I am reading the book "Users, Not Customers" written by Aaron Shapiro the CEO of HUGE. In a section where he sites recent successes in brand/user relations in digital mediums (Page 80) he says:

"In 2009, the Miami Dolphins football team redesigned its Web site using Drupal's modular infrastructure. The team's goal was one any major brand would identify with: to better engage its users and integrate more modern technologies such as social media onto the site. ... The final site, which hosts about about a million visits on game day boasts live statistics feeds, video for events such as press conferences and player interviews, a large photo gallery, advertising banners and bilingual content. Its a site any user-centric manager would be proud of."

Thanks Aaron!! Its nice to have our work acknowledged. The site was replaced this last season by one that is being maintained by the NFL (we knew that would happen in advance), it was a really good site.

You designed their site?? Wow, That's really impressive. No wonder this is such a great place!

fireman922 wrote:
You designed their site?? Wow, That's really impressive. No wonder this is such a great place!

Thanks fireman. I didn't design it, I engineered it and led the teams (3 php, 2 flash) who built it brought it to life. I also managed their servers for about 6 months until they got an in house replacement.

It was a wild ride

We also did their cheerleaders website. Was hoping for a few locker room shots but it never happened.

Gram

Congratulations! It's always nice to have your hard work acknowledged.

That,s cool.

bill

Good deal

You score a touchdown every time Gram and this one has to be the best.

Excellent Steve!

Nice to see your work recognized. I know you are proud of it and should be.


Now about that comment "We also did their cheerleaders website. Was hoping for a few locker room shots but it never happened." Whats it worth to not tell your wife you said that?

USAFRETIRED wrote:
Now about that comment "We also did their cheerleaders website. Was hoping for a few locker room shots but it never happened." Whats it worth to not tell your wife you said that?

We have a don't touch, don't tell policy. Its working out pretty well so far I don't want to hear that she thinks a guy in "thunder down under" is hot. So I have faith that she won't "touch".

I seriously can't compete with those guys and don't really want to hear about it. She feels the same way. Really a california attitude but working so far. Although she did ask a lot of questions when I was working on that site

Gram

kewel....really. The man behind the curtain. My uncle never saw this sort of thing as bragging. They hired you, and you delivered.


Besides, there's a reason we eat chicken eggs instead of duck eggs.