Jesse Cravens

Building Modern Web Applications and Teams that Deliver

usaa.com

USAA

  • Research user experience
  • Consistently refine various internal and external web applications using UI design
  • Collaborate with teams of software developers to promote user-centered design.
  • Create new solutions to overcome user ability issues
  • Design prototypes and content models for new features
  • Rebuild legacy application interfaces to meet web standards (XHTML/CSS)
  • Rescript JavaScript libraries to reflect best practices (progressive enhancement, object detection)
  • Create banners, thumbnails, and mockups using Photoshop CS3-(imagery and typography that meet to redesign style guidelines

Drupal Basics

I’ve received a number of requests for help with ‘Drupal Basics’ in the last couple of weeks. Here’s something to get you started, hope it helps.

‘Top Ten New Jobs Created by Connectivity’ List

This list is really a mashup of the work done by others - see shoutouts (references) below:

shoutouts (references)

webworkerdaily.com technologyevangelist.com fastcompany.com oreillynet.com

..And where can you get started training for one of these positions?

more later

What about finding a position?

more later

Interesting Snippets - a Photoset on Flickr

Interesting Snippets – a photoset on Flickr This is a fantastic set of images related to the state of the web, communications, and new media. Each image is accompanied by a thought provoking quote. I thought this would be perfect for an anticipatory set for a new media presentation, or an introductory visual for a shared discussion on topics related to new media or web 2.0. Enjoy!

Universities Adopting Drupal

I’ve been watching the growing number of universities adopting drupal for their content management, podcasting, blogging and wiki integration needs. Here’s my current list.

  • UT at Austin - Department of Rhetoric and Writing - http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/
  • Rice University - http://sa.rice.edu/
  • Arizona State University - http://www.asu.edu/
  • UNC Charlotte University Center Information Technology - http://ucit01.uncc.edu
  • Brigham Young University (BYU) – Computer Science Department http://cs.byu.edu/
  • Bradley University - http://slane.bradley.edu/
  • Washington University in St. Louis - http://artsci.wustl.edu/
  • University of Calgary - http://www.ucalgary.ca/
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) http://fab.cba.mit.edu/central/
  • Purdue University - http://www.digitalparlor.org/pwenglish/
  • Michigan State University - Nondestructive Evaluation Laboratory - http://www.egr.msu.edu/ndel/home

Other Drupal Sites related to Innovation in Education include:

  • connect.educause.edu - http://connect.educause.edu/
  • The International Center for Integrative Studies (ICIS) - http://www.icisonline.org/
  • IDEAL (Integrated Data Enhancing Arizona’s Learning) - https://www.ideal.azed.gov
  • Texas Digital Library - http://www.tdl.org/

If you know of any others - give us a shout.