cathy.colson's blog

Steve was recently invited to write a guest blog post for CiviCRM, the open-source constituent relationship management system that powers Caravan. 

We have some really exciting projects in the queue and are looking to hire. If you love Drupal, check us out; if you know someone, please pass along.

Learn more and apply here: http://switchbackcms.com/drupal-developer

Our clients at Open.Michigan were just recognized with the 2011 Technical Innovation Award for OpenCourseWare Excellence by the OpenCourseWare Consortium for their courseware delivery system, known as OERbit. We wish them a sincere congratulations!

Lately, I’ve been experimenting with Acquia’s impressive Drupal Gardens service. As a designer, I’ve enjoyed the amount of theming control available through the web interface. While I do have a few wishes, it’s really hard to complain; this thing provides nearly everything you need for complete custom theming, especially if you’re willing to get a little creative.

We recently completed the first round of major development on a new courseware publishing system for Open.Michigan, the University of Michigan's contribution to the Open Education initiative. In the spirit of open education, the system is freely available for download, modification and, use by anyone interested in contributing to the Open Education Resource (OER) community—the code will soon be available through github.com. 

Our fearless founders, Steve and Mike, will be contributing to a panel discussion on Thursday, August 26th, as part of Concentrate's Speaker Series. The focus is on young entrepreneurs in Michigan, and why they decided to start their companies in Ann Arbor.