For a number of months now Tyndale University College & Seminary has placed number one on a Google search of the word “Tyndale” – actually we place number one and two – the number one spot is what I am really excited about.

In the number one spot is our main site with a list of sub sections to our site. Our Library takes the number two spot followed closely by tyndale.com – the web site for Tyndale House Publishers. Fourth spot is taken with the Wikipedia article about William Tyndale – the person our school was named after.

We have worked hard to accomplish this goal and are very pleased with the results. Here are some of the things (in no particular order) I think have contributed to this success.

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Tyndale University College & Seminary invites fully qualified male and female candidates to apply for the following positions:

SIST Application Developer

Reporting to the Director of ITS, this computer programming position is a member of the Strategic Information Systems Team (SIST) and will develop, automate, and assist in the refining and maintaining business processes by providing application services for internal and external constituents.

For more information on these positions and on the application procedure, please visit: Tyndale’s Employment Webpage

Facebook is quickly becoming the social networking site of choice by many Internet users. It has been around for quite some time but has been gaining momentum in the last year. Many who were spending countless hours on MySpace or other similar social networks seem to be migrating over to the Facebook phenomenon – or at least using multiple sites.

One of the reasons is Facebook’s clean interface and ease-of-use. The navigation is simple and straight forward – it is easy to find out what’s up with your friends. It seems to be built with the end-user in mind. As a web developer who thinks about these things daily, I find Facebook a real treat.

Sometime between when I went to bed last night and when I woke up again this morning Facebook launched their “new look”! – it is a lot more than just a new look – there are some changes in navigation – your inbox – and how networks are managed. You can get the whole scoop at the Facebook blog here.

Here are the highlights… » Continue reading “A Facelift for Facebook”