To Drupal or Not to Drupal, and the Wisdom to Know How to do Both
Here at Schoolyard, we pride ourselves as being leaders in open source website design for the independent school market. With the understanding that this is our primary endeavor,and Drupal our beloved...
View Article'Quality vs Quantity' What is Your Design Process?
Designers subscribe to various philosophies, especially in determining the magic number of design options for a client. Here at Schoolyard, we are proponents of the iterative design solution. A...
View ArticleTalking about the Open Source Revolution @ NCAIS Innovate 11 Conference
We're really excited about this talk, and think it's just what schools need to hear. We're also posting the slides now, so please feel free to download, share and comment.From the conference site:read...
View ArticleHoliday Plans and Wishes
The holiday break is fast approaching here at Schoolyard! We've included a list of our holiday plans just so you know what we're up to...Best wishes for a happy holiday!! What are you doing over the...
View ArticleHumanity Reigns Supreme
Prior to my "Schoolyard" role, I worked in a profession dependent on building strong client/donor relationships. With the move to a tech-focused industry, I assumed project focus would hover primarily...
View ArticleBack to Basics
Communication is essential to our work with our clients. Whether its concerning information architecture, design, web standards, or even the brief forays into personal matters that help to cement...
View ArticleBack to Basics
Communication is essential to our work with our clients. Whether its concerning information architecture, design, web standards, or even the brief forays into personal matters that help to cement...
View ArticleGet schooled - Schoolyard's hiring
Platform Developer (a.k.a. 'the Geek')Schoolyard is seeking a motivated, curious and capable Geek to help install, integrate, and deploy our Drupal-based platform for our new client sites, plus help us...
View Article25 Responsive Design Sites and counting
Fifteen months ago Schoolyard launched it’s first responsive design website, and last week we launched responsive website number twenty-five. We wrote the following blog upon launching the first, and...
View ArticleNewschoolyard is not a SISsy
Two recent conversations with prospective clients have brought the Student Information System (SIS) topic to the fore. For the record, Newschoolyard is not actively developing data bridges, API tools,...
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