After the launch…

Hey everybody! It’s been almost a month after the launch. How do you like it? Tell us at contact@nysics.co.cc.

In this post, I’m going to tell you some of the new features, then tell you what’s coming down the road very soon.

Here they are:

• Mobile – Now there’s a mobile version of Nysics, made especially for the iPhone. It uses iWebKit as it’s platform. So now you can watch your favorite Nysics videos, update your Nysics Social status, read the blogs, and more, from your phone.
• Past Websites – This feature was not available at launch, was added in a couple days later, and is still in beta. With this, you can see past versions, or never released versions, of the Nysics website. We’re working on being able to see past versions of other websites that Nysics designs or is in charge of.
• Nysics Studios – This was a feature in some older versions of the site, and has now been officially released. It’s the main hub to Nysics Media, Nysics Interactive, and Nysics Design.
• Nysics Media – Formerly Nysics Player, it’s a fresh, new re-designed page. It doesn’t use flash, so it’s faster to load. It also has a better layout than previous versions. It organizes videos by Featured, Recent, and All, so you can get your your favorite Nysics videos faster.
• Nysics Interactive – You might know it as the Downloads page from previous versions. It’s been re-designed, and as you may have noticed, there is not as much software as there was before. We’re re-developing our products so that they’ll fit the new infrastructure. They should be released soon. One main product that is coming is Nysics Toolbar.
• Nysics Design – Nysics Design is our designing service. It makes websites, ads, videos, logos, and more. Because of some complaints about the site not loading properly, a site redesign is coming very soon. No flash, so it’s faster to load.
• Nysics Contact – It’s our contact page. But it’s now been updated our email address: contact@nysics.co.cc. If you have any questions or comments, email us there. If you want to leave feedback about the site, design, or anything else, email us here: feedback@nysics.co.cc. We’re working on more ways to contact us.
• And more to come – There is a lot more to come. Like the update to Nysics Design, a new homepage, the toolbar, more software, more videos… Oh, it’s gonna be good.

And that’s pretty much it! Some other changes are, of course, the site design, names, and some other niceties. And a nice back end for us.

Hope you enjoy the new design! Have a great week. Oh, and please leave feedback!

Partnership with Diameter Game Creations

As you have probably noticed, the servers are down right now due to upgrading. So, while our website is upgrading, why not read about our partnership with Diameter Game Creations?

That’s right, we have partnered up with Diameter Game Creations(or, Diameter for short), and are [re-]designing their website. We’ve even designed their logo. Actually, if you go to the Nysics Beta Playground, you’ll notice that we have a beta group for them.

So, enjoy our partnership with them. We might start developing games from our videos… maybe even a Meister Who game? No promises…

Anyway. Enjoy the new website!

P.S. http://nysics.co.cc is back up! Please use that rather than http://nysics.110mb.com from now on. Thanks!

nysics.co.cc isn’t working, use nysics.110mb.com

We’re getting ready for the big update on Saturday, which means that we’re changing servers, upgrading databases, and changing domain names. In that case, http://nysics.co.cc will not be available for a while. We recommend that you use http://nysics.110mb.com until it is.

Until then, have a great week! And mark your calendars for Saturday!

New stuff all around

You might have noticed that I haven’t blogged in a while, here or on the Clubhouse. That’s because we at Nysics have been working on some really cool stuff coming down the road. This includes:

• A new site design
  On February 13th, we will launch the next version of our website. It’s going to be easier to use, will have more features and media, and some new “services”. You can try it out now here: http://nysics.co.cc/beta/nysics2/index.html
  Note that this is NOT the final build, and that not everything in the beta works.
• Nysics Chat 3.0
  We will also be releasing the next version of Nysics Chat on the 13th. This version will no longer need software updates: whenever we make a new version, it’s automatically updated. You don’t even need to check for updates. Once we release this version(3.0), the older versions(1.5 and lower) will stop working. So please upgrade!
• Meister Who
  Meister Who is an all-new TV/Web series based on Doctor Who that we’re working on with In A World Productions. The first episode should be out by the end of this year.
• More to come
  Right now, there is just some stuff I can’t talk about. But when I can, I will defiantly tell all of you. But let’s just say some of it will be ground breaking.

Until next time, have a great week!

Changes to Nysics Social(update w/date)

Hey everybody! Sorry that I haven’t posted in a while. We at Nysics have been busy with some cool stuff that will come out in 2010.

But I’m not talking about that today. I’m here to announce something very exciting about Nysics Social. We’re going public on January 1st, 2010! That means anybody can sign up for Nysics Social, not just those select few.

But there’s a little problem with that. Going public means that anybody can view your profile. Unless if you don’t care about just ANYBODY viewing your profile, we have a solution for you. Two, actually. You can delete your Nysics Social account, or make it private. Here’s how:

So you want to delete your Nysics Social account. That’s fine, we understand. Here’s how you do it:

Step 1: Log in – Go to the Nysics Social homepage and click the Sign In button on the right. Enter your email address and password, then click “Sign In”.

Step 2: Go to your account – On the right side of the page, click the “settings” button. Scroll down to the bottom of the page, then click “Leave Nysics Social”.

Step 3: Delete Your Account – Make sure the “Delete my content” box is checked, then click the “Leave” button.

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Step 1: Log in – Go to the Nysics Social homepage and click the “Sign In” button on the right. Enter your email address and password, then click “Sign In”.

Step 2: Go to your account – On the right of the page, click the “settings” button. On the next page, click the “Privacy” tab on the left.

Step 3: Make everything private – You should be on the Privacy page. To make your profile private, select “Just My Friends” for all of the options in the “Visibility” section. (Tip: You can also change other privacy settings here.)

Now your profile is private, and you can enjoy Nysics Social the safe way!

Have fun, and Merry Christmas!

Update: Are you ready for the public release of Nysics Social? Take this poll:

Nysics OS 2 is out!

Nysics has finally released its second OS. We are pleased to announce, Nysics OS 2 is out!

We’ve added a few new features, including:

• All of the new features Ubuntu 9.10 has(well, we did build on it…)
• Java support
• More Video Codecs
• …and more!

You can get it at http://nysicsos.co.cc for free, as always. We at Nysics hope that you will enjoy this release. Have fun!

A peek at what is to come…

Hey everybody out there! Sorry it’s been a long time since we’ve posted! We have been working on a lot of cool things that we’re sure you will love. Here is a peek at some of them:

Websites
We have been working on a couple websites that you might enjoy. One is more completed than the other, and here are the reasons why:

• Nysics News
  This website will be the portal to all of our news content, such as blogs, our Twitter feed, and coming soon, our new news show: ABCNN.
  The reason why this site has not launched:
  ABCNN has been put behind schedule, due to the Host and the Co-Host not being able to come on the set at the same time. They were either one place or another.
• Nysics Player
  Nysics Player is the portal to all of the videos Nysics has produced, and then some. Nysics Player introduces a new design and a different code set, making this website quite unique.
  The reason why this site has not launched:
  Lets just blame it on ABCNN. Nysics Player features ABCNN on the front page, and since ABCNN has not yet released, it would be a little odd to feature something that is not out yet.

Blog Posts
We have two blog posts in the making for the Nysics Clubhouse. Both dealing with Windows Live. But that’s all we can say!

All of these things(and maybe more…) will be launched next month, hopefully sooner. Hope to see you then!

Happy Birthday, Nysics Social!

Today is Nysics Social’s first birthday!

Wow, it’s already been a year!

For those of you who don’t know what Nysics Social is, I’ll give you a little history.

We found this really cool platform called Ning on the 24th of September 2008, and decided to build a site(or a social network) on it. Now, at the time, we thought that we would just use it to host our media(Pictures, Videos, etc…), but little did we know that we would build a social network where people communicated and had fun with each other. When people started signing up, we re-designed the site to read “Nysics Social” instead of “Nysics Media”, and added a few more features. We also built some other sites(like “Nysics Community – a place where writers could build on each others ideas, and “Nysics Awards” – where we gave out awards to people who participated in games), but nobody really signed up or participated in them, so we took those sites down and quickly forgot about them(at least we TRIED). But Nysics Social survived, and is still being used by our 18 users(We did have a few spam requests). Over time, we moved all of our websites over to Ning, and updated the UIs(User Interface) to match each other.

Now, we hope to have more people sign up in the next coming years, so be sure to tell your friends about Nysics Social.
Well, that’s all for today. I’ve got to go eat some cake and ice cream. Happy Birthday Nysics Social, hope to still have you next year!

More new rules

Our rules for Nysics Social have been updated for the second time because of a user who was having a hard time with her friend. Here are the rules (the bolded text is the new rule):

The Rules:
1-Content: PLEASE only post children friendly stuff anywhere on the website. If you do not, it will be removed.
2-Language: A:DO NOT use any bad language of ANY KIND! This includes taking God’s name in vain!
B:Do not use hate speech. You know, talking bad stuff about other people, etc…
3-Profile Pictures: Please do NOT post immodest, or un-appropriate profile pics. I will have to ban you if you post them. Also, please use profile pictures of YOU(not of anybody else). You CAN post pictures of flowers, dogs, tucans, etc…
If you do NOT follow the rules, you will get a warning from the admin(me). After two warnings, you WILL BE BANNED FROM THE WEBSITE! I am NOT joking! This website is supposed to be family friendly, and i intend to keep it that way!

Please obey the rules. It helps everybody to have a better time on Nysics services.

- The Nysics Team

New site updates

Notice the new site changes? We’ve made a couple cool changes. First, and the most notable, is that you don’t see the annoying top grey-bar thing anymore.

Another nice update is the Blogs page. It has a cleaner design, and now houses all of our blogs. All of them. 

Another update: The homepage. It is now the portal for all of your Nysics needs. It houses our Twitter feed, our top two blogs, and more. And we’re going to add even more stuff.

Another great new feature is the feedback tab. You can’t miss it. It’s on all of our sites.

Oh, and last but not least, the Downloads page now has Nysics OS on the list.

Hope you enjoy these updates, and as always, leave feedback! We love feedback!

- The Nysics Team