RaptorSync (pronounced Raptors Inc) is a fictitious company created for the purposes of a term project for my Project Management class.

We were tasked to form a Request For Proposal (RFP) Response for a hospital file tracking system.  The project insinuated a preference to adopt Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) and to establish the foundation for implementing a completely digital file system.

Through the term our company–RaptorSync–grew a personality–complete with history of success in bar-coding, a logo, an executive board, and other weird facts.  To cap it off, I created this imitation Wikipedia page for the company: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/raptorsync. In under an hour I created this “external” resource that really set the tone introducing our company and presentation.  This was quicker than building a real website and equally effective.

Here is an archive of my first 5 websites. As you look through them, you will notice serious progress from one version to the next–I think so at least. My goals are always to build a fun and interesting website and I think that’s representative of what you see.

Version 1

This site was built for the CIS Computers and Applications course. It looks bad, but I got full credit for it. Check out the awesome rollover buttons–that was extra credit…

Version 2

This site was innovative in how the site navigation worked. On top of a few different pages, there were “tours” that users would walk through and be presented with information I wanted them to see–think of it as a glorified PowerPoint. Though, the design is bad, it has a pretty cool photo gallery in one of the tours.

Version 3

This was the first wordpress implementation that I attempted; it was kind of a disaster. I was trying to do some advanced things that I was not ready for; such as, using posts as news feeds, using a sidebar that picked a random post containing a quote, and using posts to operate the picture of the week. Most of these features actually worked, but I never worked out some of the details–how I wanted the different templates to work.

Version 4

This was a transitional site. Even before I started building it, I had Version 5 in mind–think of it as a “vista”. I had my heart set on building a wordpress theme, but I needed to put something presentable up on my URL. I was trying out some of those web 2.0 design concepts–I think I did it wrong…

Version 5

This is what you are looking at now. As mentioned before, I wanted to balance professionalism with personality. Ideally, this is a site can be used for two purposes: (1) I can share it with potential employers via business cards and my resume to add value to my application, and alternatively (2) I can share my knowledge and contribute to the internet.