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Rootclip is a contest where users submit videos to continue a story and win prizes, with user votes determining each winner. The back end is written in Django, with videos managed locally after being uploaded to a 3rd party provider.
At the day job, my primary responsibilities have revolved around rolling out the Ellington CMS to Scripps' various newspaper properties. Most of the sites utilize a common wireframe that evolves based on user and site feedback, with design elements used to give each site a local feel. My involvement ranges from just writing the XHTML/CSS for an existing design, to creating a new design and executing it start to finish. Sites I've contributed to include:
Rocky Mountain News
Times Record News
Treasure Coast Newspapers
Knoxville News Sentinel
Metro Pulse
Integrated Practice Resources needed a web site to drive customer leads to its sales staff, and to deliver resources to its existing customers. ipr-management.com was rapidly developed to serve the needs of this medical services company.
My first Django-backed blog was featured in Smashing Magazine's 45 Excellent Blog Designs. It was launched as part of the May 2007 CSS reboot.
My work with the Ellington CMS began at KU's student newspaper. While several design iterations led kansan.com to its first profitable school year in its 10-year history, I was also able to design special front pages to best communicate major events on the KU campus and around Lawrence, KS.
The Kansan began offering free classifieds to KU students - before Facebook entered the market - via my first Django site, hawkchalk.com. More Django sites were developed, including kansantrivia.com, a sponsored trivia game for KU students, and a Facebook application for the Kansan's most interactive section.
Most sites have since been updated, building on the foundations I helped to create in my three years with the Kansan.
The University Daily Kansan
Hawkchalk
Kansan Trivia
Kansan Facebook Application
© 2007-2008 Ryan Berg // Built with Django // Hosted on WebFaction