About the Keep Calm-o-matic

In the beginning...

Back in the mists of time (early 2009 to be precise) the phenomenon that is 'Keep Calm and Carry On' was in full swing. Posters were appearing everywhere, news articles could barely resist mentioning 'Keep Calm' and even the police got into the act with their Policing Pledge posters which seemed to bear an eerie resemblence to everyone's favourite wartime poster.

So, with all that in mind, what better than a parody site allowing people to create their own posters?

A couple of weekends of frantic coding later, and the Keep Calm-o-matic was born!

How does it all work?

For the technically minded among you, the site is built using the Microsoft .NET Framework (C# 2.0 to be precise) and runs on a Windows 2003 server. Originally graphics were generated using GDI+ but are now rendered with the Cairo Graphics Library. The CSS menu is courtesy of www.cssmenumaker.com.

And who is behind it?

The Keep Calm-o-matic is a Reincubate Labs project. Reincubate accelerates growth of startup and entreprenurial businesses - providing services and support from technology delivery to virtual CTO facilities.

Reincubate Labs is a collection of projects by Reincubate staff that are outside of the core Reincubate remit. It's similar to the Google 20% scheme in being a way for Reincubate staff to channel their creative energies into projects that either solve a specific problem or are just fun!

How can I support the site?

Firstly, please do tell people about it, be that via Twitter, Facebook, bulletin boards or even good old fashioned word of mouth. You can also buy merchandise, for which we receive a commission. This can either be in the form of pre-prepared 'Keep Calm' images from our online shop or you can buy merchandise with your own image once you have created a poster.