Let’s go be CHAMPIONS, boys

Best video ever.  RTR, baby.  Beat Texas!

 

UA.edu receives high praise from EDU Checkup

Reposted from WebTide:

I wanted to share the following independent review of UA.edu, which was recently conducted by EDU Checkup, a higher education blog and review site. The review was very positive – in fact the reviewer (Nick DeNardis) tweeted that UA.edu is “one of the highest scoring sites on @educheckup”, and called it “rock star work” (http://twitter.com/nickdenardis/status/5894882926).

Overall, UA.edu received a 98% on visuals, 99% on code, and 93% for information, for an overall score of 97%. While it’s certainly nice to receive such a high score, the most gratifying part of the review is to see an impartial observer pick up on many of the intentional design decisions made during this process and appreciate the rationale and the work that went into those choices.

The review, in video form, is here:

http://educheckup.com/2009/11/20/the-university-of-alabama-episode-129/

Also, UA.edu is currently featured on eduStyle.net:

http://www.edustyle.net/site.php?site=3512

 

KOL, Will, and nighttime at Bryant-Denny

This past weekend, we saw Kings of Leon and Will Hoge in Birmingham on back-to-back nights, and tailgated and went to the Bama-South Carolina Homecoming game on Saturday. The concerts were amazing – two of the best shows we’ve seen. And the game was great – it was Cathy’s first big SEC game, and her first night game at Bryant-Denny. A truly great weekend!

Kings of Leon Concert Photos

Will Hoge Concert Photos

Alabama Football 2009 Photos

 

Barbados!

For our first anniversary, Cathy and I took a second honeymoon to Barbados and stayed in a luxurious resort called The Crane, overlooking Crane Beach, which was profiled by Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous as one of the top ten beaches in the world. It lived up to the hype, and then some. An amazing, wonderful week with my wonderful wife, and a perfect way to mark our first year together.

Barbados Photo Gallery

 

AWESOME

 

The next generation of UA.edu

Launched today, the refreshed UA Home Page features a modernized look and feel, simplified navigation, updated functionality, a content-centric design, and close integration with the new Touching Lives campaign.  The sixth major version of the UA Home Page updates the previous look launched in December 2006, and we’re excited about the new site and the possibilities it represents.  Roll Tide!

www.UA.edu

More:

• UA to reveal new marketing campaign (The Tuscaloosa News – 9/4/09)
• UA’s homepage gets new look (The Crimson White – 9/4/09)
• New ad campaign explains UA (The Crimson White – 9/4/09)
• A new UA Home Page debuts (WebTide – 9/1/09)

 

Absolute BRILLIANCE

If only every company worked like this…

 

Sunday on the Black Warrior

 

Dodgers, Raineys Hit Big D

The second part of our Dodgers summer road trip took us back to Dallas to visit family and friends and to watch the Dodgers take two from the hometown Texas Rangers. Rangers Ballpark is a beautiful, fun stadium, and we had a great weekend.

Dodgers vs. Rangers

 

The Windy City

Cathy and I went to Chicago my birthday weekend to watch the first-place Dodgers take on the Cubs at Wrigley Field, and to take in the sights and sounds of the Windy City. In addition to attending two games, we took a great architectural boat tour of the Chicago River, made it to the top of the Sears Tower, visited Grant Park and Millenium Park, went to Navy Pier, walked the Magnificent Mile, ate at Harry Caray’s and Pizzeria Uno, and checked out Oak Street Beach. Great trip.

This was also my first chance to really test out the new Canon XSi, so I might have gone a little overboard… you’ve been warned.  I’m planning to pick out a brief “best-of” sampling of photos from the games and the city and post them here later, but for now, here’s the whole gallery.  Enjoy.

More Photos…