Athens Soundies is a site devoted to DIY music videos from musicians in our fair city. The design was done by Andrew Parker over at Signal 7, and Boxkite Media coded the content management system that allows new videos to be added, organized, and viewed by people who love music.

Go make some video!

The Athens-Clarke County Stormwater Department needed a mapping system to track incidents of dumping and flooding, as well as stream quality data. They also needed an interactive way for people to learn about watersheds, runoff, water pollution. We built a system that allows citizens to report dumping and flooding directly on the map. We also built a media room, including audio and video podcasting, an events calendar, a news blog, photo galleries, and a very cool Turtle Girl (designed by Leslie Dallion).

The system uses a combination of Flash for the mapping functions and graphical interface, but the user input is done through AJAX popovers so that all forms, calendars, and blog entries are accessible. There is text navigation, so that someone with a disability can do nearly everything the site is designed to do without using the Flash interface, but we didn't have to develop two separate systems.

The Fanning Institute is a unit of Public Service and Outreach at the University of Georgia. Our first major University site, the Fanning Institute site is a redevelopment of their web presence from the ground up. Using the Spool, Fanning Institute Faculty and staff now have control over faculty profiles, classes and event registration, conference planning, and project management. It also includes a group blogging system.

For years, Athenians had to watch what they said in public to avoid ending up on Overheard in Athens. Now, you have to worry about how you look. Overseen in Athens allows user to submit photos from around Athens. We're betting that they won't be architectural shots.

After much planning, scheming, and coding, the Athens PopFest 2008 website is live to the world. Now in its fifth year, the Athens PopFest has proven to be both a facilitator of and catalyst for a renewed international community spirit among discerning rock and pop fans. Boxkite Media, through its outlets Athens Exchange and Overheard in Athens, has been a sponsor of the festival for four years. This year we built them a shiny new website, including a version of the Spool designed to manage information for the festival including calendars, band profiles, mailing lists, ticket sales, and discussion forums. This doesn't make us rock stars, but it sure does feel like it. After all, we're with the band.