Indexhibit
Index + Exhibit

Yes Yes Yes

2012-01-06 06:08:35

Yes, we absolutely are still working on Indexhibit. Things have been very active on the dev side for some time now. If you've ever dug around our forum you will find that we talk about it from time to time there.

When? We haven't set a date but it's not far away.

January 2011 Updates

2011-01-19 14:18:59

January 2011 marks the beginning of changes for Indexhibit. The project has operated very loosely over the years and this year we plan to make Indexhibit fun and we hope more interesting. Behind the scenes we have already been working very hard on new things.

We have been doing some informal beta testing of a vastly updated and improved Indexhibit. Students and professionals alike have been favorable towards the new system. We are looking forward to making it public in the not too distant future.

Indexhibit is thrilled to be participating in Wide White Space:

The Way Beyond Art: Wide White Space
January 20-February 5, 2011

CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts
San Francisco CA

Cork Tiles, Index Cards, and Numbered Pins
Everybody is invited to visit the show and participate by exhibiting one piece of your work in the gallery. A large gallery wall has been covered in cork tiles, exhibit your work on this surface, and write your name and project description on the corresponding numbered index card in the index box resting on a white pedestal.

We wish everybody a good and productive 2011.

Space Oddity

2010-12-09 08:08:40

The original 'original' version, no less. ;)

Murmurs

2010-08-09 11:04:31

Twittering

2010-06-16 13:12:23

We've been told we haven't been using our Twitter account responsibly recently. We simply were not even aware that we should be having conversations via the space. We are now, all apologies if we've never responded to your note. We are going to try when we can think of something smart, relevant, intellectual, funny, embarrassing (in a good way) and/or possibly even informational.

Here is our Twitter account - join and tell us our hair looks crazy today.

Tweet, tweet, tweeee...that's probably pretty old by now. ;)

NYC

2010-03-30 18:57:50

We are looking for a small retail business, preferably local to NYC, who is in need to a simple site to display the items/objects from their store. The kinds of shops we have in might could include: butcher, lightbulb shop, small shoe shop, specialized (niche) hardware store, etc. Fees for these services are of no matter. Vaska will be in NYC until mid-April. ;)

Update: Thanks folks, but we've had enough interest in this post - let's consider this one closed.

Make bread with Mark Bittman

2010-02-23 17:21:43

Dan and I have been on a serious Mark 'The Minimalist' Bittman craze the past few months. Like many others, we have been introducing people to the "no knead" bread he introduced over at the NYTimes a couple years ago. It's really a fabulous thing. Watch the video:

We invite you to follow Mark's lead and make your own no knead bread. Send a picture with your name and url to noknead@indexhibit.org and we will compile an exhibit of your makings. Tell your friends - spread the word - make some bread today!

Here is a similar collection of photos of no knead bread at Flickr.

Updated: The New York Times had an interesting article today, Better Bread With Less Kneading.

Make Things - Even an Omelette

2010-02-01 15:58:30

Be. Inspired.

Indexhibit and Flash

2009-09-28 05:02:14

Over the years I've been asked a few times to write a Flash frontend template for Indexhibit. Unfortunately, Flash is not my expertise so it would have taken a considerable amount of time.

But the guys over at apdev recently did just this. We'll allow the link speak for itself:

Flash frontend for Indexhibit CMS

Perhaps this can serve as some inspiration for the Flash folks out there. The full screen mode is quite nice too.

Transparency

2009-09-26 17:09:37

Transparency is a good thing.

We completely recognize that Indexhibit could be a bit more transparent of an organization but, as we've mentioned before, we never expected it to become this ubiquitous. This success has been great, but it's not without its downside.

We just wanted to post a quick note that, although it will take a little time, Indexhibit intends to become more transparent. In particular, the new version will be posted to an SVN before it is officially released. We will welcome people to play with it and offer feedback and even improvements if they have them.

If there is one area where Indexhibit has not been successful it's been in creating a community of participants actively helping out with the core code base, themes, exhibition formats and new plugins. We do plan to launch a new section of our website that will cover all of these things.

The second disappointment that Dan and myself have with this project is that it has become so much about code for many - customizations. It's a bit ironic if you consider the previous paragraph. We have always been conscious about keeping the code away from the site but as of today the lack of code, tutorials, API information, etc., has become a drawback. We are not sure how we will deal with this in the future (many more themes and plugins?) but it's something that has clearly become a sticking point.

We have intended to do this for some time, but there were other projects that pay the bills, and alot of time spent trying to figure out some things (which will become more clear when it happens). We have been confused in the process as well - but we also believed in this process (and still do).

We will make this all much more public soon. Thanks for bearing with us...we really have been hard at work for Indexhibit.