BackSpaceStudios Blog

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New look, new logo, new direction…

We’re making some changes! As you may already know, we’re currently re-modeling the main BackSpaceStudios website. As part of our new look we have decided to take BackSpace in a new direction. We are focusing our efforts on “Building Better Communities”.

What this this all mean? Our philosophy is simple. We believe in Open Source Design and technology and practice this philosophy in all our work. It’s about using Open Source Tools to create an interactive, engaging, accessible, and intuitive experience for every community.

It is our goal to bring Open Source to the commercial workspace, deliver alternatives, and change the face of design as we know it! it is our responsibillity to build a better web and help foster Social Media and Networking.

This new philosophy comes with new services, new staff, and re-branding. Our goal is to promote the use of open source technologies such as WordPress, Drupal, and Social platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Ning, etc.

We have also re-organized our staff. Please welcome Nicole Kelly - Project Manager, Darryl Cheung - Technical Director, Justan Accaputo - Creative Director, and Jeff Knights - Client Manager.

And, finally, a new logo and name. This is just the first step of what is to come for BackSpace.

WordCamp Toronto Updates

This year is looking to be the biggest year ever for WordCamp’s around the world. So many new cities jumping on board and many new changes being made by veteran WordCamp organizers.

I’m very excited about WCT 2009, it’s a lot more work than I had anticipated, but then again, go big or go home! This is Toronto’s second year hosting WordCamp and this year will be bigger, better, and AWESOME…

We’ve undergone a huge transformation in comparison to last years event. So, what changes have we made you ask…well…for starters we have a added a third day to the festival, 3 tracks of presentations instead of 1, and our favorite addition the WCT Awards! You can submit any work you have done with WordPress from plug-ins, themes, blog and site development, etc.

This year we want to explore WordPress to a higher degree. We have expanded the festival to include all walks of WordPress life, from commercial to non-profit, from amateur to professional bloggers, designers and developers, and we are exploring other ways in which WordPress is being used outside the blogging community.

We are also covering a range of topics including, social, community, business, and education.

We are also very excited about of key note speaker Nick La, the man behind the popular blog Web Designer Wall, Best Web Gallery, and founder of N.Design Studio.

We have an all-star lineup of speakers, Peter Flaschner, Erin Blaskie, James Walker, Jeremy Clarke, and Matt Brett, just to name a few…

So, make sure you don’s miss out on this event! You can register here >>> http://wct2009.eventbrite.com/ , find out more about the event at http://www.wordacmaptoronto.com.

Smashing Calendars

Back in January I came across a great post at Smashing Magazine which featured free desktop wallpapers, and as an added bonus they had embedded calendars. Every month they will be posting free desktop wallpaper calendars from artists around he globe.

Make sure you check out this months batch of cool wallpapers.

Here are a few of my favorites.

Past months:
January
February