Blog for staff at U of Waterloo
Posted by Jesse Rodgers on September 15, 2008 at 10:14 PM
Today we opened up a blog dedicated to staff issues at the University of Waterloo that is hosted by the UW Staff Association. At the moment I am the only one writing for it but that is sure to change as other Past Presidents. The idea of the blog is to keep staff informed on issues and give them a chance to have a conversation on topics important to them.
I decided to go with Expression Engine for this blog. It offers a load of options and it has a pretty powerful template engine. Where it has driven me a bit nuts is just figuring out how it works. Being use to WordPress prettiness or even Simplelog on this site, Expression Engine has a lot of features. Thankfully you can ignore them! I will post more about Expression Engine when I get a chance.
Hopefully the UWSA blog will be useful to staff in all higher education institutions. I don’t think we will post only about Waterloo although there will be a lot of examples from Waterloo ;)
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Hey Jesse,
I came upon your blog after a little bit of hunting for someone who is associated with waterloo and web development!
I am a 4th year systems design engineering student, thus have a 4th year project. I have an idea for an awesome web app. that I want to design and implement (for the project).
What I need currently is a supervisor for the project. If you are interested (even in the slightest) I would like to meet with you to discuss the project and having you as my supervisor. The commitment for you, is having weekly meetings for 20-30 minutes to discuss how the project is coming, and for you to offer advice and ideas.
If you would consider this, it would really mean a lot to me, I have had a very difficult time finding someone. Please let me know,
Thanks Steve
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