Cruxy was first envisioned back 2004 as something called “DigiPay” and then “OpenVision”, and then ultimately Cruxy, a crossroads of creativity and commerce. Cruxy is also a rock climbing term for a very difficult climbing problem to solve, like perhaps when you have to cling from your fingertips to a horizontal rock shelf and pull [...]

Posté le mercredi 11 mars à 12h39

While we know many of our users are from outside the United States, and others perhaps voted for the other guy, Team Cruxy is proud to congratulate the new President-Elect of the United States, Barack Obama. Here’s to a bright future for all, for the freedom to create and dream, and for regular people to [...]

Posté le mercredi 5 novembre à 7h43

We just found out about a new film on Cruxy, "419: the Nigerian Scam", via this Digg post:

Inspired by his best friend's ordeal but having only $180 to spare, a Canadian student created a movie that won a film festival last week, in Virginia, and had the worldwide premiere at the West Hollywood International Film Festival. There is the trailer and more info about the movie - called "419: the Nigerian Scam".

Posté le mardi 30 septembre à 22h53

We’ve talked about indie film Easter Bunny, Kill Kill! before on this blog, when it was released on Cruxy a few months ago. Now, blog of all things geeky and strange, Geeks of Doom, has a review: Easter Bunny, Kill! Kill! is just the kind of gut punch indie horror needs, both for its original and [...]

Posté le jeudi 29 mai à 22h32

With Google Video and Brightcove canning their paid digital download services, and other "make-money-from-your-video" sites like Revver and Meta Cafe on the block, Cruxy stands alone as THE marketplace for buying and selling user-generated media like short films, songs and instructional videos. Creators are continuing to realize that Cruxy offers the most open, flexible and accessible tools for selling digital media downloads. Why are [...]

Posté le mercredi 21 mai à 16h52

Today, in Second Life, will be the fourth weekly short story session with Warren Adler, author of books that include "War of the Roses" and "Random Hearts". Today, Mr. Adler will be announcing and reading the winners of his recent Short Story Contest. This event is co-hosted by Amazon, providing the virtual location for the event, and Cruxy providing the physical location and assistance for Warren in real-life. Cruxy has also developed a new format for distributing audiobooks in Second Life, which we hope to formally announce soon.... for now, you can see a few pictures below:

Posté le jeudi 13 mars à 12h24

Cruxy co-founder Nathan Freitas will be speaking at the Business of APIs conference March 17th in New York City. This conference is organized by the fantastic company Mashery, who really understand why APIs are important and have built a business around them. In this one-day conference, you will learn from companies that have launched API distribution [...]

Posté le vendredi 7 mars à 13h22

Today, in Second Life, will be the third weekly short story session with Warren Adler, author of books that include “War of the Roses” and “Random Hearts”, and the creator of a number of Short Story Contests. Mr. Adler discusses his techniques and past works, while engaging the audience (many aspiring writers themselves) in interactive [...]

Posté le jeudi 6 mars à 12h29

Out of nowhere, Trent Rezner and Nine Inch Nails just put out a new release called Ghosts. Like Radiohead, NiN is one of the leaders in the emerging trend of superstar artists deciding to go it alone, go digital, and release in a variety of formats. The options for getting the album range from FREE [...]

Posté le dimanche 2 mars à 23h44

Cruxy friend’s Rikshaw Films participated in Current TV’s coverage of the U.S. New Hampshire Presidential Primaries as “CJ’s”, short for Collective Journalists. You might remember our promotion on this blog of Rikshaw’s film and website The Listening Project a few months ago. Listener Han-shan in Afghanistan You can view the Current “Pod” here. Overall its a [...]

Posté le lundi 28 janvier à 10h02