FUNK: we make nice stuff happen

We Made Nice Stuff Happen

2008-10-27T15:40:00.003Z

From 2004 until 2008, we made some very nice stuff happen. Oh yes, we did.

Now, we construct alternative realities in a symbiotic membrane called Derek.

Thank you for your donations.

Peace, out.

June Bugs

2008-06-30T20:00:00.003+01:00

We've been hot on the heels of some evil spam hackers across all our Wordpress sites recently. Some of them were not compromised, only a couple were and no users passwords were stolen.

Now we've upgraded to 2.5.1 we should be ok for while.

Rise and Shine: Breakfast with Inspiration

2008-03-01T08:03:00.003Z

We're backing Rise and Shine, the online breakfast show which broadcasts live weekdays 7am to 10am, Monday to Friday, and raises money for BuskAid.

Seesmic, the "video conversation" website is supporting the project.

John Cleese: The Headcast

2008-01-31T23:52:00.000Z

We're pleased to launch Headcast John's first premium video download - it's a serious, searching look at the nature of perception and belief and the ways in which reality is shaped by powerful men to suit their own agenda.

Season's Greetings from Funk

2007-12-21T22:26:00.000Z

Our new podcasting company, Talking Voices has been growing steadily during 2007, but that doesn't mean we've deserted our established clients.

We're very happy with this episode of John Cleese's podcast - Happy Solstice everyone!

The Headcast

2007-10-03T07:17:00.000+01:00

We at Funk Mansion are rather excited by the news which broke last weekend about our work with Mr Cleese.

British actor, writer and comedian John Cleese is to release Headcast, a series of online videos, which he describes as "some humorous, some more thoughtful, giving me a chance to sound off in my old age."

A free version will be made available over the next few months on The Podcast Network, which John says is "rather good, run by Australians, and none the worse for that."

A premium version of the Headcast will also be made available.

Trevor Dann at PodCamp UK

2007-09-12T17:13:00.000+01:00

Nice to see the "establishment" take an interest in this burgeoning but still marginal area of culture we are busy creating.

Funky Google Ghandi

2007-08-15T09:04:00.000+01:00

On the 60th anniversary of the birth of the modern states of India and Pakistan, we checked to see where Funk was in the internet scheme of things.

Click for detail.

Currently we rank second and third, after the Wikipedia un-definition, and above Craig "Cabby" Charles - not bad for a tiny multi-media company.

Funk Social Media Experiment $1

2007-07-18T15:26:00.001+01:00

Google Search Funk Content

2007-07-15T00:51:00.000+01:00

Podcast User Magazine

2007-05-05T07:36:00.000+01:00

Nice piece in this month's Podcast User Magazine about our work with John Cleese.

We're now averaging over 85,000 downloads a month for the first three months of 2007.

Virginia Grey Photography

2007-03-10T17:41:00.000Z

Completed a lovely portfolio site for photographer Virginia Grey.

Podcast Nation Promos

2007-02-20T17:32:00.000Z

Happy to be working on Podcast Nation promotional audio. Particularly fond of this by John Cleese and this by UK podcaster and outdoors entrepreneur Bob Cartwright.

Browse the collection here.

We're Big In America

2007-01-28T08:43:00.000Z

Click the image to fully appreciate the iTunes big-up.

Funk Publishing: Art, Music, Words

2007-01-21T01:19:00.000Z

We've now set up the Funk Publishing website to show our own authored stuff in one convenient place. The blog can turn into a podcast at the touch of a button, and the new feed aggregator has replaced Old Greg, who now retires with a gold watch and a warm, fuzzy feeling.

Funk Builds Cheeze Office

2007-01-17T23:29:00.000Z

Click the picture above for the larger-scale version of Funk virtual architect Egg Desoto reclining in the new office and meeting rooms suite he has just finished designing and constructing for online marketing agency Cheeze.

The design stems from the Cheeze corporate image and colours, and aside from the usual office furniture it contains an indoor fishpond, a movie screen, an ambient music generator, a copy of Podcast User Magazine, a laptop you can use to email Cheeze, or to log in to Third Life... Nice piece of design, Egg!

Cheeze join Crayon and a number of well-known Earth brands such as IBM, Toyota, General Motors, Starwood Hotels, Wells Fargo, Reuters and the BBC in this growing part of the new digital economy.

Email Egg with your comments and commissions.

Funk in 2007

2007-01-13T13:24:00.000Z

We are building in Second Life, making a beach-front office.

Talking Voices

2006-12-16T09:51:00.000Z

Funk have developed their podcast business - from January 1st 2007, we are at Talking Voices.

FeedBurner Podcast

2006-11-24T11:27:00.000Z

Produced the first FeedBurner video podcast - great to get the opportunity.

Funk Open Peace Garden In Second Life

2006-11-09T20:57:00.000Z

Everybody and their mate is opening up a virtual office. We've already got one of those, so we thought we'd open up a peace garden instead.

The location is Huchu (48,120,81)

Tim O'Reilly at The AOP Conference

2006-10-04T13:32:00.000+01:00

This image of Tim O'Reilly was blogged from the conference floor.

All Our Other Podcasts Are Doing Well

2006-08-08T20:25:00.000+01:00

We are now over 20,000 per month total downloads of our various podcasts. The long tail means every new podcast edition pulls in new subscribers who go back and find all the early episodes. Collaborative projects are responsible for adding an extra 15% listeners and viewers in the past three months.

Cleese Continues Download Explosion

2006-07-19T21:38:00.000+01:00

We're hitting 10,000 plus downloads a month now.

The Register

2006-06-05T23:18:00.000+01:00

Chris Williams wrote this nice piece in The Register about our activities with the UKPA.

Comedy Piracy

2006-05-26T00:00:00.000+01:00

The UK Podcasting scene is a funny place to be sometimes.

Funk are helping to set up a meeting with the UK Podcasters Association and the MCPS-PRS, which should be an interesting meeting.