protein os

so, you may have noticed over the last few days a few changes to the feed. we've been beta testing the new RSS API aggregator that we're hoping is going to point the feed in whole new direction.

the logic behind this decision is one driven by frustration! too many feeds and not enough time. hence we are hand selecting the top 5 feeds across each protein channel that are currently available online today and creating our very own RSS style feed reader. it's is a slight departure from the existing members own feed/blog, but we hope/think you'll agree it's a great addition.

the plan once all the feeds are in place is to the introduce a multi level filter system that will allow you to filter all the seeds based on the following:

1. your posts
2. your peeps posts
3. protein members posts
4. all protein posts
5. all web posts

thoughts, comments and suggestions as always greatly received.

Unsure what all the these pretty colours mean on Protein OS? Fear not, here is a quick breakdown of the new functionality and how it works. The original colour logic is based on the Chromo, which is colour/time system that matches a specific time to a colour within a single 24 hour period, as illustrated below:

The system used on Protein OS however extends this logic by assigning each of content channels with a colour and thereby providing a suggested time of day to view it. Make sense? No? OK, here's the rough breakdown of the Chromo® time window for each channel:

ECO between 01.30 and 08.30

I've been doing a lot of thinking about the future of the OS recently. This is nothing new. Since the site launched in 1998 we have always been trying to predict the next generation technologies that we could incorporate to stay ahead of the curve, and without giving ourselves too many props, I think we've done a pretty good job so far.

Hey everyone, great to be back. I'm not sure what happened exactly since I was an old school protein user, and one day I found it no longer existed and I stopped getting e-mails. Well, good to be back, and if anyone fills me in, even better. Later all.

-Web

Hey, I'm so happy to see Protein OS back up and running. I was a long time user and received e-mails for years, then one day they stopped, and The site was "down". Can anyone fill me in on what happened?

Protein OS - My operating system.

-Web

Beat that!

It means I joined 9 years before I was born. Or maybe it has something to do with the epoch 00:00:00 UTC on January 1, 1970...

Just to let everyone know that as of 12:00 GMT on Friday 14th December, Protein® OS will be going invite only. What does this mean?

1. Login if you already have a Protein® OS account or if not, make sure you register this very second!
2. Tell all your friends to do the same.
3. Feel smug that you and your crew are members of the best cultural operating system known to man.

We're not trying to be all "exclusive" and "better than you", but we just think that in this new social networking landscape, there is a lot to be gained from a little privacy and growing the community through friends of friends.

Ok so how about

Death of the Rekkid Label
Death of Print
Death of TV - maybe get someone from Bebo / Kate Modern down etc

so, just wanted to let you all know some of the new features/apps we will be shortly rolling out on the OS and to get your feedback/suggestions on anything we might have missed that you would like to see.

CORE
[ ] profile page - new interface
[ ] cells - allowing you to group seeds into your own collections
[ ] maps - add geotags to any kind of content

CALENDAR
[ ] think www.upcoming.org

FORUM
[ ] update interface

BLOGS
[ ] customisable interface
[ ] posting from anywhere [email, mobile, blogger]

FEEDS
[ ] RSS feed reader
[ ] choose from a predefined list or select your own feeds

GALLERY
[ ] photo gallery with full flickr import/export features

GUIDE
[ ] fully geotaggable venue/shop/hotel/restaurant guide

RADIO
[ ] think www.hypem.com

TV
[ ] think www.specialten.tv

STORE
[ ] think protein store 1.0 but with digital downloads for music and film

there's some more, but this is going to keep us quiet for a little while me thinks.

we've just added a new supasimple set of text/editor buttons to allow you to add links and images as well as preview your creations. let us know what you think. awesome.

Well, we did it. The 10.0 alpha release of the OS is, as you can see, now live. It's far from finished, so please tread carefully as there are a load of improvements in progress. However, we always like to hear from you, so please add any comments, suggestions and requests below and we'll get onto it. Enjoy.

so, we're putting together a new event series that i want to form an offline version of this forum. the themes are still being defined, so if anyone has anything they would like to see/hear in the flesh then speak up. thinking of making the first one "the future of record labels" or more accurately "the end of records labels"!

i want to pull all these together to form a one or two day event/festival next summer. think TED shoreditch style with a killer protein after party.

well, what a week. we had some rock and roll database moments which has caused a little loss of data i.e. the last week or so. however, a brand spanking new backup system is now in place, so hopefully no more problems!

we will hopefully see some of you down at the ica tonight, it's shaping up to be a good one. so, after some last minute brainstorming we've come up with a great game for everyone to play that comes in the form of some specially printed cards and we've called protein pacman!

nice.

ok people, it's about that time the OS had a major upgrade as it is suffering from old age and needs fresh legs to run.

as a complete rebuild is in order, i think it would be wise to see if there are any other/better apps we could use above and beyond our current phpbb set-up. therefore it would be to hear from anyone who has any recommendations and/or experience with any other open source/low fee based softwares. my current hit list is as follows:

INBOX/DESKTOP

horde

CALENDAR

??

FORUM

vbulletin
invision
smf

FEED

nucleuscms
wordpress
movabletype

GUIDE

phpwiki

GALLERY

coppermine

ta, will.

i'm pleased to announce the first pure protein event at onedotzero 10 on friday 2nd june in the ICA bar. it is not going to be a "full" pure protein event as discussed previously, but more of a beta-test for the second and argueably the more fun, after-party.

for those that don't know about onedotzero, there is always a good mix of film, design, fashion kids down there and we feel rather honoured to be ask to run things for the opening night. the reason for the "play" tag is that the event will happen after a "future of gaming" panel that protein is also sponsoring called "overplay". as a result we are currently researching some engaging and entertaining live acts, visuals and "activities" to make the night special. currently thinking about getting one or more of the follow acts down:

ZX Spectrum Orchestra - http://feed.proteinos.com/item/2155

Game Boy Blip Pop - http://feed.proteinos.com/item/2422

Harddisko - http://feed.proteinos.com/item/4128

Nintendo Videojam - http://calendar.proteinos.com/viewtopic.php?t=1060

finally, this is the copy that will be going into the ICA bulletin to give you an idea of where we are going:
_________________________

so, just in the middle of upgrading the protein supplement to a fully featured html masterpiece mailout. anyone got any suggestions/requests for inclusion?

Since hardhouse seems to be a particular peeve of posters. what are you all listening to this week?

Here's my top 10 when DJing at a certain shoreditch bar:

M.I.A. : Bucky Done Gun/10 Dollar [white]
Ciara: Goodies (RichardX mix feat M.I.A) [BMG]
Death From Above 1979: Blood on our hands (Justice Remix) [679]
TomVek: I ain't saying goodbyes [GoBeat]
Pink Grease : Strip (Mute)
Bloc Party: Helicopter (sherrif whitey remix) [witchita]
Whitey: Walk in the dark [1234]
New Order: Krafty (Glimmers remix) [london]
Franz Ferdinand : Dark of the matinee (headman remix) [Domino]
Lady Sov: Random [casual]

tomorrow i'll post my club list....

i've been considering launching an upgrade to the protein feed for sometime that would allow *all* memebers to post into it. following a breif conversation with kloidster, i think it would be good to get some feedback on what sort functionality people want. the debate comes down to slashdot vs. yayhooray.

slashdot has a feed + comments set-up:

http://www.slashdot.org

whereas yayhooray has a feed + comments + seperate forum set-up. yayhooray also gives each member their own subdomain and homepage:

http://protein.yayhooray.com

personally, i'm thinking the yayhooray route is the way to go, but would like to know if anyone else has any thoughts ...

new to protein? new to the forum? introduce yourself here ...

So you want to become a Protein® Player and enjoy some *extra* Protein® OS services, like:

1GB Protein® Mail account to send/receive email via our supaslick online interface. Think Hotmail meets Prada.

100MB Protein® Storage for all our finest creations.

A fully featured Protein® Contacts manager that allows you to import/export all your contacts from Outlook/Entorage.

Respect from complete strangers.

Due to popular demand, Protein® Player upgrades are now *invite only*. However, if you would like to increase your chances of an invite, make sure you need to hit at least three of the following:

Have at least 100 posts to your name in the Protein® Forum

Be a Student

Be a Geneticists

Be a Chronobiologist

Live in Shoreditch

i'm just redesigning the protein feed interface and interested to hear people's thoughts on what they'd like to/not see.

i'm looking at doing something yayhooray/boingboing blog-style i.e. simple layouts, nice functionality and easy to read. one question still lingering is if we should allow comments under each article or direct people to the forum to carry on the discussion ...

... so, we want to hear from you our most beautiful protein people.

- does something on the site *really* annoy you?
- would you love to have something added?
- what would make your day extrasupaspecial?

talk to us. tell us we're shit. tell us we're the shit. that's what this thread is for.

enjoy, will.

it's all here:

www.fuckdontfight.com

plenty, plenty sticker packs for you to spread some protein all over your local neighbourhood.