We’ve just advertised a web applications developer post at Edge Hill University. Alison has given a good insight into what we’re doing, where we’re going and why you might want to work here on the Web Services blog so go check that out.
On the off chance that anyone actually reads this and is looking for work in the Web Communications field, there’s a job currently being advertised at Edge Hill for Web Communications Project Manager. Deadline is 25th May so get your skates on. More details on the Web Services blog.
My life outside work is managed by Google Calendar. In fact, I’d prefer if my life in work was managed by Google Calendar as well because GroupWise calendar sucks. I have several different calendars to manage different types of event - Explorers, Birthdays, General etc - but only your primary calendar gets notifications. Until today that is. So imagine my excitement when an announcement came through in Google Reader saying that they’ve introduced SMS and email notifications on secondary and subscribed calendars!
So I logged on to take a look and couldn’t find anything. Went to the Google Calendar Group and started reading some threads but the instructions didn’t seem to work for me. Then I read this. I know I’ve been banging on about “Release Early, Release Often“, but come on, sort it out Google! And while you’re at it, please stop sending me day SMS notifications at 4:30am, and sort out synchronisation with mobile phones, and add to do lists, and…
Web services have finally got a blog! Well, they’ve had one before but this time it’s going to get maintained and looked after with a bit of TLC 
It’s a team blog so friends of mine, please bare that in mind before posting comments! I’ll be posting about all sorts of work related developments and technologies and I’ll reference the more interesting ones from here too.
Just launched our latest site at Edge Hill - “Hi” - to the world. Uses symfony with plugins for both Wordpress and bbPress to integrate them into the main site. It’s designed for applicants to Edge Hill to find out what University is really like through forums and blogs from real life students.
12 registered users and counting