Kindo » onkel-mario http://kindo.com/blog Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:42:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 en Nils is getting famous in Sweden http://kindo.com/blog/2008/07/22/nils-is-getting-famous-in-sweden-2/en/ http://kindo.com/blog/2008/07/22/nils-is-getting-famous-in-sweden-2/en/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:40:58 +0000 onkel-mario http://kindo.com/blog/?p=1943 The Swedish newspaper GÖTEBORGS-POSTEN has published a two page article about Nils and Kindo in their section about people. The headline reads something like this: “Nils is planting trees on the Internet.”

Yeah, not only Nils, Kindo allows everybody to start his family tree on the Internet ;-) Thanks anyway to London-based journalist Susan Gotensparre for coming over to our office, taking all those nice pictures and writing an interesting article.
Nils in Nils and Kindo In Swedish newspaper

Something funny to add: As you can see from the picture below, he has come a long way ;-)
Nils at Skype

]]> http://kindo.com/blog/2008/07/22/nils-is-getting-famous-in-sweden-2/en/feed/en/ The oldest family tree in the world http://kindo.com/blog/2008/07/15/the-oldest-family-tree-in-the-world/en/ http://kindo.com/blog/2008/07/15/the-oldest-family-tree-in-the-world/en/#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:01:26 +0000 onkel-mario http://kindo.com/blog/?p=1917 What some German archeologists have discovered might well be seen as the oldest family tree ever. A teacher from Förste and an engineer from Nienstedt in the German “Harz” region descent from the same caveman, who lived in the valley as much as 3000 years ago.

Archeologists had found skeletons from the Bronze Age in this cave. The two new found relatives had replied to a call for DNA tests that the scientists had issued to people living in the area around the cave.

Guess there is lots of work left in filling gaps in the several thousand year spanning family tree ;-)

john and friend
Creative Commons License photo credit: macwagen

]]> http://kindo.com/blog/2008/07/15/the-oldest-family-tree-in-the-world/en/feed/en/ Kindo stars at the Techcrunch and Webrazzi Meetup in Istanbul http://kindo.com/blog/2008/07/14/kindo-stars-at-the-techcrunch-and-webrazzi-meetup-in-istanbul/en/ http://kindo.com/blog/2008/07/14/kindo-stars-at-the-techcrunch-and-webrazzi-meetup-in-istanbul/en/#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:30:57 +0000 onkel-mario http://kindo.com/blog/?p=1910 techcrunch webrazzi meetup istanbul kindoTwo weeks ago Techcrunch and the Turkish website Webrazzi were holding a Internet and startup event in Istanbul and Kindo was part of it. Our Turkish colleague Oguzhan was invited to the Istanbul meetup which is part of a whole European tour initiated by Techcrunch UK host Mike Butcher.

So Oguzhan – who is also taking care of our Turkish blog – was presenting Kindo and our activities in the Turkish market in a brief presentation from the panel. He did a great job and the attendees liked his talk as well. Both is proven in a nice 10 minute video of his presentation. Though we couldnt embed the video into this blog, you can have a look at it here:
http://televidyon.com/p/364/startup-kindocom

And you can now see Oguzhan presenting Kindo directly on our blog:

The event was funded by a series of sponsors, one of which was xing, who wrote about the meetup on their blog and whose pic we are borrowing here ;-) (hope you guys dont mind)

]]> http://kindo.com/blog/2008/07/14/kindo-stars-at-the-techcrunch-and-webrazzi-meetup-in-istanbul/en/feed/en/ Family holidays http://kindo.com/blog/2008/07/12/family-holidays/en/ http://kindo.com/blog/2008/07/12/family-holidays/en/#comments Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:21:03 +0000 onkel-mario http://kindo.com/blog/?p=1916 Hopefully, some of you have noticed me being absent from this blog in the last weeks (You should have noticed if you read the German blog as well). I have been on sumer holiday in South America. Our plan was to visit the sister of my girlfriend in Ecuador and then fly with her to Peru and then travel all the way down through Bolivia to Santiago de Chile. What my (kind of) sister in law did not know was that we had inviter her brother as well, who was waiting for her (and us) at the arrivals of Lima airport. It was quite emotional… imagine seeing your brother again after a year and at a place where you would never have expected him to be ;-)

The three of us had travelled for a week already, but after some tears of joy she realized that the next two weeks it would be four of us. We went on to Machu Picchu, Lake Titicaca, the summit of a 6080 meter mountain close to LaPaz, the salt deserts of Bolivia and the sand(boarding) desert in Chile.
And finally we went on a roadtrip along the famous Panamericana all the way to Santiago.

The Kindo team hopes you enjoy your holidays, if they are still to come. If you don’t have any no worries: Even I am back at my desk now and have to walk to the Tube in the rain every day ;-)

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By the way: You can see the results as well, by clicking on the small results button below the vote field. Any you can start comparing it to the results in other languages, like Russian for example where the preliminary results are very different already.

We are looking forward to the final analysis in the next weeks!

]]> http://kindo.com/blog/2008/06/11/what-about-your-mum/en/feed/en/ Our Facebook page for Kindo supporters! http://kindo.com/blog/2008/06/03/our-facebook-page-for-kindo-supporters/en/ http://kindo.com/blog/2008/06/03/our-facebook-page-for-kindo-supporters/en/#comments Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:53:11 +0000 onkel-mario http://kindo.com/blog/?p=1678 Are you using facebook to stay in touch with your friends?
You should join the Kindo fan page then! It’s another place for you to mingle with the Kindo team, drop us a line and get the latest news from the Kindo family.

And finally some of your friends may be happy, if you tell them about Kindo as well. And watch out for your local Kindo group! There are some, for example in Turkey or Germany.

]]> http://kindo.com/blog/2008/06/03/our-facebook-page-for-kindo-supporters/en/feed/en/ Kindo at Barcamp Bodensee http://kindo.com/blog/2008/06/01/kindo-at-barcamp-bodensee/en/ http://kindo.com/blog/2008/06/01/kindo-at-barcamp-bodensee/en/#comments Sun, 01 Jun 2008 15:02:05 +0000 onkel-mario http://kindo.com/blog/?p=1662 When I have heard about the Barcamp at Lake Constance I knew straight away that I wanted to go there. After all I grew up only 20 kilometers from the lake.
Finally the barcamp took place yesterday and today at the brand new venue of Zeppelin University. Some of the top bloggers and internet thinkers around Germany, Switzerland and Austria were present, like Robert Basic, Jan Theofel and obviously the organiser Oliver Gassner. I gave a session on the internationalisation of webservices, talking about Kindo and some of our experiences while getting this service live in 16 languages!

Thanks for the huge attendance and good feedback! Hope I will see some of you guys again soon. And maybe some of you barcampers gave Kindo a try ;-)

]]> http://kindo.com/blog/2008/06/01/kindo-at-barcamp-bodensee/en/feed/en/ Kindo is looking for new family members http://kindo.com/blog/2008/05/28/new-family-members/en/ http://kindo.com/blog/2008/05/28/new-family-members/en/#comments Wed, 28 May 2008 13:30:27 +0000 onkel-mario http://kindo.com/blog/?p=1641 Kindo is looking for smart, entrepreneurial, and international candidates with a positive attitude to join our team in London for an internship (and possibly continuing part or full-time positions). 

  

About us:

We’re an Internet startup based in Putney, west London, funded by some of London’s best business angels and VC-firms. We’re currently around 15 people, but are looking to expand.  

Kindo is “where families get together, build their tree, and grow”. Our objective is to help our members to better get to know their family, and what they’re up to. The site launched only in october 2007, is growing fast and available in 15 languages. Visit kindo.com to get the full story.

Read more here.

 

About the job:

Your job will be country manager in a specific market. It includes localisation and translation of our webservices, corporate blogging, public relations, community outreach and creating, planning and realising additional marketing activities.

 

You have:

  • Knowledge or experience (but at least genuine interest) about the Internet, Social Networking, Web 2.0 and Blogging
  • Interest in entrepreneurship (experience is a strong plus)
  • Fluent in English. Fluent/native in other languages.
  • Great communications skills (written and oral)
  • A talent for getting things done

We offer:

  • A friendly, informal and creative environment with lots of opportunities and your own responsibilities
  • A great and helpful team with experienced colleagues, knowledgeable investors and low hierarchies 
  • Possible continuing part or full-time positions in marketing or even web-design or development
  • An internship renumeration and additional bonus scheme

Check out http://kindo.com/blog for more information.

We are interested in what websites you have started, been involved in, designed or promoted or simply your favourite sites on the net. To apply send your CV and your weblinks to: mario @ kindo . com

]]> http://kindo.com/blog/2008/05/28/new-family-members/en/feed/en/ Gratis stamtræ på Kindo – Welcome to the Family, Denmark! http://kindo.com/blog/2008/05/20/gratis-stamtrzh-pa-kindo-welcome-to-the-family-denmark/en/ http://kindo.com/blog/2008/05/20/gratis-stamtrzh-pa-kindo-welcome-to-the-family-denmark/en/#comments Tue, 20 May 2008 17:09:36 +0000 onkel-mario http://kindo.com/blog/?p=1595 Danske stamtrae paa Kindo - Danish language selectorKindo just launched in Danish! Our last name research pages for Denmark have been live for quite some time now, and finally we have launched Kindo in Danish! It should soon be available via http://kindo.dk as well.

Danish home pageThe new language was made possible by Aske and Brian who have translated the whole website voluntarily. Brian had got it rolling and Aske finished it off. Thanks a lot for your help guys!

The new Danish version takes our language toll to 15! The Kindo family is spreading the globe ;-)

]]> http://kindo.com/blog/2008/05/20/gratis-stamtrzh-pa-kindo-welcome-to-the-family-denmark/en/feed/en/ Teaming up with .name http://kindo.com/blog/2008/05/15/teaming-up-with-name/en/ http://kindo.com/blog/2008/05/15/teaming-up-with-name/en/#comments Thu, 15 May 2008 17:28:08 +0000 onkel-mario http://kindo.com/blog/?p=1559 dotname banner on kindoGetting emailaddresses is easy, but the free ones have free domains and hence might look a bit cheap or are hard to remember. Having your surname as a domain can be nice for emails as well as for websites, if you have a personal one. And you can share it with your whole family, which is why Kindo decided to partner up with the guys who run the registrations of “.name” domains.

So on our last name pages you can now find banners to the corresponding .name domains like www.preston.name in the case of my lovely colleague. And andrew@preston.name does sound even better than andrew@kindo.com ;-)

Let us know if you like it!

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