Interaction Design, Social Media, Technology Education

Archive for 2008

Auto Loan Web Banner

Auto Loan Web Banner

It’s been a while since I have posted anything new to the portfolio section of the site, so I decided to upload an auto loan web banner that I posted to the credit union’s site yesterday. Between the back to school campaign and website, volunteer work, and several consulting jobs, I’ve got a lot going [...]

Vacation Photos

Vacation Photos

A couple weeks ago my wife and I took time off from both our day jobs and consulting gigs to tour Canada and visit relatives. We went to a beautiful wedding, stocked up on maple syrup, and managed to squeeze in some time to take photographs as well. I’ve finally managed to upload some of [...]

Building an iPhone Template for Expression Engine

Building an iPhone Template for Expression Engine

This tutorial shows how to create a quick and simple iPhone-specific template for Expression Engine using Joe Hewitt’s iUI framework. This is an introductory tutorial and only covers a fraction what’s possible using iUI. For more information, I suggest reading more at Google Code, Joe’s blog, or iPhone and iPod touch Programming (published by Wrox). [...]

Repost: Mobile Productivity

Repost: Mobile Productivity

A few days ago I wrote a post on my four favorite mobile tools for UTFCU-Rocks, the student site for UT Federal Credit Union. The post might be useful for anyone with an on-the-go lifestyle so I’ve decided to repost it here as well.
This digital lifestyle post is all about staying productive while you’re on [...]

Fellow Tip

Fellow Tip

Founded by local photographer/blogger Eric McCarty, FellowTip is a new site that makes it easy to ask questions and share information on specific topics.

10 Link Tuesday

10 Link Tuesday

http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/favicon/
A handy little tool for making favicons. I have previously used a free Photoshop plugin to create favicons, but this site makes the process even easier!
http://fluidapp.com/
This free application for Mac OS X is used to make site specific browsers. Don’t know what a SSL is? Here’s a demo video using Fluid to create a [...]

UTFCU in Knox News Sentinel and CU Journal

UTFCU in Knox News Sentinel and CU Journal

My social media projects at UTFCU have gained some attention this month. A couple of weeks ago, the Credit Union Journal ran a feature on UTFCU’s use of Twitter as a communication tool. And in this Sunday’s News Sentinel, business writer Carly Harrington wrote a story on social media in business. I was interviewed for [...]

UTFCU Student Site Redesign (2008)

UTFCU Student Site Redesign (2008)

After several weeks of planning and development, I was able to launch the newly revised www.utfcu-rocks.com yesterday. UTFCU Rocks is the student-centered micro site for UT Federal Credit Union and features a blog, video contests, polls, events calendar, and all sorts of social media integration. I created the graphics and design of the site along [...]

Painting the Rock

Painting the Rock

At UTFCU, we’re getting ready to launch a new marketing campaign and website geared specifically for students. While we’re still a few days away from the official unveiling of the new site at www.utfcu-rocks.com, we decided to start building momentum by taking part in an old tradition at UTK—painting the rock! If you’ve been to [...]

UT Federal Credit Union Tweeting it Up!

UT Federal Credit Union Tweeting it Up!

It seems like the corporate world is finally taking notice of Twitter. Lately, I’ve seen several local companies as well as some larger organizations using Twitter and doing some pretty cool things with the technology. This afternoon, several fellow Knoxville Twitterers were talking about Zappos, an online shoe store, and taking notice of how the [...]