I launched another website today, my 3rd in about a month: Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity at UMass Amherst. I designed this website for PiKapp, my beloved fraternity, way back in 2005, again in 2006, and again in 2007. Now, nine months into 2009, I did it again. I took my time with this one (there [...]
I launched another website today. I’ve been working on a redesign of the UMass Drumline website for several years now. It was always one of those casual, “get to it when I can” type of projects. Well, I finally finished it. The site is built on WordPress and uses a YouTube-inspired theme to showcase videos. [...]
I just noticed a surprising link on my Facebook News Feed. It says, “follow @jasonrobb,” pointing to Jason Robb’s Twitter stream. What’s this? Is Facebook partnering with Twitter? I don’t think this kind of social-media-symbiosis would appear on Facebook’s most popular page without some heavy financial consideration. Now, I might just be the last to [...]
My latest website design launched today: UMass Hotel at the Campus Center. It’s a WordPress site with some custom templates. I completed the project for a friend’s company, Glexia, Inc. Because it wasn’t my project, I didn’t have complete control over the design. I had to meet requirements from several other parties. I’m still very [...]
The UMass Athletic Association just unveiled their new website. I’m not particularly impressed. I’ve listed a few constructive criticisms that I hope will help my alma mater when she decides to upgrade again. Homepage: Unnecessary & Inaccessible First things first: this website has a “front door” or a welcome-page as its homepage. Granted, this page [...]