Mobile Apps: Create, Destroy and Discover

By Liz Rotter

At the CASE D1/D2 Conference in New York City this past January, which Studio-e sponsored at the bronze level, I attended an informative and entertaining session on creating mobile apps. I brought back a few tips worth passing along.

The session, “Using Mobile Apps to connect with Alumni,” stressed that to create apps, you must experience them—so download and use lots of different mobile apps. Then, jot down ideas and start creating. However, don’t expect to get it right the first time. It takes practice. “Create, destroy, discover and create again,” was the presenter’s mantra.
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old-school technology

As Jess courageously cleaned out some of our shelves last week, she found some amusing relics of days gone by. Our favorites:

Software on floppy discs.

Adobe Photoshop 4.0—a CD of the software (1996). For those of you who aren’t familiar with design software, Photoshop is now on version 12.1 (CS 5.5).

Apple Internet Connection Kit (1995), complete with a “CD-ROM disc” and “Getting Started” booklet that opens with, “Welcome to the Internet.” [read more]

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using web fonts: the basics

By Jessica Huddy

I recently attended an AIGA Boston event about the evolution of typography on the web. More specifically, what designers and programmers can now accomplish using web fonts. Gone are the days of being stuck with web-safe fonts, or using images in place of live text when something needed a little extra visual spice. More and more fonts are being adapted for use on screen, and plenty of new service providers are making things easier for everyone. 

Let’s start with the basics, which were provided in an introduction by Sam Berlow of Font Bureau: There are two ways to use fonts on a website. The first is to use a font service provider (such as Fontdeck or Typekit), which will take care of all the back-end details in exchange for a subscription payment (usually yearly). The other option, which the panelists generally agreed is better for large sites with many visitors, is to pay a one-time fee to purchase the fonts and then take care of the coding details yourself.* [read more]

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new year’s round-up: what’s new for 2011

Despite the dreary weather and piles of snow (particularly for those of us in the northeast), the blogosphere continues to provide a wealth of interesting topics, discussions and tips for education professionals and marketers as we head into 2011. 

Best Social Media Mash-Ups in Higher Education
Marketing and web communications guru Patrick Powers lists his favorite college and university mash-ups: “I’m talking about a high-quality mash-up where colleges and universities wrangle feeds from blogs, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, and more to create a compelling page that gives a real-time snapshot of all an institution has to offer.” [read more]

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September round-up: the latest buzz

Students have invaded campus once again, and another school year is back in full swing. Though many aspects may look and feel the same, as someone who works in education, you understand better than most how rapidly things change. [read more]

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