Blogs

 Chris Guillebeau presented his new book 'The $100 Startup' on Monday, January 21st with over 175 people in Cruzio's coworking space, Cruzioworks. Chris discussed the focus of his new book briefly but a majority of his time was spent as "Q&AA" which stands for Questions and Attempted Answers. Chris took questions from everything regarding his thoughts on

The City of Santa Cruz and Code for America, a national nonprofit that uses talented web professionals to improve government services, are proud to announce the public launch of OpenCounter,  an online small business permitting system.

 

Designed and developed throughout 2012, OpenCounter reduces the confusion of starting a business by creating an online

 Cruzio's Industy — telecommunications — keeps changing and our valiant staff works hard to stay ahead of the curve. Every year, we adopt new technology and even invent new ways of doing business. 2012 was a busy year for us, culminating in a being named Business of the Year from the Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce (a huge honor!)Here's a look back at we've

 

 

Inside Scoop: Ice Cream and Conversation with the Santa Cruz City Council Candidates

 

Santa Cruz NEXT, Cruzio Internet, Civinomics, and Santa Cruz Geeks are joining forces to hold a ice cream social with the Santa Cruz City Council candidates. 

Come mix and mingle with the candidates over drinks and ice cream on Wednesday, September 19th from 6 to 9 pm

Santa Cruz has always been known as a beach community, an oasis where Bay Area citizens can escape into the sunny bliss of rolling surf and beautiful redwoods. However, in recent months, Santa Cruz is making waves in another way, following Kansas City, Chattanooga and Lafayette in creating a hyper-connected "Gig City."

But where other cities have relied on

Wonderful party/showcase last week when hundreds of people came to celebrate local business at the Think Local First mixer at Cruzioworks in downtown Santa Cruz.

Buying locally puts a much higher percentage of your dollars back into your own community where it can be used to foster a safer, cleaner, better environment in which to live in and raise

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- Here's the best news you've heard in years about Bay Area real estate. A new report offers not just a glimmer of hope in California's housing market, but predicts a roaring comeback over the next six years. We could be poised for a dramatic comeback.

ABC7 spoke with the California director of the Economic Forecast and he's

Congratulations to Hope Services for collecting 3455 lbs of e-waste!

Thank you to all who donated their e-waste to Hope Services on July 23! Not only did you help safely recycle your retired electronics, but the waste will be turned into valuable dollars for our important local non-profit, Hope Services. Hope Services' mission is to provide employment

 

 

How to book the acoustic music series at the Ugly Mug

Part of the Good Times Making Noise blog. My goal is to provide helpful information to local bands on how to book shows and build their audience.

In today's high-tech music market, sometimes you just can't trust what you hear. Consider the ease with which artists can produce their own tracks bursting

Tune into Community Television of Santa Cruz County on Election Night for
the best and most extensive local coverage of election results and analysis.
 
Beginning at 7:30pm on Comcast Ch 26/Charter Ch 72, and live streaming at
http://communitytv.org/ctv2, CTV’s election coverage will feature special
hosts and guests from around the county, including Fred Keeley,

Our very own Congressman, Sam Farr, paid Cruzio Internet and building partner Ecology Action a visit last week to tour our new building. Cruzio's founder and CEO, Peggy Dolgenos, showed Representative Farr around. He learned about our plans to pull fiber Internet into the building, examined the bones of our forthcoming state-of-the-art colocation center,

Community TV has lots going on around the upcoming November 2010 Elections. 

CTV will be covering the election LIVE on November 2, Election Night.  We will present local real time results and analysis late into the night. You can catch the action on CTV's Comcast 26/Charter 72 channel, which also streams live on the internet thanks to a generous donation

You've probably heard all the buzz about Santa Cruz vying for Google's fiber (kudos to Network Santa Cruz for the snazzy "Think Big about a Gig" title).

All of us here at Cruzio are stoked about the possibility of Google bringing fiber to Santa Cruz (especially the open access part). We'd love it if everyone had incredible connections to the

Nat Young is a homeboy for us Santa Cruz West Siders. He won last year's Coldwater Classic in Santa Cruz as teenager up against some of the best and most experienced surfers in the world — Local Boy winning Local Contest. Plus, he thanks his mom and dad in interviews.  He also says "surfing is the best way to improve your surfing." Come on, you've got to

I was caught by surprise by Genevieve Bookwalter's story in the Sentinel Friday that construction of a visitors center for the Monterey Bay Marine Sanctuary could begin by January.

Last time I heard, they needed about $3 million in contributions from the community. Bookwalter's story says the project will be $16 million. Her story says that $13.6 million

Knowledge work becomes a competitive advantage when traditional manufacturing work begins happening elsewhere. Drivers of the new sustainable, regional economy are digital education and entertainment.

What's required to better interconnect media producers and designers with the audiences eager for content? Bandwidth.

What can we do to create greater broadband

I like living in Santa Cruz. I love the atmosphere and the small-town college scene, the decent prices and local flavors. I grew up here, and I'm proud to call SC my home. But let's face it: it seems the only time SC makes the national news is when we're onstage as an example of the worst side of liberalism. Peggy's last post about the rambling woman who

We all laughed at the spaced-out Miss South Carolina when she babbled about education and South Africa in 2008. But Santa Cruz has its own brand of crazy babbling. I guess it could happen anywhere, any time someone starts a speech without thinking through what they'll say. This must be why people fear public speaking.

Does it reflect badly on our town? The

Reporter: Westi Haughey

On a recent Saturday morning, myself and other committed staff and volunteers of Cruzio Internet and HOPE Services joined to host an electronic waste recycling day.

We were delighted to meet a number of Cruzio members, neighbors, friends and supporters who delivered a steady stream of e-waste for the free collection event. Donations