NZfusion.com

While the unveiling of our main project draws ever closer, we thought we’d try a cool experiment on the side.  And it’s cool because we want YOU, the anonymous reader who is brimming with potential and clever ideas, to be a part of it!  A few weeks ago, we came across a great word - Whizzoo, for which the .com domain was available.  (Infact, kiwiwebguy on http://sharemynz.co.nz/ told us about it, and told us we could run with it.  So, we did!)

Now, the million dollar question: What exactly IS a Whizzoo?  What does it do?  We don’t know yet, and we want you to come to www.whizzoo.com and tell us.  We are thinking to unleash the collaborative power of the internet and… build a social tool that is socially designed!  You can also vote for ideas that are already there by clicking the little ‘plus’ button next to each suggestion.

Looking forward to your suggestions and we will announce the greatest idea … when you have put it there.

Well the NZfusion site has been up for a couple of weeks now and we just wanted to say a big thank you to everyone that provided suggestions for improvement - we’ll be sure to build them into the next release.

At the moment we’re focussed on our first official project and I have to say we’re making fantastic progress. We’re in the design phase and can’t give away too much detail just yet, however I can tell you that charities and other fantastic causes will be very keen to hear about what we’re doing. It’s also closely aligned to NZfusion’s goal of reaching out to others…

This all sounds pretty vague, I know, so I promise we’ll have more juicy updates for you soon. In the meantime, if you haven’t already subscribed to the NZfusion mailing list you should get onboard now to ensure you don’t miss any of our upcoming press releases!

Yes, thats right! I have spent a little time working on a cool Ajax-PHP-MySql email register. This way we should be able to keep track of who is interested in getting the juicey details on what it is that we are doing before the rest of the world does… perhaps even before some of our direcotrs find out!

It has taken a little of playing around with to get just right … PHP and MySql was easy enough, all we are doing is loading an email addres into a table… but I had a little to learn around using jQuery and this is what I ended up with:

 /*
 * Function is run when the DOM is ready.
 */
$(function() {
	$("#emailform").validate({
		event: "keyup",
		errorLabelContainer: $("#messageBox"),
		wrapper: "li",
		rules: {
			email: {
				required: true,
                //rangeLenght Option [minLenght,maxLenght]
				rangeLength:[6,50],
				//It is an E-Mail address
				email: true
			}
		},
		messages: {
			email:
                        'Please enter a valid email address'
		}
	});
});

/*
 * The submit function for our AJAX form
 */
function submitEmail(){
	$.ajax({
		url: 'register_ajax.php',
		type: 'POST',
		data: { email: $('#email').val() },
		dataType: 'html',
		timeout: 1000,
		error: function(msg){
			$('#sign_up').html('Sorry, there was a ' +
                             msg.status + ' error saving your email: ' +
                             msg.responseXML);
		},
		success: function(html){
			$('#sign_up').html(html);
		}
	});
}

It is just remarkable how much is acheived with so little javascript code! The form is sent using Ajax supplied by jquery and is validated by the jquery validation plugin.

James studied Computer Science at Otago University and since then has been in Wellington building applications that help people manage, search and view information.

He believes that you can be technologically informed without avoiding the gym and you should have tools that help you communicate easily without missing Sunday afternoon at the beach.

In parallel life to software development, James has been rowing and coaching and is still passionate about health.

Belle is a 3D Animator and Graphic Artist with a passion to channel the talent of the world into something positive. She likes people and creativity, and believes cooperation is the key to making a sustainable world. She says ‘no’ to plastic bags!

Belle holds a BA/BSc majoring in Chinese and Computer Science from Auckland University, and a Diploma of 3D Animation (with Distinction) from Media Design School. She competed in Beijing against national winners from 43 other countries at the 2004 China Bridge International Chinese Competition organised by the Chinese Government.

Her 3D student reel “Ticket to Ride” was a finalist at the Crowbar Awards in Singapore.

Jason is an ambitious individual with an open mind and an evolving entrepreneurial spirit. He is passionate about leadership, innovation and bringing out the best in others.

Jason has held roles in Account Management, Service Delivery Management, Pre-sales and Consulting. Prior to this, Jason studied Computer Science, Bio-informatics and Accounting at the University of Otago and graduated with a B.Sc. with Honours (1st class).

Outside of work, Jason loves traveling and enjoys spending sunny afternoons out on the golf course. He is also an active investor in shares and property.

Hello world, NZFusion is online. Feels good! Stay tuned for more information about what we will be doing… here are a couple of little hints: stars, media, you… if you think you know what we are doing then let us know! We’ll tell you if you are on the right track… or we might contact you about your great idea!