Archive for September, 2006

Helpalot on the guitar

Thursday, September 28th, 2006

Small sketch I made in my Dummy:

Helpalot on the guitar

I’m trying to get a Helpalot song made with my friends at Solitus. They have access to a studio, so we might be able to have a proper song at the launch of the site.

The aim will be to make a highschool-punk-poppy song for the teenagers, get a videoclip on YouTube and see what it does for us as marketing.

How about an Helpalot comic?

Tuesday, September 26th, 2006

What would you think of an Helpalot comic in a newspaper? I think it might be a great way to spread the message and get some ‘character development’ on Sir Helpalot.

Helpalot logo

We will take care of getting the comic published, but we’d like to get in contact with a talent searching for a podium to design and make the comics. Money the comic will make will be split between the maker of the comic and Stichting Helpalot.

Can you draw great comics or have a friend who can? please contact me or leave a comment. Any other feedback on the idea is also welcome.

Updated Helpalot on Wikipedia

Tuesday, September 19th, 2006

I updated the Helpalot entry on Wikipedia.

Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia built collaboratively and like any article on Wikipedia, the Helpalot article can be updated by everyone.

Because everyone can add en update articles, the site is huge. With articles about social networking to Pluto and from Batman to Lancelot.

Update: I also made the Dutch article for Helpalot. If you speak any other languages, you might be able to help a little by writing an Helpalot article in the Wikipedia for this language. Make sure to comment here if you do!

Video about succesful startups with Silicon Valley entrepreneurs

Monday, September 18th, 2006

“The Churchill Club’s annual look at what it takes to build a successful startup. This panel of five Silicon Valley entrepreneurs discussed the challenges and critical success factors necessary to reach the promised land.”

Watch the video.

I like the quote where it is said that if you are not ashamed of the first version of your site, you’ve launched too late.

Short Helpalot Video (audio with PDF slides)

Monday, September 18th, 2006

For my graduation exposition I had a short ‘powerpoint’ (500 kb .PDF) presentation. I had the impression it did a good job of quickly explaining the concept, so I recorded it and have put the video online: