tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319670702011-06-08T02:45:23.799-04:00senorblueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02038388439195274356noreply@blogger.comBlogger391100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967070.post-29675022486700506512008-01-23T14:30:00.000-05:002008-01-23T14:31:21.759-05:00

The Empressr blog can now be found here

bryanthatcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934397661184848590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967070.post-83582861328847902202008-01-11T16:59:00.000-05:002008-01-11T17:03:33.325-05:00

Empressr will be in Austin for all three shows, stop by the Empressr booth say hi, and enter to win a cool prize.

bryanthatcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934397661184848590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967070.post-36052357523154569372008-01-09T17:45:00.000-05:002008-12-09T18:07:35.387-05:00

The VizThink conference is taking place in San Francisco at the end of January 27-29 and Empressr will be there. I feel there is great synergy in what we are doing and what the conference is all about, visual thinking. Empressr is a great tool to express your thoughts in a visual way. Take a look at the VizThink website, if you feel your a visual thinker, you should attend, if your not a visual

bryanthatcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934397661184848590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967070.post-52325617850442421202008-01-09T17:41:00.000-05:002008-01-09T18:04:26.486-05:00

MejorNegocios a Major independent magazine in Madrid Spain, covers Empressr in their online and print versions!

bryanthatcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934397661184848590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967070.post-7369284705385596732007-12-04T11:12:00.000-05:002008-12-09T18:07:35.529-05:00

In the November issue of Inc Magazine and online, Empressr was included in a peer review of the strength of several online applications that go Beyond Powerpoint. Empresr was classified in the category of "Best for...Handling multimedia Web presentations" Check out the full article here, we are on the second page of the story.

bryanthatcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934397661184848590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967070.post-86351968290533814042007-12-03T21:30:00.000-05:002007-12-03T22:13:16.362-05:00

Emails are going out this week to let everyone know that Empressr is ready for Public Beta! We are really excited about the v3. It has been re-imagined!We know there will be a lot of questions, and yes some bugs :) and we encourage all comments and questions. We will be posting some screen casts to the Web site at the end of the week to help you get empressed.The New Flex Empressr Composr is

bryanthatcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934397661184848590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967070.post-8446854187414761392007-12-03T21:28:00.000-05:002007-12-03T21:42:31.077-05:00

Thanks Mark for the nice writeup

bryanthatcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934397661184848590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967070.post-1753415444138979922007-11-02T13:20:00.000-04:002008-12-09T18:07:35.740-05:00

Empressr was chosen as the "Technology Pace Setter" at The New New Internet Conference in Reston VA. It's a great honor that the distinguished Judging Committee of industry experts and venture capitalists chose Empressr over the other companies in the group. I gave a 5 minute talk on Empressr and our strategy for its creation, to the packed hall of over 500 attendees.

bryanthatcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934397661184848590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967070.post-78468070272401402932007-09-22T10:20:00.000-04:002008-01-09T21:43:11.255-05:00

Sign up now for the private beta. We will begin inviting people in a few weeks.**Update, Private beta is over, everyone can sign up now.

bryanthatcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934397661184848590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967070.post-6152558494861456142007-09-20T17:03:00.002-04:002007-09-21T14:52:23.643-04:00

I'm at the third show of the Empressr Fall roadshow. It has been a hectic week, Monday and Tuesday in San Francisco for the Techcrunch40, where Empressr was part of the demo pit. Then the red eye to Boston Tuesday for the opening of FlashForward. Today is the second day of Flashforward and I have been demoing the new Flex interface of the Empressr Composr. The Composr is where you create and edit

bryanthatcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934397661184848590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967070.post-13148613880334440502007-09-20T00:43:00.000-04:002008-12-09T18:07:35.974-05:00

Here's our new booth setup pictured here at Flash Forward. We're expecting a ton of traffic. Stop by and say hello if you are there.

senorblueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02038388439195274356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967070.post-4860755576204074992007-09-20T00:18:00.001-04:002008-12-09T18:07:36.241-05:00

Just got back from Techcrunch 40 today. We had excellant time and received great feedback from the demopit of our new rich media presentation editor that we call the Composr. We're off to FlashForward in Boston where we'll be a major exhibitor as well.

senorblueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02038388439195274356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967070.post-40283942486207859172007-09-15T12:42:00.000-04:002007-09-15T12:47:14.673-04:00

This is a screencast of the New Empressr Composr Flex interface that we will be showing at TechCrunch40 next week. Launching to Private Beta in October.

bryanthatcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934397661184848590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967070.post-42019219388363941742007-08-23T11:55:00.000-04:002007-08-23T11:53:07.325-04:00

I haven't written anything about the new Flex/Flash interface yet, I think it's time to catch everyone up on what's been going on behind the scenes at Empressr.You have seen the new features being added to the web site, but not much to the editor (Composr). Launching this September is a completely rewritten Flex based editor for v3.The main reason for the rewrite is to make the user experience a

bryanthatcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934397661184848590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967070.post-25686696958480790502007-08-21T21:30:00.000-04:002007-08-21T21:32:43.504-04:00

Cool site, lots of links to useful web applications, as well as Empressr

bryanthatcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934397661184848590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967070.post-89040498565293262522007-08-21T17:52:00.000-04:002008-12-09T18:07:36.419-05:00

Join us at MAX 2007, the annual Adobe user event, Sept. 30-Oct. 3 in Chicago, IL. This year's event offers world-class training, unparalleled networking opportunities, and hands-on access to the latest technologies.Over 200 technical sessionsAdobe leadership keynotesAfter hours lounges (New!)Case studiesFull-day hands-on trainingHands-on workshopsCommunity pavilionLearn more at http://

bryanthatcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934397661184848590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967070.post-85369324436147353632007-08-21T17:09:00.000-04:002007-08-21T23:18:42.633-04:00

Empressr has signed up to be a sponsor at the FlashForward2007 conference in Boston. The conference is September 19-21, 2007 at the Marriott Copley Place, Boston. If your going we would love if you stopped by the booth and check out Empressr.

bryanthatcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934397661184848590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967070.post-89240227043212579842007-08-21T16:35:00.000-04:002007-08-21T16:41:08.340-04:00

Wow the list is growing! When Empressr launched their was only three companies in this space. Take a read here http://mashable.com/2007/08/12/online-presentations/

bryanthatcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934397661184848590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967070.post-67127044026147978182007-08-17T10:27:00.000-04:002007-08-17T10:27:46.601-04:00

The next feature release will give you the ability to upload your PowerPoint file to Empressr, we will extract out the slides as images and build a image based presentation. This will allow you to share work that you have previously created in PowerPoint with your friends and colleagues. Like the Quick Show feature once you create the PPT Show, you can open it in the Empressr Composr and add

bryanthatcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934397661184848590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967070.post-1158960170789046402007-08-17T10:26:00.000-04:002007-08-17T10:27:06.336-04:00

The word Empresser, that we shortened to Empressr comes from middle English impressen, to imprint, from Old French empresser, from Latin impressus. I think that's pretty cool.

ronni k.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967070.post-46192539784751199202007-08-16T20:07:00.000-04:002007-08-16T20:12:30.015-04:00

Empressr is sponsoring this event and others this fall, I hope to see you there.

bryanthatcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934397661184848590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967070.post-22565071014834300922007-08-14T17:52:00.000-04:002008-12-09T18:07:37.270-05:00

Today we released the Empressr Quick Show feature that provides you with a fast and easy way to create a presentation using the assets in your Library. A multi-asset upload feature provides a fast way to populate your library with images, videos and swf files.Log into Empressr, If you already have images in your Library then select the + Quick Show buttonTo add images to your Library, select the

bryanthatcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934397661184848590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967070.post-51016623376154083082007-08-14T11:20:00.000-04:002008-12-09T18:07:37.355-05:00

Empressr will be part of the Technology Showcase, at The New New Internet show, this is a competition one company will be chosen to be the "Technology Pace Setter". We are excited to be a part of the showcase, we are also psyched that we don't have to cross the country to do it. Finally some east coast technology presence!

bryanthatcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934397661184848590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967070.post-50683913223723495022007-08-07T00:08:00.000-04:002007-08-07T00:21:47.258-04:00

We have been invited to a lot of places this fall, so it's going to be a busy season. We kick off with the Office 2.0 Conference by Ismael Ghalimi, the event is in San Francisco September 5-7th at the St. Regis Hotel hotel. Empressr will have a demonstration booth there, so it you are thinking about coming to the event, please stop by. I attended the Office 2.0 event last year and I found it to

bryanthatcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934397661184848590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967070.post-90787769158369028612007-08-02T19:52:00.000-04:002007-08-02T19:58:47.892-04:00

To be release in our next scheduled push is a quick slideshow widget that will allow you to drag a series of assets (images, videos, etc), into the widget, hit create quick slideshow, and Empressr will generate a presentation with all selected assets. You can then publish the slideshow or add additional text, charts, images or video and then publish. This new feature will help build fast

bryanthatcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934397661184848590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967070.post-43057376671897783332007-06-15T13:22:00.000-04:002007-07-23T13:23:20.776-04:00

The editor has been enhanced and branded as Composr. Users can now launch Composr in a separate window in order to simultaneously access the social and management portion of the Web site while continuing to edit the current Empressr.

bryanthatcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934397661184848590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967070.post-50630216773145608602007-06-01T12:11:00.000-04:002007-07-23T13:22:47.971-04:00

In June we released an all new version of the Empressr Web site that provides social networking tools and a place for you to publish your work and share with your friends. The Web site includes ratings, commenting and a user/tag search to help find interesting Empressr's.With the release of the new Web site we have also enhanced the editors interface. A style picker and font manager, along with

bryanthatcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934397661184848590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967070.post-1165274055198610882006-12-04T18:12:00.000-05:002006-12-04T18:15:31.833-05:00

I know we have been quiet for the last two months. We've been busy making some major rewrites to the way the backend operations work while optimizing the design and user experience of the frontend. These changes will allow us to offer many new features to Empressr that our users have been desiring. Please check back with us in early 2007!In the meantime, thanks to all the StumbleUpon users for

bryanthatcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02303210374525987063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967070.post-1159194441695407092006-09-25T10:09:00.000-04:002007-06-05T12:17:44.251-04:00

In the latest rev of Empressr, just out late last week, we announce the ability to embed your presentation into web pages. You can do this using javascript (paste the embed code into the source code of your page), html (paste the embed code into your blog, myspace, etc.) You can also send someone a direct link or use the email tool.There are multiple predetermined sizes that you can choose from,

bryanthatcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02303210374525987063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967070.post-1158950823168994452006-09-22T14:46:00.000-04:002006-09-22T17:29:11.700-04:00

We've updated our website with a fresh new design. It's more of a facelift than anything else. But we're display the latest release changes on the home page so you can see what improvements we're making. There's also featured quotes from your reviews and emails, so if you have any thoughts you'd like to share, send them over.

ronni k.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967070.post-1158646638394837162006-09-18T23:42:00.000-04:002006-09-19T02:17:18.443-04:00

The easiest way to link to a image outside of the Empressr site is to simply right click an image, copy the image location, then paste that into the image URL field and press insert. Pretty easy. This works as long as the image location is a permanent link.You can also use the permalinks from Flickr and Photobucket. For Flickr go to the "Available Sizes" area, choose the size and copy the photo's

bryanthatcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02303210374525987063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967070.post-1158284079340904852006-09-14T21:32:00.000-04:002006-09-15T23:20:43.413-04:00

We added new functionality which lets you link to assets on the web from your Empressr presentation. All you need is the URL of the item you want to link to.Select either flash, video or image from the Insert menu in the Editor:In the pop-up window, select the Link tab, copy/paste the URL into the form field and click the Insert button:The item should now appear in your presentation. From here,

ronni k.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967070.post-1157562919983116702006-09-06T13:11:00.000-04:002006-09-15T23:11:59.066-04:00

We have been getting great coverage from all around the net, the latest is from ajaxian.com, take a look.And another recent review from Ajaxblog:

bryanthatcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02303210374525987063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967070.post-1156528028344891902006-08-25T13:37:00.000-04:002006-08-31T13:38:02.626-04:00

Many of you have asked about export features in Empressr. We plan on adding import/export capabilities in future releases. But if you have an Adobe Print utility installed, you can already save your Empressr presentations to PDF.For Mac OS X users, the utility comes installed on your machines.To save presentations as PDF:> Open a presentation in the Editor> In the Editor File menu, select the

ronni k.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967070.post-1156437445571406802006-08-24T12:28:00.000-04:002006-08-25T16:36:28.350-04:00

Now you can use simple quick key commands to move around objects on your canvas when creating presentations. Use the arrows or the SHIFT + arrows keys to nudge and align elements easily. Check the Help menu > Helpful Hints section in Empressr for a complete list.

ronni k.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967070.post-1155667179796178142006-08-15T14:18:00.000-04:002006-08-15T18:44:42.826-04:00

If you're new to Empressr, you may notice a presentation already in your folder called "Empressr". It's a sample presentation which highlights some of Empressr's most useful features.We put it there for those who want to play with the app, but don't necessarily want to start from scratch. You can open, edit and view the presentation as a slide show or send it to a client/friend. But you can't

ronni k.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967070.post-1155318256594055252006-08-11T13:43:00.000-04:002006-08-25T16:38:44.020-04:00

While we're busy adding presentation-building features, we thought we'd share some helpful hints and workarounds. You'll find the Hints located under the Help menu in the Editor. The Known Issues are posted here as well.If you discover any workarounds you frequently use while making presentations, please share them with us! We'll keep updating (and deleting) from this list as new features become

ronni k.noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967070.post-1154376750552300352006-07-31T16:08:00.000-04:002006-08-25T13:27:08.093-04:00

Empressr Blog has a new home at Blogger.com! We're excited about bringing you new updates, builds, and even some previously undocumented features as they are available. In our first month, we've had over 1000 users register! Empressr has also been featured on digg.com, techcrunch.com, and more!Stay tuned for more.

empressrnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31967070.post-1154385948162328402006-06-29T18:45:00.000-04:002006-08-01T10:16:16.366-04:00

Empressr is live and ready for users.

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