Stu is all setup and registered. The event starts proper at 1pm with the record attempt scheduled for 3pm. We’re adding more photo’s to the flickr feed as they come. Not all of the full 600 have arrived yet and it’s already deafening! The last photo update shows the view from the balcony of all the drummers who’ve arrived so far.

We hope both Stu and our intrepid reporter Ash have remembered their ear plugs

The world record attempt takes place today. Stu will be keeping us up to date as the day progresses with messages and pictures. More info as we get it. We had a custom drum skin printed for Stu’s bass drum as we thing it looks quite fetching. Seems strange seeing the logo on the front of a drum kit. We’re even more Rock ‘n Roll than we thought!

Good luck Stu!

Normally, writing blog posts has the purpose of drumming up interest in the goings on here at Pyxisoft HQ. Sure, we try and make some of our articles useful and informative, but there is always the secondary purpose of promoting the business.

Anyway, this post is about drumming of a very different kind – drumming in the real sense.

Our very own Stuart Gale (Sales) is taking part in a world record attempt all in aid of MS. The event called Stick it to MS and the basic idea is to beat the current record of 533 drummers playing the same beat at the same time. The event is at the Birmingham NIA and will have 600 drummers playing.

We’re proud to sponsor Stu for this very worthy cause and will keep you all informed on how it goes.

Let there be Rock!

….. and unfortunately we are not. We’ll still be attending the awards as it’s always a great night.

On the plus side, our friends over a PushOn did get shortlisted – for the best use of search; for their work on ‘The Little Greene‘ website. Well done guys, the beers are definitely on you!

We’ve been beavering away at Pyxisift HQ. Last week saw the launch of the updated American Soda site. American Soda came to us to look after the ongoing development of the well establish e-commerce presence. The first phase of upgrades has been completed with imporovements to the user experience, particularly during the checkout process and several updates to the back office.

More work is planned over the coming weeks, including a snappy new blog!

Well, 7th April came and went with no news of the shortlist for BigChip 11. Apparently the sheer number of entries this year, meant that shortlisting was going to be delayed.

Well, today has brought news that people are beginning to find out. The list has not been published yet, as the organisers are contacting each of the shortlistees (is that even a word?) individually before the list is announced.

No news yet, but fingers crossed…..

Pyxisoft have entered this years Big Chip Awards. We’re entered into the “Best Use of e-Business” category for the work with Cardinal Maritime and the FreightCalculator.

We’ll find out on 7th April if we’ve been short-listed or not. Seems like a long way off. Last time I remember feeling like this was when I was at Uni waiting in results day!

Roll on next week.

Recently I upgraded our blogging software to the latest release. The upgrade went without a hitch and all looked ok. I even did a quick check. It really was a quick check however, as it was getting late and I wanted to go home.

Never do an upgrade either last thing in the day and never, never do an upgrade or release on a Friday afternoon! Why you say? because it will invariably go wrong and you wont check things properly if you’re in a hurry. The observant of you will notice the blog looks nothing like the rest of our site.

That’s because I’ve overwritten the template that we use with the default. What makes it worse is that I’ve overwritten the backup! Foolish boy…. granted, I never normally overwrite the templates and in fact, we normally change the template name when we build new blogs with custom templates for other people. Still, we aren’t doing for ourselves what we do for others are we?

The blog will be fixed later today when I get to my laptop (which has a backup of the template on it). By which time everyone reading the blog who subscribes to the how-do weekly wrap (which Pyxisoft currently sponsor) will have seen my mistake.

No Friday afternoon beers for Steve as punishment.

Last night’s Manchester Digital AGM went well and the 12 members of this year’s council were chosen. you can read more about each coucil member in the article on the Manchester Digital site.

Congratulations go to our friends Simon Wharton from PushOn and Raj Mahapatra of Legal 2.0 who were both re-elected. Also, Nina Mack from Mitooshi and MadeWith who was newly elected.

I’ll be at the Manchester Digital AGM tonight to vote at the elections. It’s at MDDA’s offices on Portland St.

Good luck to everyone who’s nominated.