really nice pictures and diagrams of the new assembly.

Almost done...

So after about a year of living and breathing 3D printing everyday, we learned some awesome things that we tried to implement in this new model. I think you'll be very pleased, not by just the experience of building it, but the improved performance we are able to achieve.

And of course, I'm extremely grateful of everyone's patience and support through this project with the extremely challenging process of making a great 3D printer.

The closing of this chapter is very near, and I know the final few that are left to receive Bukobots have been very anxious (and very very patient with me), but to us, it'll be a start of a grander journey that I hope to take all of you with us.

We do feel everyone that helped backed this project has been a huge part of our success and we are eternally grateful, so as an extra bonus, we will try (as much as possible) to give you guys discounts and special deals on future product offerings.

So I'm concluding this update for now and going back to work on preparing and packing the last rewards you'll be getting soon. Hope you enjoy the pictures of the new stuff!

..and Happy Father's day!
 tag:www.kickstarter.com,2008-10-09:Post/483339 2013-05-16T20:56:14-04:00 2013-05-16T20:56:14-04:00 Quick Update - We are at Maker Faire
Hi Backers...

We are at the Maker Faire Bay Area this weekend (May 18th, 19th 2013, makerfaire.com ) and we are going to show some cool stuff that you guys are going to get soon (for the last few folks that haven't gotten your Bukobots yet). As a special treat, I'm showing these pictures to you guys first! Since I'm on the road, I'm going to make this short and I'll answer questions after the faire next week. I hope you guys like it them, because we are in full transition into the new awesome changes.

P.S. If you come to the Maker Faire, visit us at booth 305 in the Expo Hall...

P.S.S ...and yes, we now have a power supply holder...and we'll post the design files for it soon : )
 tag:www.kickstarter.com,2008-10-09:Post/458070 2013-04-20T02:12:59-04:00 2013-04-20T02:12:59-04:00 Quick Update.. New Nozzles Almost there.
Hi Folks...my very patient backers...

So here's a quick update. After weeks of suffering from some supply vendors, we finally got some final parts to send out more kits next week for the current models (those that want your machine quicker) so some of you will be hearing from me soon about your shipments. If anyone wants the new nozzle setup (and hasn't told us yet), please let me know ASAP or we will assume you want the current model. Keep in mind, it'll still be a few more weeks for the newer one to be ready.

Also, if all goes to plan, we might have some kits ready with the new nozzle for the Maker Faire in San Mateo next month (but no promises because I've been let down by some vendors too many times). If you want to meet us there and pickup your kit, let me know and we can try to arrange it.

After much testing of the new nozzle setup, which we now call "Spitfire" (let me know if you have a better name ; ), they are now being produced since we are mostly finalized on the major parts. It'll still be about 3 weeks or so for all the piece to get made. So far it's been very good and fast with mostly everything we run through it. We've also been printing nylon a lot with it and it's just awesome! Check out this iPhone case we printed: http://instagram.com/p/YJ5B3gOiJ4/#

Which reminds me, I got an instagram account now http://instagram.com/deezmaker#, so follow it to see what's going on with us and to see cool things we print. It seems to be the easiest (and least time consuming) way to post pictures. I'll try to shoot some Bukobot production photos too.

We are also having another batch of the Tatsu drive gear made since we are almost out of them, but also because we are making some improvements for the new nozzle setup. Since our new "Spitfire" nozzle works with so many different materials, we wanted to increase the depth and sharpness to grip everything from soft PVA to polycarbonate. Basically, we wanted a bigger bite! I'll try to get some pictures soon to show you guys the difference once we have a few of the final ones made.

The link below is video of the next batch of Tatsu drive gears being made at Marples Gear, near by in Alhambra, California. They use very awesome, and very serious, gear making machines. Stainless steel is not the easiest to work with, but long lasting and sharp teeth! No compromises!

http://youtu.be/-Gg0ZV-ATvM

The other video below is the new prototype nozzle making more Bukobot parts with clear ABS (MABS) at about 2 times the speed (video is at normal speed, no special effects).

Thanks again everyone for your patience and support.
 tag:www.kickstarter.com,2008-10-09:Post/424088 2013-03-09T17:09:50-05:00 2013-03-09T17:09:50-05:00 Quick Update - New Nozzle Tests
Hi Backers,

This a really quick update on the new nozzle/extruder setup. Just wanted to get you guys a little excited about the awesome new configuration. Some of the new nozzle parts came a little sooner than I expected, so I might, but not guaranteed, to include them in most of the final shipments. Here's a little video doing a test print of the Mars Rover parts.

NOTE: This video is a prototype version, some things might still change for the final version.

What you may notice in the video:

 New Compact Extruder & Nozzle: Higher temperatures = faster + polycarbonate and nylon safe! 3mm or 1.75mm now available with new version.

 Super slim X carriage: All metal design so no chance of melting anything / one bolt to hold all bearings tight / one carriage fits Single or Dual extruders / Gain another 25mm+ (1 inch) in build height with our normal frame size!

 New X-End design: More compact / One design for both sides (no left/right pieces) / Makes total width of the Bukobot narrower / Synchromesh cable now runs under carriage for easy access to connections.

P.S. Roy (Panucatt Devices) said some electronics arrived this weekend, so I hope we'll have a busy week with shipping.

 tag:www.kickstarter.com,2008-10-09:Post/407077 2013-02-18T19:13:50-05:00 2013-02-18T19:13:50-05:00 There's light at the end of the nozzle...
Hi Backers,

First, I would like to thank everyone for being extremely patient. I know I have not done regular updates and I do realize it's been a lot longer of a wait for most of you to get a Bukobot than I originally expected...but we are in the final stretches. It's really been a struggle trying to manage a production business (I have 12 hour days since May) that I though was going to be much simpler than it really is and to do so much while trying to keep the product at very high quality. So I apologize for not doing updates as often as I should, but we do strive to give everyone the best 3D printer we can.

What's in this update:

Reasons for some of the delays

Cool new improvements - possibly included if you haven't gotten you kit yet

Posted printable STL files of Bukobot parts on the wiki

New things to come

 Delays : (

Unfortunately, we had some issues with supplies in December that become worst than I expected. We almost had all the electronics (which was my mistake for assuming we were going to be ok) but a portion of them got delayed even until now. We (Roy from Panucatt and I) were expecting to get some of the electronics in late December like the manufactures said we would, but seem like they completely failed us in the delivery dates they promised. So after talking to Roy about this, the rest of my boards (controllers and platforms) to finish the last of the kickstarters should finally come in this week (after Chinese New Year apparently) and some more next week at the latest.

Since we have a bunch of Bukobots running pretty much everyday, we are able to see some types of long term failures that I felt we could prevent. So this sadly created another set back that I wasn't happy about (thanks to my lack of production skills). My intentions were good to try to make the best product possible, so I decided to make a few tweaks to make them better by modifying my stock pieces, which consequently took way longer the anticipated. Although most of you that already got your kits may never experience issues (because I'm sure no one would do as much printing as we are doing), I still wanted to make the nozzles better and more reliable. In addition, I made some bad quantity calculations on the ordering of some special parts of the nozzle and ended up a bit short to complete everything. When I later went to order more of these parts, everyone was out of stock and took about a few extra weeks to get what we needed.

So the situation is this: We shipped all that we could so far and now just waiting for some more final things to complete the rest of the rewards, but we have many boxes ready to ship as soon as we get the missing items so there should be a big wave of shipments in the next few weeks, which should take care of the remainder.

I did consider a suggestion about listing people that still need shipping in the forum but I think it's going to be a bit of a distraction at the moment for me and possibly confuse me even more. Since I'm the only one doing shipping right now, it's going to add another level of complications in my already tricky system.

For those that haven't received a kit yet, I do have a little proposal towards the end of this update that you may want to take advantage of, and if not, nothing changes and you'll get your kit as normal. BUT read about the new stuff first which may help you decide if you want to go along with it...

BUT there's some cool news....Improvements!

I do really feel bad about these delays and I'm definitely learning some big lessons in supplies and manufacturing....but, there is a silver lining to this that I hope everyone will welcome.

Bukobot Printed Parts

Every once in a while I actually have a couple hours (usually late at night when all is quiet) to work on making my Bukobot better. The best part of producing our own parts is that we get to implement them into the production without much disruption. So when we come up with some ideas to make something better, stronger, faster, easier..etc, we try to include them as soon as we test them out and feel confident about them. So you might notice some parts that look a little different from the instructions. If you were one of the early folks that got a Bukobot and want to get some of the new part designs, you can now visit the wiki (Bukobot.com) and actually print out the improved files that we have posted.

Bukobot Lasercut Parts

To help speed up some production, we have incorporated a lasercutter to our workflow. I have redesigned some parts (and in the process of working on more) that we can now make with a lasercutter. This method is much faster and in some cases can be even better than a printed part. Although the new files to make the parts are 2D for lasercutters, and I did say we wouldn't have laser cut parts, we do have the 3D printable versions so they can be printed too. Some parts we will be making with the lasercutter will be the Green/Mini/Bukito platforms, the azteeg board mount, endstop holders and possibly the Z motor mounts. Later we may decide to try some of the other major parts too.

Electronics

 The finally batches of electronics that will be included have some little improvements that Roy (Panucatt Devices) was able to sneak in at the last minute a few months ago.

Azteeg X1: This board is just so good that not many improvements can be made. The only difference will be the new MOSFETs (the heater transistors). Instead of the older big component style, Roy now made them surface mount which makes the board shorter overall with the board acting as the heat sink and looks cooler since you no longer see the big parts sticking up. There's no extra performance difference with this change, but it does help prevent things from touching the components and possibly shorting something out.

Azteeg X3: One of the new things of the X3 is the shield (the label graphics piece). Check this page for details because there's alot to explain. See "Expansion Shield V1.1" in the "Details" at : http://www.panucatt.com/Azteeg_X3_reprap_3d_printer_controller_p/ax33dp.htm

Stepper Drivers: The other new included improvement will be the new motor drivers from Panucatt which are called "SureStepr". They have a new chip that won't break a sweat at normal speeds, but now have 1/32 step option (previous was 1/16 max). See this page for more details on these: http://www.panucatt.com/product_p/sd8825.htm. Here at the shop, we have a test machine running the new drivers and we are able to easily run it at twice the speed when using 1/32 step mode! It's pretty impressive to watch and works pretty smooth, it's also a bit quieter too.

Any new kickstarter shipments will get these new boards and drivers as of this week!

A New Extruder is coming

The "Bukoschnozzle" (which is our derivative of the "Budaschonzzle" from Lulzbot http://reprap.org/wiki/LulzBot/Budaschnozzle) is a great nozzle and has worked pretty well...but we wanted to go further. We are now working on a new extruder setup for 2 reasons: #1 we want to go faster and the best way to do that is with higher temperatures, #2 we want to use polycarbonate and nylon which also need higher temperatures. Currently, we can extrude just a little faster with the Bukoschnozzle, but the higher temperatures we want would be getting close to a dangerous zone because it has a teflon (PTFE) tube inside that can be a bit unsafe if you heat it beyond 260c degrees (this is a reason for the fan). So the new extruder (no name yet, suggestion welcome) will be pretty much all metal and should be able to reach at least 320c with no issues. We have a rough prototype running here at the shop and we have actually printed some polycarbonate and nylon test parts. The results so far are pretty cool and very promising. It's still a couple weeks until it's ready to actually produce but if all goes well, we are going to phase out the Bukoschnozzle with the new one. The cool part about it is that I'll have an upgrade kit you can get (with a discount for kickstarters of course) for anyone that wants to get the new nozzle once it's ready. In addition to the higher temperatures, here's a break down of features we want the new nozzle to have (hopefully we can implement all of them)

Uses the same motor and "Tatsu" drive gear, so if you already have a Bukobot, there will be an simple upgrade for it to swap out the old extruder body and nozzle.

Easier nozzle swap and cleaning.

Simpler parts and easier to get manufactured.

No PLA leaking at high temperatures.

Mostly metal design to run higher temperatures without issues, no PEEK or PTFE (teflon).

More compact and shorter nozzle, which means you can go dual with the Bukobot 8 Vanilla or 8 Green without losing much build volume: 8x8x8 will become something like 7x8x9 with dual extruders.

More compact also means the duo's will have a TRIPLE extruder upgrade available! When combined with the new "Extension Shield" for the X3, you'll be able to add the necessary drivers and heat controls.

We will be able to offer 3mm or 1.75mm size nozzles a lot easier.

Higher temperature capacity means faster speeds possible!

Easier to level dual extruders

Posted STL Files

So keeping true to the open source concept, we have finally post all the parts from our latest version of the kits. It took us a while because unfortunately I'm a perfectionist and I don't like to share things that are not..well perfect. I know things will never be perfect, but it's high quality enough to be posted at this point and you can find them as links in "Parts List" http://www.bukobot.com/bukobot-parts-list and in the "3D Object Files" page at http://www.bukobot.com/bukobot-3d-object-files. If we ever have some extra time or if anyone requests the source of some specific parts we can try to clean those up to post them as well.

New things to come

We are the type that like to constantly improve or try new things, but this project has been so challenging and time consuming that we haven't had time to come up with next big thing...yet. We are kind of working on (mostly in our minds) a Bukobot v1.5 that will combine most of the new improvements in addition to some other ones. We also do have some great ideas we want to try but it until you guys are taken care of, I don't want to be too distracted. A few ideas we are going to look into is some 3D scanning, extruding food products (like chocolate..yum), bigger build area and some other little stuff. So if things start to move a little faster in production, we will be able to try some of these things out.

The Bukitos and Assembled Rewards

I know we haven't sent out the surveys yet, but we will very soon. We had the intentions to make a cool little Bukobot (the Bukito) with a lower cost, and it look great on paper, but when I started to put it together, I realized it was a bit more complicated and time consuming than expected. So the Bukitos rewards are almost ready but will actually now be more similar to the Bukobot Mini but with a few different parts, but will be more upgradable than before.

For the assembled rewards, these will also be coming soon, but we are expecting to have most of the new improvements incorporated, including the new nozzle I mentioned above.

A simple proposal for those that have not received a kit yet...

As you read above, we have some new improvements coming and I want you guys to have a chance to get them. If you have not gotten a "bukobot shipped to you" message with tracking info, then you can take advantage of this option. So here's the deal: We still have a bunch of the regular nozzles (bukoschnozzle) that we are going to use for the next shipments (kickstarters and pre-orders after that), but if you want the new nozzle and some of the other new improvements without any extra cost, I will give you guys first pick to get them...WITH SMALL CONDITIONS: First off, the new nozzles seems to work great at the moment but will be considered "experimental" until more long term testing is done and can possibly be a little challenging to setup at first until we have the best settings for you. Second, your shipment will be delayed longer because they will take a few more weeks to get them ready for kits.

So to sum up this deal:
If you want the new nozzles (which does higher temperatures, faster, and does polycarbonate & nylon too) and some new improvements AND you don't mind a longer wait time (a few more weeks at least), then contact me and say "YES, please delay my reward to get the new nozzle".

If you rather not wait any longer, it's not a problem and you will get your reward as soon as we can ship it in the next few batches.

For kickstarters that already got their kits and want the new nozzle, I will give you a personal discount code if you email me when we have the upgrade option on the online store or announce it on another update.

Back to work...

It has taking the span of a few days to write this update and to be honest, I have never been so exhausted in my life as I have been in these last few months. You can ask anyone about my schedule and they will tell you that I come to the shop and work at least 12 hours everyday to try to survive and grow this endeavor. But I'm not mentioning this to sound like there's any regrets or to get sympathy, but more to let everyone know that I'm fully dedicate to make this business succeed and hopefully grow beyond this project. I know I'm definitely far from perfect, but I'm trying the best I know how to make things work and in trying to make everyone happy. Even after spending everyday in the last few months thinking, talking and breathing 3D printing, I still think it's this is coolest thing ever and I hope to create great 3D printers to unleash everybody creativity and passions as it has mine. So once again, I apologize greatly for those that have not received your reward yet, but I promise you'll get it soon and I hope you will hang in there with me.

(Sorry no pictures, I haven't even had time or energy to take any...but hopefully will post some soon.)
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Hi Backers!

I hope everyone had or is having a wonderful holiday season in all parts of the world. We wish everyone peace and happiness. Here's a quick update to let everyone know what's going on.

I know I haven't been communicating much, but I've been focused on working hard in getting the rest of the kits out and haven't had time to even work on the wiki. My apologies for not getting some kits out before the Christmas holidays. Although we gave a strong push before Christmas, we still have many more to go. Last tally, it's looking like we are past half way point through the rewards of the Bukobot kits. I have sent out a few international ones to check for any major issues before committing too many to make sure everything is ok. Our next batch is mostly ready for international, so you will be getting an email soon to double check your shipping destinations right before they ship.

As a quick reminder, the wiki for the Bukobot is Bukobot.com and the forum is at Forum.Bukobot.com. If anyone has any good tips about their build experience so far, please share and post it on the wiki or forum. Although we have worked hard to make the build as easy as possible, I'm sure there's some cool tips some of you have figured out.

We realize we have some bottlenecks in production and we are getting better at speeding things up on every batch. I've never had to manage production and people before and I've discovered that it's not as easy as I thought. So, we are continuing to work hard to ship all the kits out as fast as humanly possible. We appreciate your patience once again and I know you will enjoy the Bukobot when everyone get theirs.

We wish you a happy new year and hope everyone is spending quality time with their families.
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Hi Folks,

Hope all is well and everyone is getting ready for the holiday season. We are still hard at work getting packing and shipping done. We got a whole bunch out the door so far and many local backers have even picked them up at my shop too. We are doing batches of about 20 or so at a time to make sure we do things right and so it doesn't get too crazy and miss anything. I'm send out personal emails to let you know when your reward is about to ship so if there's any last minute details we can make sure it's correct, so please reply as soon as you get it.

As for folks that are about to receive them (or ones that want to get an early start), we have started creating the wiki and have a few backers that have already contributed some instructions and ideas for the assembly of the kits. The site is at Bukobot.com to make things easy and simple.

I have also setup the Bukobot forum at forum.bukobot.com for general discussions, tips and collaboration on everything 3D printing and Bukobot related. It was kind of setup quickly (don't have a lot of time for extra stuff lately) so I'm trusting that you guys will let me know if everything is working ok or if there's any suggestions to make it better.

So it's looking like I'm only going to have one day off this week thanks to thanksgiving because we're trying hard to ship out a bunch before Thursday. I'm really trying to put in a little extra effort to get out as much as we can so you can enjoy your rewards during the holidays.

For those that may have already gotten your kits and want to share the experience or pictures, we would love to see them posted in the new forum. Any little advice or tip could help us and other backers make the experience of the Bukobot better.

A quick and cool side note, we were featured in the latest issue in MAKE magazine (http://blog.makezine.com/review/make-ultimate-guide-to-3d-printing/bukobot-8/) and it was great to see how nice we scored in the really important things. Unfortunately when I delivered the Bukobot to them we were in mid production and wasn't able to write instructions fast enough for them. But despite all that, I think we did really well and should hopefully give everyone more confidence in choosing the Bukobot.

Again, thank you all for your patience and support in this endeavor. I'm really out to please everyone to my best abilities and give everyone a really great 3D printer.


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Movie ticket prices in Juneau are too high: $10.50 for adults 13 and up and $7 for children from ages 2-12. This means we are paying $10.50 for about two hours of a new movie on a big screen.
There are times when people are willing to buy the high-priced ticket for some movies, however most of the time this is too much money for a one-time deal.
According to WikiAnswers.com, the average cost of DVDs in 2007 was between $16 and $25, and, with the purchase option you get to watch the movie as often as you like. The cost to rent a movie from Blockbuster is $5, at most. With the rental option you can watch it as many times as you want for the duration of the rental period.
About one-third of movie-theater goers are teenagers (source: Motion Picture Association of America, U.S Movie Attendance Study 2004) who don't have much disposable income. This prevents them from going to the movies as often as they would like. This has happened to me many times. If the prices were lower, more people would go to the movies and they would go more often. I have heard many people complain about the price of movie tickets yet they still go and buy the ticket.
We need to speak with our money. If we stop buying high-priced tickets, the theater owners will have to either lower their prices to get people to come, or go out of business. Instead of complaining about it, we need to act on it.
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010
New home for GIST blog & documentaiton
We will no longer continue to update our Blogger account so please visit us at WordPress for the latest news and documentation.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
GIST and updates on Gift & De-Selection Processing
Here goes a recap of some of the ongoing GIST development...
Some major rewritten services on the way...
- Mark tweaked the Worldcat API to add a state level look up or libraries can customized group 3 as with GIST 1 - so libraries can decide if holdings in a state should be considered during evaluations of purchase, gift, or de-selection. Pretty cool Mark - libraries will love this.
- Mark is working on adding Hathi Trust holdings, that means libraries and users, would know if an item is available full-text from the over 5.3 Million items at the Hathi Trust: http://www.hathitrust.org/ That way, we can make life easier for users who may only need a quick look at some texts, or for staff evaluating gifts or de-selecting materials.
Glad you asked...
The Gift Manager has the automated donor letter (customizable form, of course) that populates all the donations from a user. Screen shot:
It can also now open a window into OCLC Connexion with an automatic item lookup to immediately catalog the item and make life easier for technical services staff. Screen shots:
We are working out the details of the review process at the moment, because some libraries do like sending an email or the work for consideration by the subject expert - we just want to make all that a one button or print action and free up everyone's time.
We always are interested in hearing from libraries about the design and functionality of GIST, so if you have ideas and willing to share them, let us know.
So, the other cool feature is the addition of the BatchWeeder, while the Gift Manager design will parallel the design for the item by item de-selection tool we are calling The Gardener, we think libraries will appreciate a batch evaluation for deselection - because there is way too much individual searches and spreadsheets manually processed by thousands of libraries.
With the BatchWeeder you upload a bunch of ISBN or OCLC#, and quickly get back various data sets about holdings, price, conspectus, full-text availability from various sources. Screen shots:
So, we are happy exploring a new streamlined way to evaluate and process just-in-time & user-initiated acquisitions, gifts, and de-selection. The work continues with interesting dimensions, especially as we look towards adding various evaluation data; awards, notable lists, etc. into the mix.
Your thoughts and suggestions can certainly help us as we continue towards releasing GIST 2 this August 3-4, 2010, in Oswego for the IDS Project Annual Conference - you are all invited; the conference will include programs to deal with GIST 1, 2, and the future; GIST 3.Best wishes,
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
GIST in Library Journal, & @ Charleston, & more...
GIST was presented at the Charleston Conference in November (Presentation available at: http://idsproject.org/presentations/GIST_2009_Charleston.pptx ) and a very thoughtful write up followed in the Library Journal soon after: http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6706798.html?nid=3285
All is going well with the GIST Project; Mark's great programming of the Gift Manager is enabling all sorts of streamlining of gift management processing, including; donor letters, machine readable collection building profile that works with a modifiable conspectus, various searching and linking capabilities and more.
Next step is attaching OCLC symbol to the process and then some alpha testing at a few libraries. Then it is time to tackle the 800 lb gorilla - the budget management system - making that with some new concepts and services is exciting.
Kate and Tim are making great strides with developing statistical reports and tools, also gathering data to share about results since our implementation since August.
More on all this at ALA Midwinter - for the ILL Discussion Group (ALA RUSA STARS) meeting Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010 at the Seaport Hotel, Amphitheater 10:30am. If you aren't attending - not a problem, we post everything on the website, and have an article forthcoming in Collection Management.
For libraries using GIST, let us know how you are adapting it and feedback.
Best wishes for the new year.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
GIST workflow demo video
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
GIST ver. 1.0.1 - it's getting better all the time
There is a full install for libraries that have not begun the installation and an update version. For the update version, just unzip the file into your ILLiad web directory and overwrite the files there.
Andy, thanks again for finding the bug. Mark
Friday, August 21, 2009
GIST Listserv GIST-L
Have questions, get updates, or want to be a part of the discussion of where GIST is headed - we have an email listserv for you...
Please sign up for the GIST-L listserv so that you will get notification of any updates. http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/gist-l .
Thanks & best wishes,
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Try GIST - it's definitely out of the box
Hello Everyone,
It's time to share GIST, all is working for ILLiad 8 (and ILLiad 7.4 albeit without the customized client layouts).
The documentation and download are available at: http://toolkit.idsproject.org/doku.php?id=wiki:gist
We encourage you to voluntarily register, so you can hear about any updates, etc.
We want to recognize the support of so many who have helped make GIST:
The GIST Project is partially funded by the Rochester Regional Library Council through the Regional Bibliographic Databases and Interlibrary Resource Sharing Program.
The staff at SUNY Geneseo Milne Library who have helped think through the process, various iterations, test, and provide feedback.
Staff at St. John Fisher Library who have helped beta test GIST.
Terry Reese (Oregon State University) and Kyle Banerjee (Orbis Cascade Alliance) for their programming help with WorldCat API
Atlas Systems for making ILLiad so darn flexible
Sherry Buchanan & Mike Flakus from Portland State University for making the Amazon Price Grabber
and so many more - thank you.
The GIST Team; Tim, Mark, Kate, and Cyril wish you a very fun time playing with GIST, but we want to hear your feedback and comments on our blog - thank you!


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VoIP Supply has entered into a master agent agreement with California-based PanTerra for the distribution of PanTerra's unified cloud services. VoIP Supply has secured master agent authority to distribute PanTerra products through its CloudSpan marketplace. It has also been granted permission to authorize sub-agents for the re-sale of PanTerra unified cloud services.
VoIP Supply currently sells a wide selection of name-brand hardware via its CloudSpan marketplace to both retail and business clients.
Among the PanTerra products that will be coming onto the CloudSpan market are its WorldSmart, SmartBox and SentraCloud UC solutions. WorldSmart includes CloudUC, a unified communications service which can upgrade or replace an enterprise's existing communications and team collaborations infrastructure with a next generation, cloud-based UC service.
SmartBox is a secure cloud file storage, sync & share service, with built-in unified communications features, while SentraCloud allows firms to manage WorldSmart services, including last mile MPLS (multi-protocol label switching) connectivity and any associated on-premises networking equipment.
Ben Sayers, the founder and CEO of VoIP Supply, which is based in New York, says he was attracted to PanTerra because of its product breadth and maturity, as well as the unique features within PanTerra's product portfolio. "We are confident we will be able to address pent up cloud demand with the PanTerra solution," he adds.
Key Takeaways:
• Businesses are progressively moving towards closer integration of VoIP and other internal communications services.
• Providers of this infrastructure are now not only competing on price, but on security, efficiency, and a wider selection of service options.
• VoIP supply has been permissioned with master agent authority. The company has a solid network in the eastern US and is focused on providing as much choice as possible to businesses and consumers.
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Ilkeston folk have this weekbeen given the chance to see what the town's new station could look like as plans have been submitted.
Residents can visit four information sessions this week to see plans and maps of the new station set t o be built on the old Ilkeston Junction station site, between Coronation Road and Millership Way,
Once it is built –by the end of 2014 – the station will mean Ilkeston will be connected up to Nottingham, Chesterfield, Sheffield and beyond for the first time in more than 40 years.
Get down to Ilkeston Market today (Thursday November 14) and tomorrow from 1pm to 4pm for the first opportunity to see maps and plans for the new station.
THere is also an information session at Ilkeston Library today from 5pm until 7pm
Villagers in Awsworth can have their say at the Village Hall on Tuesday (November 19) from 4pm until 7pm.
Staff working on the station will be available at all the sessions to answer your questions.
Despite the two station platforms being in Ilkeston in Erewash borough, plans have been submitted to neighbouring Broxtowe Borough Council as the car park, which takes up most of the land used by the station, is over the border in Nottinghamshire.
Broxtowe will consider the application with Erewash Borough Council over the coming months.
Each platform will have a waiting shelter and will be long enough to accommodate trains with up to eight carriages.
The station will include a 150-space car park, including spaces for disabled drivers, cyclists and motorcycles, and there will be a drop-off point, taxi rank and a new bus stop, linking it up to Ilkeston and other nearby towns and villages.
Costing more than £6m, the project has been led by Derbyshire County Council working with partners including train operators and Network Rail.
The Advertiser ran a long-running campaign to bring a station back to Ilkeston before the Government granted the remaining cash for the project in May.


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As KCCI's Emmy Victor was covering on an officer-involved shooting in Boone, Iowa, a woman approached the reporter and grabbed the tripod from photojournalist Zach Hayes.
The local resident constantly hurled racial slurs at Victor, who is now being praised for maintaining her calm during the horrific incident.
In the video above, Victor, who is black, can be seen backing away from the woman as she yells, "Get the f--- out of here you stupid f---ing n-----."
Although Victor asks the woman not to call her that, she continues using abusive language and at one point, even tries to grab her.
See More: White Woman Invokes Trump, Unleashes Racist Rant Against Black Family
It was later found that the woman was the mother of the man whose shooting was being covered by the KCCI crew.
Michael Disbrowe, 28, was killed by police officers after allegedly threatening people with a gun. When the cops arrived, he refused to drop the weapon and police show him.
Disbrowe later died at a local hospital.
KCCI General Manager Brian Sather released a statement following Tuesday's incident:
"The safety of our crews is critically important as they cover stories affecting our communities. This morning Emmy and Zach demonstrated the utmost professionalism in the face of a very difficult, emotionally charged situation."
Meanwhile, Victor received much-deserved praise for her conduct during the ordeal:
Fact: @EmmyVictorKCCI is tough as nails. https://t.co/pcZkS1hDvq— Juana Summers (@jmsummers) June 29, 2016
I respect TV journos. They're out there. In front of everyone. This is just absurd. @EmmyVictorKCCI is beyond pro. https://t.co/sMqEF9oKW1— Clay Masters (@Clay_Masters) June 30, 2016
Reporter @EmmyVictorKCCI is the definition of a professional. We applaud you 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 #NABJ https://t.co/Dg0umfmIwg— NABJ UCF (@UCFNABJ) June 30, 2016
@EmmyVictorKCCI you shouldn't have to deal with that stuff but way to keep your cool! Who said this job was easy?— Pedro Rivera (@4029Pedro) June 29, 2016
@EmmyVictorKCCI I hate what happened to you. I am impressed with your cool head & class. You are such a professional. I applaud you. 👏🏽— Perri Collins (@perricollins) June 29, 2016


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