eteamz - the blog : 2006 : September : 14

A Shout Out

Posted by Ericha_eteamz Sep 14, 2006

Once every so often, throughout the fleeting passage of history, certain individuals and teams accomplish awe-inspiring feats which demand recognition; the Romans and their system of aqueducts, Sir Isaac Newton and his theory of universal gravitation, Jack Kilby's integrated circuit. Today I speak, of course, about our own resident eteamz football titans: the Byrnes Rebels and the John Curtis Patriots.

USA Today regularly publishes a rankings list compiled by Christopher Lawlor based on a school's strength of schedule, the level of competition in the state, and the quality of the athletes. This round, the Byrnes Rebels in Duncan, South Carolina secured the #2 spot, while the John Curtis Patriots in River Ridge, Louisiana clawed their way to #13. With a national population of approximately 17 million high school age kids (according to 2004 Census data), this is truly an impressive accomplishment.

Byrnes Rebels

John Curtis Patriots

USA Today Top 25 Article

All of us over here at eteamz are incredibly proud of your accomplishments. Keep on keepin' on and good luck with the rest of the season! If your team is also a top contender, let me know! Please email me with your team's URL at eric.damassa@active.com.

-*Eric*
"Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence." -George F. WIll

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Greetings from the Development Team

Posted by Ericha_eteamz Sep 14, 2006

You already got a big welcome from David so I'll just cut to the chase! My name's Rob Cameron and I'm the Lead Developer for eteamz. Since coming aboard in June of this year I've been amazed by the dedication and support of those that work on eteamz. I'm proud to join them and will do my best to make the site a more enjoyable experience for you and your teams!

What have I been working on? My first major project for eteamz was snazzing up the Snapshotz area, adding a submission form, and creating a new backend tool for our customer service folks to sort through all of your photos and choose a winner each month. You'll never get to use this tool yourselves, but I included a screenshot of it below. Next was the new Shutterfly features that I'm sure you're all enjoying. Currently I'm working on re-coding the home page, simplifying the registration process, and thinking about tweaks to the administration screens to help streamline the process of configuring and managing your site.

submission form Snapshotz Admin

A little bit about my background ... I've been designing web pages since 1996 and working with dynamic, database-driven websites since 2000. My main interests are user interface design and usability -- making sure you guys can use the site and that it has enough features so that you can get your job done, but not so many that it's overwhelming. My personal site is ridingtheclutch.com -- it's got some of my photographs and snippets about stuff I'm working on. I know, it hasn't been updated in quite a while, I need to get back to it! For more of my photography, check out my Flickr account. I've also got several side projects going on at any given time -- Cube6Media, ColdFusion on Wheels, HadronForge, SuddenViolence.com...the list goes on.

All right, I should get back to work. I'll do my best to give you a sneak peek at what's going on behind the scenes from a technical standpoint, without using phrases like "database replication" or "query optimization." I feel like we're about to enter eteamz' Golden Age and we want you along for the ride!

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Welcome to the eteamz Blog

Posted by David Schwartz Sep 14, 2006

First of all, let me welcome you to the new eteamz blog! Let???s get right to the most important question ??? what is this? This blog is going to be your window into the inner workings of eteamz and the people that make it go. Not only will you learn a little bit about who we are, but you???ll hear and see some of the things we???re all working on.

I'm David Schwartz, Product Manager for eteamz. I???m responsible for keeping track of all the things that are going on with eteamz and figuring out what comes next. I???ll be using this blog to give you a peek at what???s coming down the line, maybe ask for feedback and opinions, and just generally share some thoughts about how things are going.

We'll continue to use the eteamz support boards to post critical information, but we want this to become your home for information about what's going on with eteamz. Support questions will continue to be addressed on those boards, through the message center and via email.

Alright then, let the games begin...

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