White Whale / captain’s log

  • We’re always a little tentative about using testimonials, but in this case we’re making a (modified) exception.
  • Our design for the new Middlebury College Web site has been given an A+ by the higher ed design review EDU Checkup— and it’s only the third A+ in 169 episodes.

    Middlebury.edu given an A+ by EDU Checkup

    Our design for the new Middlebury College Web site has been given an A+ by the higher ed design review EDU Checkup— and it’s only the third A+ in 169 episodes.http://www.whitewhale.net/live/news/7-middleburyedu-given-an-a-by-edu-checkup
  • Our first round redesign of the Waterloo homepage was leaked during our visit there, and quickly made the rounds on Twitter.  The Web committee responded by taking it public, and we are officially off to the races!  So far almost all the feedback has been very positive, which is super exciting.

    Here’s a link to the Web Team blog with the new design (and many student comments!) posted.

    Our University of Waterloo homepage design is officially public!

    Our first round redesign of the Waterloo homepage was leaked during our visit there, and quickly made the rounds on Twitter.  The Web committee responded by taking it public, and we are officially off to the races!  So far almost all the feedback has been very positive, which is super exciting.

    Here’s a link to the Web Team blog with the new design (and many student comments!) posted.http://www.whitewhale.nethttp://www.whitewhale.net/blog/
  • Higher ed consultant Bob Johnson has just singled out USF’s Why Students Choose USF page as his “Link of the Week” for March 5. 

    Visit Bob’s Link of the Week page for the full story.

    Some recognition for our messaging work on the USF site

    Higher ed consultant Bob Johnson has just singled out USF’s Why Students Choose USF page as his “Link of the Week” for March 5. 

    Visit Bob’s Link of the Week page for the full story.http://www.whitewhale.net/live/news/4-some-recognition-for-our-messaging-work-on-the-usf
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    Our design for the Middlebury College site— and in particular its home page— received some nice praise from Smashing Magazine, a well-known design blog.

    Middlebury design called “a completely unique layout with excellent typography” by Smashing Magazine

    Image preview Our design for the Middlebury College site— and in particular its home page— received some nice praise from Smashing Magazine, a well-known design blog.http://www.whitewhale.net/live/news/5-middlebury-design-called-a-completely-unique
  • We are thrilled to announce the launch of the Middlebury College Web site, now live at www.middlebury.edu.  It’s the culmination of months of work by our staff and Middlebury’s; we would especially like to thank the dozens— no, hundreds!— of people at Midd who burned the midnight oil to make it happen.

    Check it out today at www.middlebury.edu

    The Middlebury College Web site has launched!

    We are thrilled to announce the launch of the Middlebury College Web site, now live at www.middlebury.edu.  It’s the culmination of months of work by our staff and Middlebury’s; we would especially like to thank the dozens— no, hundreds!— of people at Midd who burned the midnight oil to make it happen.

    Check it out today at www.middlebury.eduhttp://www.whitewhale.net/blog/
  • We’ve launched our new site.  There are some details to tune up, and you might find an (insert joke here) on a page or two.  But we’ve finally built ourselves a little house where we don’t mind having folks over!

    Welcome to the new whitewhale.net

    We’ve launched our new site.  There are some details to tune up, and you might find an (insert joke here) on a page or two.  But we’ve finally built ourselves a little house where we don’t mind having folks over!http://www.whitewhale.net/blog/

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