New Blog en Español!

New Blog!
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland

Yeah, I must accept it. I´m useless blogging in English.

Not being a native speaker makes it hard enough to generate useful and reliable content...

So I just decided to start a new blog, this time in Spanish or castellano, where I will be able to make real use of the little knowlege I´m acquiring day by day in this adventure called Egaroo.

I´ve found so many amazing sites and blogs that it will be a waste not being able to talk about them...

So if you speak a little Spanish o de hecho lo hablan y leen como Dios manda, you are more than welcome to visit my new blog: www.egaroo.wordpress.com

Besides, it was time to make the change to that beautiful application called WordPress... if you are still using BlogSpot, you should really consider make it too... and this is coming from a newbie in blogging!

Anyway, this blog will be updated with general news about the development of Egaroo as a small Startup.

My Power is gonne

Damm it!
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

Hum, the first time ever I didn´t take home my laptop... and voilá! Egaroo´s offices (well, the office from where I manage Egaroo) were robbed this morning at 2AM. And my Power Book (with at least 100 hand made banners ready to upload, among other current works on progress) is gone. It will take some time to start over again uploading new banners, but I expect next week I will reorganize my day job schedule (since I won´t be able to work at night from home) to keep Egaroo alive.

Why create banners for strangers? It's a Ego thing.

Caro. egaroo's funky world
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

Well, it’s official: what started as a company venture has become a merely personal project: Egaroo.com


After all, I’m just stating here what I’ve been doing the last 6 months: seeking interesting websites, creating banners and uploading them to my little directory, witch has become sort of a visual list of all my favorites.

The point is nobody has asked me to do this, witch could be only understand as a very personal approach to share my findings to the world.

Just like you people add text links in your blogs to interesting sites you have found, I decided simply to make it the hard way.

My goal now is to keep creating clean and acceptable designed banners (using existing visual elements from every site) to make my searches easier and more attractive. Quite a long bookmarked sites list to feed my directory…

Why create banners for total strangers, you may ask. Well, first of all is a aesthetical thing; this way I rest assure only acceptable designed banners (and content relevant sites) will be listed at Egaroo.com. Secondly, not lots of people or webmasters know about egaroo, so they can’t ask me to review their sites and create a banner for them, or do it themselves by creating an account and uploading their own banner.

(By the way, if you own any of the sites listed here feel free to contact me in order to give you your personal Log In info to access your profile and manage your cool banner from there).

So far I have created, tagged and uploaded almost 500 banners (at least 75 more have been uploaded by external users), and my plans are keep working on my long list of ever-growing favorites. An endless task, I know, with hundreds of thousands websites worth listing and just 5 hours a day (after my day job –witch regularly ends at 7-8 PM), but I’m starting to get addicted to it… It’s so cool believe this effort could be useful to others fellow surfers.

So far, so good. Need to go back to work on new banners…

Want me to review your site and create a banner for you? (I won’t ever charge for that).
Contact me. I’ll add your site to my list, it will take sometime but eventually you’ll find it uploaded.

Cheers.

Egaroo statistics on bla.st

Egaroo statistics on bla.st
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

And this are the numbers from Bla.st.
Really interesting site... lots of impressions but... but my CTR is still too low... Again, click for additional comments.

Bla.st statistics on egaroo

Bla.st statistics on egaroo
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

Just a peek at how your CRM may work at egaroo.
This case is interesting, since I uploaded a card to this site the same day its owner posted his banner at egaroo.
Just Click this pic to read the complete description.

2007 has just arrived

New book
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

Yeah, It has been way too long until this new post.
Too much work at the office and not enough time even to take vacations (or read a decent advertising book... by the way, Taschen DO rules)

Well, so far, so good. Traffic has been improving, egaroo has already reached 500 banners on its search engine database and I'm more than ever willing to keep the fight.

Among some new news, I just found the first copycat to egaroo concept: xplodee dot com (Not linked here on purpose). Check their bidding for PHP programmers:

PHP Freelancers

Should I feel flattered? Well, if somebody else has made the effort to replicate your own concept, it could mean your business model has a point.
Not results on any search made, except two or three keywords... you can bet it's not an easy ride making an idea like this to grow... the guy is from India... a amazing growing market by itself...

Just a little reminder about how egaroo works:
1. Design your banner
2. Register, identify and upload your banner
3. Change your banner design and keywords as needed and as many times as you want
4. If you have more than one website, you can upload up to ten banners from your profile
and manage their keywords and designs individually.
5. Check your traffic from your profile
6. In the near future, you will be able also to add interesting websites found at egaroo to your favorites, thus becoming the first visual bookmarking free service.

About point 1: if you have problems designing your own banner, feel free to contact me and I will design one using elements from your website for free.

I know, I'll try to keep posting more regularly. Finally I think I found the right theme for this blog: web banners design. Obvious, isn't? ;)

Cheers

Welcome everyone! Ya era hora Mr. Black!

Say hi to Mr. Black
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

Finally! Egaroo system has been changed to its Free mode. I will change all the old texts tomorrow. By now please feel free to register here your website and upload your Free banner, if you already have one designed. No charges will be made during nor after your registration.

Please notice your banner will have to compete against excellent, good and average designed banners to attract users attention, so BAD designing will have no chances. Try to keep a good design level and every banner owner will be a winner.

Also keep in mind that content is what really matters most, so if your site isn't offering valuable, or at least legal content or services, you will run the risk of being flagged by other users (a future feature that will be implemented to allow you help us make egaroo.com a valuable, clean and interesting Alternative Free Directory).

Welcome aboard. Now we will find if egaroo was really a good idea. Spread the word!


Español

Por fin! Egaroo ha sido cambiado a su versión gratuita! Todavía tengo que cambiar los textos anteriores por los nuevos, eso lo hago mañana. También algunos detalles en la programación tienen que ser afinados... pero ya estamos al aire!

Por ahora siéntanse en libertad de registrar aquí su página web y subir su banner, si es que ya tienen diseñado uno. Como dije al principio, egaroo.com es 100% gratis, así que ningún cobro se realizará durante ni después de su registro.

Tomen en cuenta que su banner tendrá que competir por atención frente a excelentes, buenos y aceptablemente regulares diseños, así que MALOS diseños de banners no tendrán oportunidad de atraer visitantes a sus páginas webs.

Mientras todos los dueños de banners se comprometan a mantener un buen nivel de diseño, todos seremos ganadores.

También consideren que lo que mantendrá a nuestros usuarios visitando sus páginas será en última instancia un contenido o servicio de valor. Si su página no cumple con estos 2 requisitos básicos, correrá el riesgo de ver su banner (y link) reportados por otros usuarios, lo que podría terminar con su eliminación de nuestro directorio.
(Esta será una función que desarrollaremos a futuro para que sean ustedes, los dueños de banners y usuarios, quienes realmente mantengan nuestro website relevante, limpio e interesante.

Bienvenidos. Ahora es cuando descubriremos si egaroo fue una buen idea después de todo. Pasen la voz!

Hey YouTube Users!

Egaroo Experience at YouTube
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

Final changes near to an end!
Mr. Blue is sick at home, but still working on Egaroo via internet.
We are almost done with the system change to the Free version... sorry everyone about the delay... soon, very soon you will see your own banners at egaroo.com linking to your websites!

In other order of things, but related to the egaroo concept, I just started a group at YouTube! I'm brand new at this, so I'm just figuring out how it works... is an experiment I'll carry to see how viral (and how bad or good idea) this group can be.

The idea is to create a huge recopilation of YouTube users' faces and web sites addresses in only one month, so every little help in spreading the word is always welcome.

If you want to join and be part of it, visit www.youtube.com/group/egarooexperiment

Let's see how viral such a odd idea (another one) can become.
Jesus! I need 30 hours days! ...and some vacations too...

See you around

Egaroo is gonna be Free, Gratis! (English & Castellano)

Sunday. egaroo's funky world
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

Yeap, thanks to you all, I decided to give egaroo that direction. Later on we'll figure out how to make it profitable (without ever charging you, our friends) but for now what matters is to make our banners data base grow.

This is gonna be the opportunity for everyone to advertise using web banners, like the big fishes, using an innovative and unique marketing tool completly free!

Have to work on the new copy to explain everything on egaroo's home page and make some system checking to make possible the Free uploading (already started that last Sunday, see pic).

How much time? Well, I expect two weeks at max to officially announce it.

By now, just keep visiting us and telling everybody about egaroo.
You are going to become our voice, since we only have this blog and our photos to let the world know about this idea.

More on how egaroo works, in the entries below... keep reading to have a complete view.

Thanks a lot!


Castellano

Gracias a todos por dejarnos saber sus comentarios e ideas de cómo hacer funcionar a egaroo. La noticia es que ya he decidido hacerlo Gratis. Inscribirse y subir tu banner, cambiar su diseño (y mensaje) ilimitadamente, así como sus palabras claves, NO tendrá costo!

Será viable en el largo plazo al ser gratuito? Creemos que sí. En un futuro implementaremos una nueva política de comercialización que nos permitirá mantener este servicio gratuito, sin cargar nunca a ninguno de nuestros usuarios (o sea, a ustedes).

Egaroo será una excelente oportunidad para que todos ustedes puedan publicitar sus websites de la misma forma en que los peces gordos lo han hecho hasta ahora. De una forma innovadora y original egaroo se convertirá en un amplio directorio de servicios, individuos y negocios que además funcionará como motor de búsqueda, y todo esto, completamente gratis!

Por ahora tengo que dedicarme a cambiar los textos de la página de acuerdo a la nueva política y adaptar el sistema para que permita subir los banner sin pagar (empecé ya a hacerlo este domingo. La foto es de esa tarde). Cuánto tiempo más? Calculo que en máximo dos semana más ya podré anunciarlo oficialmente.

Hasta entonces, sigan visitándonos y contando a todos sus amigos acerca de egaroo.

Ustedes serán nuestra voz. Al ser independientes y no contar con un gran capital por detrás, nuestra única manera de hacer saber al mundo acerca de nuestro proyecto es este blog, nuestras fotos... y su buena onda...

Explicaciones adicionales de cómo funciona egaroo, por favor lean las entradas anteriores.

Gracias a todos!

Almost decided to make it FREE

Egaroo screen shot
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

Hello everybody, some news here.
For those of you who are here for the first time, a little explanation:
I'm currently carrying a small "poll": should I make egaroo.com totally free to upload your banners or charge a small fee? So far I'm almost certain it will be the first choice (FREE) but it would take some time to change the "paid purchase" process to a "Free" one.

Please be patient, in just a short time period the system will allow all of you to have your free banners here. Stay tuned and don't miss the opportunity to be part of this experiment!

And thank you all people for the amazing response in letting me know what you think about our idea and if you would like to have it for free. Spread the word. Soon you and your friends and colleagues will find here an interesting new and alternative traffic venue.

See you.
More in how egaroo works in the entries below.


Español:
Gracias por estar aquí. Para nuestros amigos que prefieren una explicación en castellano, aquí va:

Estoy llevando una pequeña "encuesta" con ustedes: debo hacer de egaroo un servicio gratuito o cobrar un pequeño valor por ofrecer la oportunidad de subir tu banner aquí?

Hasta ahora la opción de hacerlo gratis es la que más me gusta (y la que obviamente ha sido más votada y comentada), pero me va a llevar algún tiempo cambiar el sistema para que los banners puedan ser subidos sin pagar (al momento el sistema permite subir banners solamente pagando con tarjeta de crédito y paypal).

Sean pacientes y sigan visitando la página. Pronto podrán subir sus banners para promocionar sus sitios, negocios, blogs o projectos sin pagar nada.

Necesitamos su ayuda. Cuéntenle a sus amigos acerca de nuestra página y pasen la vos. Pronto podrán contar con una herramienta de marketing novedosa y original que ayudará a traer tráfico hacia sus páginas.

Explicaciones adicionales acerca de cómo funciona egaroo, en las entradas anteriores (sorry, por el momento sólo en inglés).

Gracias a todos! Thanks!

Wouldn't you like be heard? Help me out!

My Egaroo Profile at Flickr
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

Hum, just a short annotation: If you came here from anywhere but My Flickr Profile, please visit it. I'm currently asking people to help me decide whether should I make egaroo.com FREE or not, charging a minimun fee. (Actual price: 100 american dollars) Please DON'T buy your ad banner until I decide what to do! The explanation on how eagroo works, below.
Thanks.

This is how Egaroo works

I just prepared an additional explanation about how Egaroo works. I hope it may help you people to see the picture we see.

Egaroo is open to everyone: bloggers, free lance writers, pop and mom e-businesses, architects, big corporations, music studios, independent music bands, eco tourism lodges, teenagers from My Space, movies, web design studios... you name it.
At the end Egaroo will be seen as the most comprehensible, open and innovative search engine/directory to find anything you could need or imagine.

Every buyer will have to enlist its banner on one category.
When people visit egaroo home page the system will randomly display 20 banners per page.
If you don't start a search, after 20 seconds the page will upload 20 new banners, none of them related to any industry in particular an so on. You wanted to find a web design agency in London but at being at egaroo's home page find a banner from a coffee shop in Seattle that called your attention? Click. You can later start over your former search. This way we ensure every banner the possibility to get clicks, even thou you weren't looking for that service in particular.

Only when you select the industry you are interested to dig into, the system will show those industry related banners. Every search made from different computers at the same time will show different results. Nobody will ever again pay more to always appear first.
And finally, people using our "Search" section will write their own keywords to get results, just like you do it in Google, and the principle of random displaying will work again and again.

You will pay 100 dollars for your banner space (yours for a full year) and will be allowed to login and swap out your banner at will, as well as edit your banner Keywords, Language/Location, Industry settings (all parameters to identify it and make possible any search) as many times as you want at no additional cost.

That's basically how things happen here. Just one more thing:
Help us spread the word to help you get more traffic from egaroo.
If you have a client, colleague or friend who might be interested in online advertising using a innovative and eye catching new medium, just tell them about us.

Soccer World Cup Final: Brazil - Ecuador?

Brazil Soccer Team
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

Well, it's been three weeks now and egaroo is starting to show some vital signs. Slow I know, but let's see if you people are really reading this. If so, I trust you will start to let your friends about us. If not, well, we'll just find out how to make things happen faster.

The Fifa 2006 Soccer World Cup has shown some surprises. Small teams show everybody that size doesn't matter when trying big enterprises. So our favorite team this week is Ecuador. Let's see how they do tomorrow playing with Germany.

While working on this I've found really nice people. From England to Chile, you can always rest assure there's other young entrepreneurs willing to believe in crazy ideas. Just let me figure out how to make text links in here. Next I'll let you know about some of my new found friends and mentors.

Now we just start it up!

Welcome everybody!
It's official, we are now open.
To tell you the true, I can barely believe it.
After months of hard work egaroo.com is finally online and open to everyone.
Any question you may have, please feel free to contact us. This is going to be a great adventure and we want to share it with you all. Rest assure egaroo is going to be online for a long time and that we will be working hard to make it better everyday.
You have a lot to read in this blog to know our story as a striving small internet startup. So please, feel at home and make yourself comfortable. Thanks for being here!

Monday Update

Adr and emac 2
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

Yeap, as I told you last week, Adr in going on vacation... we're gonna miss her, and in the meantime, make sure all your emails to her get deleted from our server... he, he...
Lucky her. The last time I remember being on vacation is like three years ago... Gosh, I really need to get some!

In other order of things... at least! Today seems to be THE day.

Blue is finishing what was left in programing... and I, well, I'm preparing myself for what is coming, god or bad, failure or success. To all you people who will be reading this blog from now on, thanks for spending your time reading our history. And welcome! Feel at ease, this is gonna be your chance to witness an interesting and exciting (at least for us) enterprise.

New Intern

Intern
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

Please welcome Mary Light, our new intern here at the office.
If I didn't mention it, Chris had to leave last week, and Adr is gonna spend less time with us, but we'll keep posting news about her, so expect some surprises. Mary Light is just 20 years old but she is doing great so far. Pursuing a career in Animation, when asked about what she thinks about working with us, she responded: are you guys actually doing any work in here?

Last Friday

More Blue
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

Finally! Next week we're gonna be online! Programming, proof reading, testing banners, all is coming to an end. Obviously we'll keep improving the whole system every day. We just started last Friday this final stage, with Blue ckecking all from my Mac.

Last Minute Aclaration

Hello everybody, just an annotation: if you have entered egaroo.com you would have seen that no banner is posted.
That's ok. We have finally started the last stage of testings and all the test banners had to go.
As soon as the site gets ready, we will post it here.
See you around.

Illuminati at Technorati

Illuminati at Technorati
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

I have to accept it, I'm new at this, so don't expect me to know how this Technorati thing works. I just listed egaroo's blog there yesterday and it looked cool. Besides I spend too much time writing those little notes on this pic at Flickr trying to describe how I have organized my Safari bar. I promise to learn how to use Technorati, so next time you will see a more decent and valuable chart instead.

Visits per country

visits-per-country
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

Finally, this numbers are from yesterday. It's quite exciting, at least for myself (this is the firts time I ever do something that "global"). I know that for the rest of you, I'm talking to you, bloggers, these number aren't impressive, but try to be a little condescendent with this young apprentice...

Getting Better

Getting Better
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

Yeah baby, yeah... These numbers are from two days ago, and something is starting to happen here... slowly, I know, but it made my day.
Next: traffic per countries.

No traffic... yet

No traffic
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

Hum... numbers don't lie. I know that. Well, this stat is from last thursday when I started to follow traffic to our blog. Things have changed a little, but numbers are improving...

A little experiment

Screen shot
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

I just had an idea! How would you like having your banner posted at egaroo for free?! Let's do this: the first 100 people who send their banner design to my email address (black at blackgreenblue dot com) will have a full calendar year at egaroo for free. You have nothing to lose, besides it gives me something to take care of while Mr. Blue finish his mundane duties.

Do you have a small business? A medium one? or simple know someone who has his own company? (doesn't matter how big or small). Or you want to bring serious traffic to you exgirfriend's blog about how much she is missing you? This is what egaroo.com is about. Why I am proppposing you this? well, until we can finish programming the last corrections on egaroo system, I would like to make this little experiment to find out if you people are really reading this blog.

The specs for your banner are as follows:

468 x 60 pixels
jpeg or gif
Max file size: 15k
No flash banners please
Your gif banner CAN be animated

You can be as creative as you want, or conservative, if that's your style. You can design it yourself or paid a graphic designer to do it professionally for you. Remember that egaroo will display your banner according to search criteria of our users and eventually there's gonna be lots and lots of banners in every category.

Please send your email with your name and email... and of course with your banner!

See you

A little history

Station
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

I think all of you guys (yeah, sure, besides myself, I think there's nobody else reading all this) need a little history lesson to understand what we are trying to prove here.
Black, Green & Blue is a group of three partners working together in their graphic design/web developement studio.
Since 2003 we've been fighting to become a decent option for young entrepreneurs, being involved in interesting projects. Currently we manage a growing portfolio of clients, having good perspectives of obtaining new and bigger accounts.
But we have always tried to find new opportunities to grow without depending on others people's ideas.
So one day we came up with this odd idea: creating a website/search engine dedicated solely to banners from around the world. It won't matter how big or small your business is, you could even advertise your blog with us. From the moment I envisaged the concept, I knew it had a real opportunity to become something really big.
We have almost finished egaroo (it's not working properly yet and we are adjusting some details) but, as aforementioned, we have to manage our tight time (with current clients and projects) to finish the job. This blog is an attempt to show you the developement of an idea without any capital behind it and its possible success. It is, as well, my personal point of view of the events that fill my life in this adventure. Why an aventure? Besides being a small internet startup, there are more conditions that conveys and gives egaroo.com a special twist, starting from the fact that we are not what a regular startup company located on a regular location is supposed to be... (he, he, I know, I just confused everything up a lot...) But that my friends is all I'm gonna tell you by now. If you want to know more about us, or if this crazy idea becomes what we are specting it to become, stay tunned... there's gonna be a lot of surprises...

Wasting time

Green-&-Blue
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

Every time we are ready to finish programming egaroo, there's always a nasty and selfish client who doesn't care about our great IDEA. Gotta kill them all. Until then, Green and Blue will have to keep the pace. And I will have to stay calm and not shoot anybody. Well, not until we launch egaroo, he, he.

The first one

Friends
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

Remember this one? It's been like, how much, 11 years? We have this tradition here: Every time we stay late at the office and order some trash to eat, we always watch Friends. Not really fond of Seinfeld myself, I can't just skip this long sessions without jaw ache.

Winter

Fog-2
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

Typical foggy night. There's always time to enjoy something cool here at BlackGreenBlue's offices.
Some trash food, a Friends' chapter not seen in a long time, and a view like this.
Smoking a cigarrette next to the window and waiting for a nice shot.

Monday update

Blue
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

Well, before anything, meet Blue.
Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you.
Monday again, and a lot of updates to post.
Thursday: Working late at the office finishing schullo's site (more pics at my Flickr, just click on any image).
Friday: heavy rain all afternoon, lots of water and cascades... and a nice and timely blackout at afternoon.
Weekend: just hanging around.
Some new posts coming.

Instant gratification

coffee
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

Remember I told you we do love coffee and one of our dreams is having an expresso machine,
someday? Well, this is what we have today. Not bad, really, it even looks good in this picture.

Lost in translation

chinese
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

I just found this and thouth it looked cool. Let's make a deal: if some of you can translate this, well, that person will have a free banner at our site. Zero dollars, that's right. he, he, he... I'm not even sure enough anybody is reading this anyway...

Soccer anyone?

worldcup
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

Hey, is less than a month, and it all will start. Personally, I hate all the buzz created about Startupland being at Germany. Green has this Germany 2006 Album full of pics of soccer players... Is ugly. And kind of girly, he, he... I think I'm gonna burn it tonight...

Welcome to Startupland

startupland
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

Well, this is it. Startupland. The land of the opportunity for we all, startuppers. Try to recognize it. Not cheating.... Hey, I can see where you live!

All in its place

computer
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

Steven Wonka is our enfant terrible. You should hear him snozing every day at his siesta time. "Cool composition", he said. He is BG&B's Multimedia/Graphic designer... not of real use anyway, he, he... Plays the bass in my favorite local funk band. "Cool entry", he says. Whatever.

Two Strangers

adr-and-blue
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

Adr and Blue testing something, not sure what... I was too busy trying to focus the camera I didn't notice they were slapping each other face... he, he... just kidding...
Chris birthday... Pizza for everyone!

Most viewed in my Flickr

street
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

Walking home from Caro's by night gives you a lot of nice scenes. This pic is from Sunday, by 10:30 on my way home. Fog, cold and nobody around... just the perfect setting in my 25 minutes walk.

Foggy

fog2
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

Of the things I like the most about living in startupland, I can't not deny the weather is in first place. And loving cold, foggy and dark afternoons, this view from across the office it's just perfect.

At niko's

coffee5
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

Here at the office we have a dream: our own expresso machine. Being a coffee lover myself I can relate to all of you, startupers of the world, in our insatiable thirst of freedom, and a superb cup of arabigo.

Books and Coffee

coffee1
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

Hanging out after hours, there's nothing like a strong coffee and a good book. Niko's coffee shop is a nice and warm place to just see the rain fall down.

black

black
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

Ahhh, just to walk. not needing a car to get to your job, taking your time and trying not to get stubbed because of such a cheap camera (well, not THAT cheap, je, je). Seriously, making things happen here at startupland is just so exciting because you can't just take for granted anything, as you people have get used to. So, it's monday, lots of new pics to post.

Just in case

Just an aclaration to everyone:
our site (egaroo) is not working yet.
We are finishing some details and the search engine is not working yet.
Some of the banners you will find there are not from real clients, they are there for testing purposes only.
Some of them are real ones, but no valid identification or links have been uploaded to the system.
So, be patient. As soon as egaroo get online, we'll posted here.

Tough kidda

Tough kiddo
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

Adr is not the easy type, yeah, she's tough and inaccessible, as you can deduce. She is BG&B's multimedia designer and has a "thing" with no letting us take a decent pic of her. Anyway, i liked this one... sexy tongue, girla!

Blurrrr

Blurrrr
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

Another day at the office. Been busy all week finishing 2 projects due today, so egaroo has to wait until monday. Did I mention we are working in a political campaign for a presidential election here at startupland? Well, that's what Green and B. (not Blue) are doing in this one, updating our Man'site.
Soon (well, not THAT soon) we're gonna get our own Youtube account to upload videos... so be patient... he, he... we haven't even start it officially, and I'm assuming you guys are interested in knowing more about this egaroo' stuff... whatever...

Being concious enough

Well, I've been thinking the last two days about all this. In fact, all this have been on my mind since I realize the power and potential of egaroo as a internet tool.
At the time when this idea ends as a successfull startup, or as a total failure, you will surely know all the little nuances that make this project an interesting experiment.
It is not about a big flat TV Screen, or a nice car, or a expensive house... It's about believing ideas can change your reality if you are open enough to see them. It's about freedom to do the things that are really important in life, and being responsible for the people who surrounds you.
Is it about money? The answer is YEAP. But it goes beyond that.
You see, when you grow up in a place like starupland, you get to realize there are other realities, and when you accept that, and you experience these others realities every day, money keeps its value, that's for sure, but in a different and healthier shape.
Hum... there are so many things left to do. Gotta go.

My power

My power
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

Just getting organized and testing (again) the whole system. I just stop to take a pic of my little friend here. The best buy ever! In ancient times, when I was just a humble copywriter, nothing seemed to work better than a simple PC... until I decided to do my own layouts and designs, then... I saw the light!
That's my space at the office... I just hate that green wall (nothing personal, Green)
See you

Are you jumpin' yet?

Screen shot
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

Soon I'll get some icon logos ready to post here.
The idea is everybody could download them and use their favorite as a link to egaroo.
Help us to spread the word!

My Sky

My Sky
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

I just love the sky here at startupland, and the weather is just perfect! This view from our officce is just what you need when nothing seems to be working... Back at the office again, feeding my blog, testing egaroo system and trying to figure out how to make things happen faster!!!

Monday At the Train

At the Train
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

Monday night at the train, finishing egaroo To Do list for this week. Gosh, the expectation is growing each day and I can not wait any longer to see it online... but we have 2 another projects due friday, so I doubt we can start officially this week...

It all started here

Train's view
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

Well, two months an a week ago, this is where egaroo concept just pop up. Reading the sunday newspaper and trying to figure out how to make ends meet, this little child of us was born.

The Office

office
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

Well, this is where we are trying to take the world by surprise... one banner at a time, you know.
Until egaroo come out officially, we have decided not to tell you our real location, so this is gonna be like the only view you will ever have of our headquarters, he, he.

Not good for your health

fridge
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

Yeah, these are tough times here at startupland... one more reason to come up with odd ideas as egaroo.
That really doesn't bother me (an empty fridge I mean) but I know I should be more careful with what I eat (in this case, with what I don't eat, he, he).
Saturday afternoon, I'm at the office testing the site and updating the blog.

My first photo Post

autoretrato
Originally uploaded by Mr Black at startupland.

Well, we're finally in!
Yeap, I'm Black. Green and Blue will have their own blogs so yo don't get all confused...
Last weekend to final testing and updating blogs.
That's it. Mainly this is gonna be a photoblog, so get acustom to this, he, he...
See you

At least, we're almost done!

Yeap, first entry. I'm just setting up our blog but I'm not quite sure it's gonna work... je, je... yeah, I know, we can setup a web page in 2 months but get all confused starting a blog in 5 minutes...
See you later