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Booktribes featured in major Swedish newspaper

Fri, 16/03/2007 - 14:05

SvD one of the main national newspapers in Sweden ran a big story on Booktribes in both the print and online version.

The full article can be found here - and we will post a translation as soon as we can figure out what all those funny letters mean :)

http://www.svd.se/dynamiskt/kultur/did_14831505.asp

 

Computerminds to work with plus7

Thu, 15/03/2007 - 22:58

 

 

 

 

Computerminds are pleased to take on plus7 - a major English language Russian based magazine - as our latest client.

Plus7 are looking to bring their popular magazine to the web, and Drupal with its powerful CMS features and easy customisation is the logical choice.

The new site (to be released on plus7.eu) is to feature everything you might expect from a modern magazine site, with the addition of paid directory listings pages (to generate some revenue) and a fully featured classifieds section.

The site is due to be released in early April, which gives us some time to brush up on our Russian ...

Computerminds go global

Thu, 15/03/2007 - 22:52

We are pleased to announce that this month Computerminds have gone global - taking on clients in North America, India and Israel!

The Minds carried out a rapid Drupal upgrade on the popular http://wwww.anthropology.net - taking the site from a creaking 4.6 based banger to a whiz bang super fast 5.1 based speed machine.

Win a copy of David Mitchell's new book on booktribes

Wed, 28/02/2007 - 16:02

We've come up with a brilliant competition with the booktribes guys running throughout the whole of March. The concept is simple, sign up to the site and write reviews and comments about any book you like - the best comment each day is selected as the winner.

The daily prizes include copies of David Mitchell's (the guy behind Cloud Atlas) new book black swan green. The best comment from the whole of the month will be selected to win a 21 book boxed Sceptre selection - featuring 21 modern classic books ... I wish we were allowed to enter!!!

So what are you waiting for, head on over to booktribes and start writing :)

http://www.booktribes.com

Computerminds site upgraded to drupal 5

Wed, 28/02/2007 - 00:32

Its been 2 months since the release of Drupal 5 and we have been busy upgrading plenty of client's sites, but as is so often the case we neglected our own!

Until now that is.

Diverse Ambition portfolio site launched

Tue, 27/02/2007 - 13:14

The portfolio site for the TV Production / Design company Diverse Ambition has been launched by ComputerMinds.

Change of contact details

Tue, 27/02/2007 - 13:12

We have moved and consequently have both a new phone number and a new postal address. All the details can be found here ...

Booktribes featured on vecosys

Tue, 27/02/2007 - 13:11

Booktribes (http://www.booktribes.com) - the social networking site for booklovers has been featured on the industry site Vecosys

Booktribes a site for book lovers

Tue, 27/02/2007 - 13:09

When a crack team of bookphiles came up with a brilliant idea for a new social networking site, who did they call to implement it? Well, ComputerMinds of course - based on our impressive portfolio of Drupal based sites, and our ability to cut out the geek speak and tell it like it really is.

And the result? One of the hotest sites for 2007 - booktribes.

"Booktribes is a social network built around books, and more specifically the books you are reading at the moment. The idea being you can see who is reading the same books as you and chat to them, or (if your shy!) see the people who have similar tastes in books and then see what else they have read."

ComputerMinds partner with Bristol based EPOS firm to produce ecommerce system

Tue, 27/02/2007 - 13:08

ComputerMinds are partnering with Bristol based EPOS supplier Bristec in the development of an ecommerce plug-in for their popular BOSS system.