Latest News From the Community
EBKK Reviewed by Geeks of Doom!
permalink / posted on Thu May 29 22:32:09 EDT 2008
We’ve talked about indie film Easter Bunny, Kill Kill! before on this blog, when it was released on Cruxy a few months ago. Now, blog of all things geeky and strange, Geeks of Doom, has a review:
Easter Bunny, Kill! Kill! is just the kind of gut punch indie horror needs, both for its original and unapologetic story and for its raw execution. Despite its limited budget and limited change of scenery, the film never lets any potential weaknesses slow it down, and charges through its 85-minute running time like a coked-up dusthead whose eaten one too many chocolate bunnies. The hunt is on, and this year it isn’t for dyed eggs, but for those who dare enter the home of little Nicholas.
Then a great bit on why they chose to use Cruxy to distribute their film:
Originally filmed in 2006, Chad Ferrin and producer Trent Haaga attempted to find distribution for their movie again and again, only to be turned down every time. In order to bring his film to the masses, the pair have turned to digital self-distribution through Cruxy.com. Easter Bunny, Kill! Kill! is available exclusively online and can be purchased for only $3.99. Once downloaded, the file is yours to keep. This is a huge file with a very high resolution picture, and features no artifacting or pixelation when watching it. If you’ve ever felt the need to support true independent cinema, now is the time to do it!
Read the full review and then make sure to watch the film yourself.
Cruxy 1.0 - Just Over One Year!
permalink / posted on Wed May 21 16:52:33 EDT 2008
download services, and other "make-money-from-your-video" sites like
Revver and Meta Cafe on the block, Cruxy stands alone as THE
marketplace for buying and selling user-generated media like short
films, songs and instructional videos. Creators are continuing to
realize that Cruxy offers the most open, flexible and accessible tools
for selling digital media downloads.
Because unlike the aforementioned companies we didn't raise a bunch of
venture capital or go public. We have focused on our product and
serving content creators. You have provided us with our marketing
support by giving us solid feedback and telling others about us. We
have operating costs that are super low (thanks Amazon Web Services!)
and we don't have a bunch of over-eager investors yelling at us about
IRR.
a ton of fun meeting Cruxy creators and checking out their music,
videos and everything else digital. We've also steadily grown the
business and have helped our content creators market and sell their
work. Here are a few stats you might like:
- There are over 7,000 content items available for sale on Cruxy
ranging from award winning short films to innovative new songs to very
odd sound effects. - We've generated millions of media plays for content creators on
Cruxy and across the network of content widgets on social networks and
blogs - We've processed thousands of content purchases for tens of thousands of dollars
- An best of all, over 70% of the gross transaction revenue has gone to the creators
wanting to sell their higher resolution content. And today we are proud
to announce our new HD-PRO accounts designed specifically for
filmmakers and others who want to distribute higher resolution digital
files.
listings. HD-PRO users will have access to a whole new tier of
service… the ability to sell files that are up to 2 gigabytes! We
have rolled out new pricing for content in the 500MB to 2 GB range.
- $20.95 per year service fee (Waived through August 1st)
- Single Item Sales: 0-500MB - Standard per transaction rates apply: $.15 + 10% of the sales price
- Album Sales 0-500MB - Standard Album transaction rates apply $.45 + 10% of the sales price
- Single Item or Album 500MB-2GB - HD-Pro per transaction rates apply: $1.50 + 10% of the sales price
outage over the weekend. We have been retooling the servers and content
delivery architecture and hit a snag. We hope we didn't cause any one
too much pain!
getting more and more traffic and great reviews. If you want to covert
a video file from one format to another or if you want to download an
Internet video to your iPod or mobile phone Mux.am is the service for
you. Check it: http://mux.am
If you are building a media website and need help transcoding, hosting
and managing a video infrastructure, we promise that MuxCloud will
make your life awesome and fun again. So what is it? MuxCloud provides
you with a super powerful API for uploading media, transcoding video
formats, creating and serving embedded flash videos and creating custom
media previews. AND MuxCloud provides you with a simple variable rate
data hosting and delivery plan.
Week 4! Cruxy, Amazon & author Warren Adler
permalink / posted on Thu Mar 13 12:24:21 EDT 2008
Today, in Second Life, will be the fourth weekly short story session with Warren Adler, author of books that include “War of the Roses” and “Random Hearts”. Today, Mr. Adler will be announcing and reading the winners of his recent Short Story Contest.
This event is co-hosted by Amazon, providing the virtual location for the event, and Cruxy providing the physical location and assistance for Warren in real-life. Cruxy has also developed a new format for distributing audiobooks in Second Life, which we hope to formally announce soon…. for now, you can see a few pictures below:
Please join us today at 12pm SL/Pacific time. Coordinates are posted here: Amazon Island Event Info. You can read transcripts and blog coverage of the previous events on Jeff Barr’s Blog.
Cruxy at the “Business of APIs” Conference
permalink / posted on Fri Mar 07 13:22:21 EST 2008
Cruxy co-founder Nathan Freitas will be speaking at the Business of APIs conference March 17th in New York City. This conference is organized by the fantastic company Mashery, who really understand why APIs are important and have built a business around them.
In this one-day conference, you will learn from companies that have launched API distribution channels – why and how they did it, what they expected the return to be, and how they measure their program’s success. You’ll hear from the people who launched some of the Internet’s most successful partner/developer programs. And you’ll learn how you can launch your own API program rapidly and cost-effectively, with minimal involvement from your internal development and IT teams.
Oh, and for those of you out there who are asking “What the heck is an API?”, here’s a good definition from the Mashery FAQ:
API stands for “Application Programming Interface.” Web applications are generally built with a modular architecture; for instance, the “front end” web server may access “back-end” modules to get data, to modify a record, or to perform a calculation. When these modules are opened to the outside world through an API, third party developers can use of them as building blocks for their own applications. The businesses that open the APIs benefit by creating a cost-effective distribution channel for their unique data and services.
That definition is still pretty geeky, so here’s a video I found on Blip that breaks it down in plain english on a whiteboard: Watch “Whiteboard//Session: What is an API?” on Blip.tv
In other words, APIs put the 2 in “Web 2.0″, but fortunately, they will also outlive that trendy moniker.
Cruxy and Amazon hosting author Warren Adler
permalink / posted on Thu Mar 06 12:29:26 EST 2008
Today, in Second Life, will be the third weekly short story session with Warren Adler, author of books that include “War of the Roses” and “Random Hearts”, and the creator of a number of Short Story Contests. Mr. Adler discusses his techniques and past works, while engaging the audience (many aspiring writers themselves) in interactive chat.
This event is co-hosted by Amazon, providing the virtual location for the event, and Cruxy providing the physical location and assistance for Warren to “jack in” to Second Life. We’ll be posting more news here about further developments in this collaboration. Warren is very open and eager to innovate with new technologies, so we’re excited to have the chance to work with him.
Please join us today at 12pm SL/Pacific time. Coordinates are posted here: Amazon Island Event Info.
You can read transcripts and blog coverage of the previous events on Jeff Barr’s Blog.
Here’s a screen grab of the classroom settings:
