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Build your very own Windows 8 App!!

When: Friday, March 8th from 12:00 noon— 4:00pm Where: Hyland 3202 Seats are limited! Register today at:    http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5563029170   Ever thought of building an app? YOUR app? In this workshop, you’ll be able to easily build YOUR OWN COOL APP thanks to the latest tools from Microsoft Research named Touch Develop. No need to [...]

Responsive Web Design, Dan Pastori

At SOWD’s most recent meeting, (September 24th), Dan Pastori came in and gave a presentation on responsive web design!  He defined responsive web design as “A design that displays all of your content clearly and effectively on all devices regardless of screen sizes, while maintaining a central theme.” Dan also talked about the benefits of [...]

First Meeting of the fall!

At SOWD’s first meeting, the designers of the UWW website came and discussed responsive web design, as well as the design of the University’s site, mobile development, and answering questions. See minutes below! Announcements Adam –meetings at 5:15PM Mondays Hyland 3101 October 8th – wordpress workshop Next week, September 24th, Dan Pastori will be speaking [...]

Eleanor Jacobson, SOWD Founder

When Eleanor first came to UW-Whitewater in the fall semester of 2009, Eleanor was surprised to find no existing org specifically about web design and development. She had a vision to create an org where people of all levels of web experience could come together and learn from each other. In the spring semester of [...]

Branding Your Web Site by Eleanor Jacobson

At this week’s SOWD meeting, President Eleanor Jacobson gave our members tips on web site branding. The American Marketing Association defines a brand as a “name, term, design, symbol, or any feature that identifies one seller’s good or service as distinct from those of other sellers.” Elle told us it’s good to brand a web [...]