Category archive for: Website news

Now the Custard Factory website is pretty much operational and is getting more attention I’m bringing in some more writers for the blog. The responsibilities are divvied up as a follows.

Frankie Kane and Katie O’Neill on reception are looking after Tenant News. If you’re a Custard Factory tenant (in that you rent a space here) you should send your news to info@custardfactory.co.uk

Jonathan Goodwin is looking after Events News. He books out the Gallery and Theatre amongst other things and works with Dave Peebles on lettings. If you’re putting on an event at the Custard Factory email him at jonathan.goodwin@custardfactory.co.uk.

The most important thing, however, is that you put your news online somewhere and send us the link. If you don’t have your own website (or have been lumbered with a site you can’t update easily) I recommend you use the free service from Posterous which couldn’t be simpler. Write you news in an email, attach any images, documents and mp3s that are relevant and email it to post@posterous.com. They’ll then email you a link to a page containing all your information nicely laid out along with an option to edit it. Once you’re happy with this, send the link to the the relevant person.

Seriously, Posterous is as simple as it gets. Give it a go.

Meanwhile I, Pete Ashton, will continue tracking the Internets for snippets of news using my magical Internet powers, along with keeping an eye on what Katie, Jonathan and Frankie are doing, managing the comments and filling in any gaps.

After a few weeks of faffing I’m happy to announce that that Custard Factory Business Forum is ready.

The delay was partly due to my general dislike of forums (I’m more as blog person) but mainly because we wanted to be sure it was a useful service and not just another chaotic environment of sound and fury signifying nothing, as forums have a tendency to become.

As such this is an experiment in curating a conversational space with a specific aim in mind, namely that businesses based here can come together and trade knowledge, skills and stuff to their mutual benefit.

One of the purposes of this new website is to get tenants talking to each other again. I’ve heard countless times that the social aspect of the Custard Factory isn’t as vibrant as it used to be and I think part of the reason for this is people are working in their studios on their computers a lot more than in the past. This forum (along with the comments on each blog post) is an attempt to do something about that and I intend to watch how it’s used and develop it appropriately.

So go sign up and fill the void that currently exists there. I’ll be promoting it properly across the Custard Factory next week once I’m happy it’s all running smoothly and with that in mind please let me know if anything doesn’t work or doesn’t make sense!

Above all this is your space and it’s only as useful as you make it. So make it useful.