Interactive Expedition Launches
Posted by derekbender | Filed under News, Technology
Last week I finished work on the Wordpress site for Interactive Expeditions. It was my most complex design to date and it turned out great. Wordpress made this site buildout quicker than the typical website plus its a great CMS for that clients who need a simple CMS for easy updating.
Interactive Expeditions offers a revolutionary means of experiential teaching and learning through an immersive, real-time, interactive platform that links geographically remote expedition teams with any web-connected student/participant worldwide.
Simply it links teachers with students. But the cool part is that the teacher is is Bermuda… in a cave… 400 feet underground. The realtime video application that NFi Studios helped to create works to connect students with the experts while they are in the field.
To learn more about Interactive Expeditions and find out about their current trip to Bermuda, check out this Orlando Sentinel article. Also check out interactiveexpedition.com.
Tags: interactive expeditions, intx, Orlando Sentinel, website
BarCampOrlando Recap
Posted by derekbender | Filed under News, Technology, Web
Wow. What a weekend. Tech, geeks, alcohol and conversation mixed this weekend in an awesome event called BarCamp. If you don’t already know what its about, find out here.
The weekend started a lot earlier than normal for me. I usually roll out of bed about 1pm on Saturday so I had to get up a bit earlier than usually to get there but the registration time of 10am. And I had a talk so I wanted to get there even earlier. I headed to our (NFi’s) office to prep my note cards (which I didn’t even use) for my 11.30am talk time. I caught a couple talks then I was up. I thought it went well. Altogether, a good time. Here’s my presentation.
A lot of good talks. To mention just a few that stood out: Dan Kinchen on Creating a Central Florida Tech Association, Erik Hersman on Using Social Media in a Time of Crisis, Gregg Pollack’s Rant on the Community and Greg Rollett’s Music, Media, & Money.
The Izea after party on Dev Day was also a blast. Open bar, music and enough video games to keep someone busy for days. I met a lot of great people and had a great time.
Media Day was also just as fun as the first day, although it had a smaller turnout. Many of the presentations centered around social media, blogging and new media. I also did an impromptu talk on my blog, Helpmepaymyloans.com.
Big thanks to everyone of who helped put on BarCamp and all the sponsors (including NFi). It was a great time and I will definitely be attending the next.
Tags: BarCamp, barcamp orlando, event, orlando, tech
BarCamp Orlando One Week Away!
Posted by derekbender | Filed under Announcements, News
BarCamp is set to take over Wall St. in downtown Orlando next weekend. This time the community tech event will be spaced out over 2 days: April 5th, Dev Day and April 6th Media Day.
BarCampOrlando is a community building event which happens twice a year to brings together people from different backgrounds to share and learn from each other. There will be people who know Java, .NET, Ruby, PHP, and other technologies coming together for Dev Day, and there will be people who know film, music, photography, graphic design, podcasting, and even other new Media coming together for Media Day
I’m looking forward to the weekend. I’ll be attending both days where I’m sure I’ll hear some great talks. My company, NFi Studios, will be sponsoring the event along with the community’s top technology businesses. Check out the BarCamp Orlando website for more info.
Tags: BarCamp, barcamp orlando, event, orlando, Technology
BarCamp and FOWA Miami Recap
Posted by derekbender | Filed under General, News, Technology
This past weekend I attended BarCamp and the Future of Web Apps conference, both in Miami. I had a blast to say the least. Here is a recap of the weekend. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: barcamp miami, carsonified, fowa maimi, Future of Web Apps, social graph
Helpmepaymyloans.com Blog Launch
Posted by derekbender | Filed under Announcements, News
So I finally launched the Helpmepaymyloans.com blog! So far it has gotten some press in its short few days of existence. I’m excited about starting a blog with so much potential behind it. To sum it up: Helpmepaymyloans.com is dedicated to to bringing you news, resources and statistics about student loans, colleges and general finance management.
Tags: helpmepaymyloans.com, News, student loans
New Blog Design Coming Soon…
Posted by derekbender | Filed under News
Originally, before this blog was launched, I did a mockup, much like start of every site that I work on. It was a great design but sadly, it never has seen the light of day due to my lack of time and understanding of WordPress and PHP.
Tags: blog, freebie, theme, wordpress
Updates to Portfolio!
Posted by derekbender | Filed under News
I finally got around to updating my ‘folio and just in time for the new year. Check it out here.
Tags: Design, portfolio, updates, website
Metal Fans Unite for Florida Death Metal!
Posted by derekbender | Filed under News
Awhile ago I had a conversation with my buddy Cory. It seems he’s into Death Metal (who knew!). So after a conversation over lunch we stuck a deal. I’ll be working to help him start up FloridaDeathMetal.com by doing his branding and website design. Read the rest of this entry »
Leopard - A Designer’s First Impressions
Posted by derekbender | Filed under General, News
Yes, Mac OSX Leopard was finally installed on my Mac Pro at work, about 3 weeks ago (I know I’m a little late). There was a ton of hype and talk leading up to its release so I had a lot of high expectations for Leopard. The features I was looking forward to as a designer were Quick Look, Spaces and the new desktop and dock, specifically the ability to make stacks.
Mac OS X Leopard
Posted by derekbender | Filed under News, Technology
A couple days ago I received a spiffy little email from Apple (the computer company, not the fruit) notifying me of the upcoming release their brand spankin’ new version of OS X, named Leopard. Yes, on October 26, Apple will not only be releasing its update to arguably the best OS ever but also be raking in a massive amount of cash.
Tags: leopard, mac os x, mac os x leopard
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