[seul-edu] [Fwd: Brent Simpson - oss.org designer/editor]

[Doug Loss <drloss@suscom.net>]

owner-seul-edu@seul.org wrote:

> Subject: Brent Simpson - oss.org designer/editor
> From: Brent Simpson <simpson@psych.ucla.edu>
> To: seul-edu@seul.org
>
> On Doug's last suggestion I thought that it was perhaps an appropriate
> time to introduce myself to others on the list who are instigating this
> new coalition of which I am excited to take part in.
>
> My name is Brent Simpson and I am the site designer/programmer behind
> OpenSourceSchools.org and I also add the occassional written piece to
> that site. I designed the look, contributed the icons as well as hacked
> the php when needed. I was contacted by David Bucknell early this year
> about starting the site and jumped on right away; it has been quite a
> challenge, but it has been great to watch the site materialize and
> evolve into what it is today. OSS.org still has a ways to go and room
> for much improvement and we hope to do some redesign work early next
> year to add changes based on our live experience over the last few
> months. This iteration will do much to fix bugs and create an easier
> experience for users looking for information on open source products as
> they relate to schools, and especially the experiences of real people
> using such products on the front lines ... so to speak.
>
> This is the second open source project for me; my first was the release
> of the Texas Information Literacy Tutorial
> (http://tilt.lib.utsystem.edu/) under the Open Content License (OPL). I
> was the site designer/programmer for that project which has now been
> downloaded over 300 times and is currently running in modified versions
> in about 10 different campuses worldwide; TILT is reaching about 11,000
> 'registered' students per semester at the University of Texas at Austin.
> I am currently working as a web designer for the Psychology Department
> at the University of California at Los Angeles.
>
> Please feel free to contact me regarding any issues or problems you may
> have with your own sites' architecture, programming, or design. I hope
> that this coalition does a lot to strengthen all our individual projects
> and helps us present a more unified face to the world of education. I
> think it will.
>
> brent simpson
> http://www.opensourceschools.org
> http://tilt.lib.utsystem.edu/




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