Thus far we have decided to use WordPress and have a working site up and running. We will obviously be adding and improving the information over time.

The site can be found here: Xibo Open Source Digital Signage. We also have a twitter feed available here: http://www.twitter.com/xibosignage

For those that don’t know Xibo is an open source digital signage project which can be found in Launchpad here: https://launchpad.net/xibo

Before Xstreamedia ceased trading it was decided that we would open source our efforts with both products so we could continue to develop and advance them.

After many months of code review and a new team member (@alexharrington) we are drawing close to a stable version 1 release of Xibo – the open source digital signage player.

More information to follow – in the mean time look at:

• Site available here: http://www.xibo.org.uk
• Project page here: https://launchpad.net/xibo

The release is targeted for March 2009!

It has been an interesting 18 months foray into the business world. A Digital Signage product for 12 months and then a “rescue” attempt with a community website for 4 months, if nothing else Xstreamedia has been a massive learning curve.

However several factors (economy, experience, development time, etc) have meant that we have had to hand in the towel.

The idea of having my own business has certainly been de-glamorised by the experience. I think instead I will look at doing little free/open source projects to keep me occupied in my spare time. As for Jim (business partner) I suspect you may see some more photography based work from him.

This blog will of course continue!