This year saw not just the launch of this blog, but also my beginning to contribute to two new blogs in higher education – the UF AHC External Web Services blog, and the journal LINK. Here’s a run-down.
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Hands of Twilight
Few hands in the world are as well known as Kimbra Hickey’s – the model whose delicate upturned palms can be seen on the cover of the best-selling twilight.
Opening the World
When Books Open the World asked Union to help fund literacy in Africa, we gladly accepted the challenge.
Peace and Plenty
Peace and Plenty Antiques wanted a design that would match their Revolutionary War-era and early 19th century collectibles.
Higher Ed Web Round Up
I saddled up and ambled down Austin way to present and attend the HEWEB Association conference to share and collaborate with the wranglers of web development, marketing, communications, and applications development that make the Higher Education ranch bar none.
Project Grace
As a pro-bono project, Union developed the website for the program to end homelessness in Alachua County, earning us a Business of the Year award in 2010.
Crosstown
Union Design & Photo created a logo for Crosstown Digital, a content strategy consultancy in Boston Massachusetts.
Tie the Kangaroo Down, Sport
One of the cardinal sins of web designers is developing a web interface that is too artistic or clever to be functional. It’s an easy trap to fall into – we get too obsessed with something new and shiny, and not how usable it is for the end audience. A prime example of this is [...]
Student Ambassador Programs
In her presentation at heweb11, Mallory Wood discussed the need for institutions to have a robust student ambassador program to meet the changing needs of both students and parents in making their decisions about the institution they would like to submit applications to.
Developing and Maintaining Web Content – WRK2
Doug Tschopp, the Director of the Entreprenurial Center at Augustana College in Illinois, led a group of designers, writers, editors, and social media managers on the issues facing higher education institutions wanting to create compelling content for their web presences.
