So I'm leaving a restaurant after a nice dinner and I see a Jeep with a license plate of "WebGUI". I think to myself, who the heck does this guy think he is?
Then I realize that it's my Jeep, and that I have the coolest job on the planet because my job at Plain Black is to bring the good news about WebGUI to the masses. While you wouldn't think 'selling' (I use the term loosely) a free software package would be that difficult, but actually it is when you compete in a flooded CMS market of over 2000+ products! Just trying to get the word out above all the other noise is quite an accomplishment.
That's where the WebGUI License Plate Club comes into play! Whenever I'm running errands, offroading, running from cops, or whatever else.... I'm promoting WebGUI at the same time! This is a win-win situation folks and when you think of the cost involved in this marketing campaign, it's practically nothing. Heck, I think those license plates can last like 20 years nowadays.
Get your WebGUI license plate today from your Secretary of State and start spreading the good word about WebGUI. You'll be surprised how many people ask you... "what the crap is that on your license plate..." and that's... when you hit them between the eyes with your favorite CMS.
Good luck, and don't get in my way when I'm driving. :)
The 2008 YAPC::NA conference was held in Chicago this year at the Illinois Institute of Technology. It was a huge success and Plain Black/WebGUI were there to share in the fun. The president of Plain Black Corporation, JT Smith, was the presenter in 2 different sessions this year. The first was a 4 hour lab which walked new developers through installing WebGUI. The room was so packed that the staff had to get up, find chairs for incoming people, and then stand themselves! JT's second session was an hour long and talked about why WebGUI is a great framework to use when developing in Perl. This session had great attendance as well and included the great one, Larry Wall. After the presentation, Larry came over to JT and told him that he recently recommended WebGUI to a friend's church website. Because of this magic moment, we now can say that "WebGUI is Larry Wall approved!". Overall, YAPC:NA 2008 was a great success and Plain Black was proud to be a Bronze Sponsor at this year's event.
These are some pictures of the 600 Gooey's we gave away at our booth at the SCALE 2008 conference. Note that they even invaded the Novell booth next door.
My last minute contribution for the webgui ad campin contest. All the art work is taken from a picture of what is probably a movie poster of a movie called Octopus. I found the picture some time ago on the internet, but I don't know where anymore.
The fonts used are freeware fonts, appropiately called bloody and zombie found on wantedfonts.com.
