News

ATAudio 0.4 released

Jazkarta together with the Plone4Artists team releases ATAudio 0.4, a tool for handling MP3 files in Plone.

Introduction to Plone presentation

Nate Aune presented an introduction to Plone at the bi-monthly CMF Series sponsored by Organizers' Collaborative, a Boston-based organization to assist non-profits make the most of technology.

Jazkarta to build e-commerce site for Audiofy.com

Audiofy makes digital audiobooks. Jazkarta will be developing their e-commerce site bookchips.com.

Jazkarta to assist Give Kids the World with Flash and Plone website

Give Kids the World is a non-profit organization that gives kids with life threatening illnesses a chance to visit Disneyland.

Jazkarta launches Bostonjazz.net

Bostonjazz.net is a recently launched site to serve the Boston jazz and improvised music community. It's immediate purpose is to provide easy-to-use tools for musicians to build their own artist portfolios, discussion forums to network like-minded musicians, and a sitewide calendar of events to promote jazz in the Boston area.

Moving your website to the next level with Plone (PDF)

Nate Aune gave a presentation/workshop about Plone at the Grassroots Use of Technology Conference at the MIT Tang Center on April 16, 2005.

Plone Desktop is free for non-commercial use!

For those of you who are looking for an easier way to manage your website content, or would like to leverage your CMS as an intranet, you should know about a new product called Plone Desktop developed by Enfold Systems.

Jazkarta to build web calendaring application using Plone for SABES

Jazkarta will be developing a web calendaring application and event registration system for SABES (System for Adult Basic Education Support) in Boston, MA.

Jazkarta to host Plone bootcamp in Boston

Jazkarta is pleased to announce the Plone Bootcamp to be held on August 27th and 28th at Tech Superpowers on Newbury Street in Boston. Roll up your sleeves and get ready to learn all you ever wanted to know about Plone!

Plone4Artists presentation slides from EuroPython 2005 available

Nate presented a talk about the Plone4Artists project at the EuroPython 2005 conference in Gothenburg, Sweden.

ArchGenXML / UML presentation at Plone Symposium available

Nate gave a talk about using ArchGenXML / UML to build an artist community website at the Plone Symposium in New Orleans, LA.

ATAudio 0.5.3 released

The 0.5 version of ATAudio is easier to install (fewer dependencies) and includes an embedded Flash MP3 player. It adds support for the genre, cover art and comment ID3 tags, LinguaPlone support and improved WebDAV uploading.

Jazkarta News

Announcements and press releases from Jazkarta Inc.

Jazkarta invited to Penguin Day NYC

Nate Aune was invited to the Penguin Day in New York City to participate in a panel discussion about open source content management systems.

Jazkarta launches SABES Web Calendaring tool

After three months of development, Jazkarta successfully launched a Plone-based web calendaring tool for the System for Adult Basic Education Support (SABES).

Plone multimedia sprint a success!

The multimedia sprint organized by Jazkarta brought together 20 developers from 13 nations for 2 days to build a multimedia framework for Plone.

Plone calendaring sprint co-organized by Jazkarta

Jazkarta co-organized the Plone Calendaring sprint at the Burning Man headquarters in San Francisco.

Jazkarta invited to Snow Sprint 3 in Austria

Nate Aune has been invited by Lovely Systems (a new European vendor of Plone solutions) to participate in the Snow Sprint in Jan/Feb. '06.

Presentation and summary from Plone Conference 2005

Nate Aune just returned from the Plone Conference in Vienna, where he gave a talk about building artist community websites using Plone.

Food and Water Watch

Jazkarta assisted Food and Water Watch with the development of their new Plone powered website including creating a design to match their brand and identity.

Plone Magic Camp is a success!

In cooperation with eGenius and Six Feet Up, Jazkarta organized the first ever Plone training in New York City on July 22-24, 2006.

Jazkarta to present at CM Pros Summit

Nate Aune will be giving conducting a workshop about open source multilingual CMS solutions, in particular Plone's LinguaPlone, at the Content Management Professionals (CM Pros) summit in Boston.

Oxfam Canada

Jazkarta redesigned the Oxfam Canada website and migrated their static HTML website to Plone, making it easier for their staff to add new dynamic content to the site.

Nate Aune elected to Plone Foundation Board

At the Plone Conference in Seattle, the Plone Foundation announced their new board for 2006-7, and Nate Aune, founder of Jazkarta, was elected to serve on the board.

Social Science Research Council

Jazkarta is building the Media Research Hub as the first of a network of thematic research hubs which provides a comprehensive database of people, institutions, resources, projects and networks.

"Jazkarta organizes first ever coding sprint in Boston

There were over 20 participants including 7 remote sprinters. Many thanks to our sponsors for making it possible!

Betahouse, Jazkarta's Office, in Boston Globe

In mid-July Jazkarta moved into a new office in Cambridge. The office space, called Betahouse, was featured on August 11, 2007 in a Boston Globe article by Carolyn Y. Johnson.

Jazkarta's New Office Space Featured in Boston Globe

Jazkarta recently moved into the Betahouse, a loft-style shared office space in Central Square, Cambridge.

Plone 3.0 released!

The culmination of over a year of hard work by the Plone Team, Plone 3.0 is available for download for all platforms today.

Boston Globe Betahouse Aug 11 PDF

The Boston Globe makes it difficult to read past news articles, so here's a PDF of the article from August 11, 2007 on the Betahouse.

Jazkarta hosts Plone4Artists Sprint!

The first ever Plone sprint in Boston took place July 18-22, 2007 and hosted by Jazkarta. Over 20 participants sprinted for 5 days, made 6 new product releases and had a whole lot of fun in Beantown. It was preceded by Zope 3 for Plone Developers training by Rocky Burt.

Jazkarta members participate in Dev House Boston

This Sunday Sept 16, 2007 Jazkarta members Nate Aune, Dave Fisher and Malthe Borsch will participate in Devhouse Boston at the Betahouse.

Plone Training at Harvard with Nate Aune

On September 19, 2007 Nate Aune went to Harvard to provide training to the Harvard University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS).

Nate Aune Elected to 2007-08 Plone Foundation Board

At the Plone Conference in Naples, Italy the Plone Foundation announced their new board for 2007-8, and Nate Aune, founder of Jazkarta, was elected to serve on the board.

Jazkarta to attend Snow Sprint in Austria

Lovely Systems has invited Jazkarta to attend the Snow Sprint in Austria between January 18-25, 2008.

Social Science Research Council site launch

Jazkarta takes the lead on launching a new Plone site for the Social Science Research Council's Media Research Hub.

Lutheran Forum Launches!

Jazkarta launches the Lutheran Forum for the ALPB. Project Manager Gerry Kirk was able to interview Sarah Wilson of the Lutheran Forum to share some insights on the project.

Jazkarta founder a finalist in the Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest

Jazkarta founder Nate Aune is one of six finalists in the Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest.

Plone4ArtistsCalendar 1.1 Fund Drive Progress

Thanks to the following contributors, we have raised $600 in funding towards the development of Plone4ArtistsCalendar 1.1 which brings enhanced event calendars to Plone 3.0. Thank you!!!