We just launched threeintentions.com, a web site that will build a community around the idea of the mind / body / spirit connection. The site provides related resources and represents teachers working in the field.

Three Intentions is organized by Brooke Warner, based in Berkeley, who Bad Feather and I worked with closely from conception and initial sketches, to branding and site mocks, to execution in WordPress. The site provides profile information, a blog platform, and event organization for Brooke and the Three Intentions teachers, whose numbers will be growing as the site gains traction.

Take a break from your daily grind to stop by threeintentions.com, and be sure to let Brooke know that Dtek and Bad Feather sent you.

It’s already the 11th, but happy 2010! The new year is an obvious opportunity to reflect on what’s passed, and plan for the future. Truthfully, though, an exciting period of review and growth started a few months ago for Dtek.

With new partnerships underway, forward-thinking new projects in development, and a whole slew of adjustments in my personal life the winds of change have been blowing for a while now.

First off, Dtek’s rates hadn’t changed since 2007, so our hourly rate has now increased, and our time will now be billed in increments of 1/2 hour. (Okay, so in addition to the more imaginative changes are the less romantic ones ) Existing maintenance retainers will of course honor the quoted rate. Please inquire any time for details, or to get a quote for your next project.

We’re also overdue to overhaul this web site. (We’ve spoken with many of you already about our cobbler’s shoes!) The current incarnation of dtek.net went live way back in (gasp) 2005! It’s been modified and updated in a piecemeal way since then, and has generally served us well, but look for a shiny new version of the site this year that better represents Dtek as a company.

And many other changes are percolating…

What hasn’t changed is our commitment to provide high quality web development services for independent and progressive organizers, entrepreneurs, educators and artists. We’re grateful as always to be able to work with such inspiring folks.

Here’s to a healthy and productive year!

Digital School Solutions is a new child company of long-time Dtek client Aussie, focused specifically on the technological side of Aussie’s broader school professional development mission. According to DSS: “Digital School Solutions is committed to helping schools and districts re-think teaching and learning to transform themselves into vibrant 21st century learning communities.”

Just before the winter break, we helped DSS launch their new Drupal-powered web site. Under the hood, the site is very similar to Aussie’s site, functioning essentially as a Drupal multi-site (technical challenges of multi-sites with SSL using cPanel to be written up in a future blog post!).

Like Aussie’s site, the DSS site features the custom paid event registration system we helped Growing Venture Solutions develop, as well as audio and video content, blogging, fine-tuned user management, and all of Drupal’s standard content management goodness.

On the front-end, the DSS site was designed to match Aussie’s site, with the DSS logo and a modified color scheme. The front page sports a jQuery-based slideshow, editable by site administrators, rather than the Flash movie used on Aussie’s site. Numerous theme improvements and further Drupal 6 optimizations were made in the process.

Visit the new DSS site at digitalschoolsolutions.com, and stay tuned for more DSS and Aussie news.