Bad Interface in Real Life
Bad interface is a huge pet peeve. Ever since I read Interface Culture* a few years ago the idea of someone adding extra confusion and disorientation to our disorientating world bothers me. Enter the US Government. I travel all the time and every airport in the country has some version of this sign all over […]
Swift Kick has left the MySpace
Swift Kick has had a company page on Myspace for a couple of years. We’ve met people, it’s been mostly cool. Recently, myspace** has gone downhill. It was always a little rough around the edges, and this left room for creativity to flower and we enjoyed that. In the last year, however, it’s just been […]
Facebook as a Forum of Action
Facebook provides a direct connection to college students. As student affairs professionals, we see the potential for building a stronger rapport with our students by using this tool in Student Activities. In an earlier note, I mentioned using Facebook to advertise events; however, that is only the beginning. Facebook can play a vital role in […]
Emma Knows We’re Not Wearing Pants
I love 37signals** and reference their book all the time. They are masters of the 90% solution. They are masters at what they call “Judo”: minimum effort, maximum return. They have a very small team with a huge philosophical impact based on the reach of their tools (over 1 million users). My dream is to […]
Announcing Events Without Clogging The Drain: Recommendations for Student Affairs Professionals
Facebook debuted as a way for students to network and find “friends”. When asked, some professionals in Student Affairs are hesitant while others support its use as an innovative channel of communication – a place to directly connect with students and encourage their involvement on campus. In theory, it’s a great tool; however, quickly the […]
When the Content is Crappy, the Pipe Doesn’t Matter: Colleges and Facebook
After realizing the headline made all the difference in click through on my own RSS reader, I decided to spice up my own headlines. How’d I do? Left a post about this on Kevin Guidry’s Mistaken Goal and wanted to back up to some thinking and follow up with some visuals. We spend so much […]
How New, Smart, Fast, Companies Work (Part 1.)
I get asked a lot about offices, and when I explain that we work from all over the country people often ask how it works. It deserves its own post. We started with almost all web-based software. It travels, it scales, it was quick to turn on and go. Our first priority was sales (cash […]
Half Naked
It’s a function of a small team that is trying to do and learn at the same time. We spent a pile of cash 8.5k or so, on a website we threw out after one year to put up a temp iWeb site that actually describes what we do. (Sort of, has the right “one […]
Better Project Management With Basecamp
The Need Things need to get done. There are many projects going on between clubs, student government, and the programming board. Students are spread all over the campus or all over the community. Getting them into the same room consistently is incredibly difficult. Miscommunication is rampant and leads to team damaging blame: Shauna thought that […]
Growing The Team
Happy to announce we have a new partner at Swift Kick. Steve Arrowood has agreed to join the team! Steve brings extensive experience in brain based learning environments, curriculum design, education programs operations, and most importantly to us: drive, excitement, playfulness, execution and creativity. Steve will be starting full time at the end of February. […]