Sabrina Dent: Freelance web designer, developer and internet marketer living in Cork, Ireland with one dog and a husband in no particular order.
Site Launch: Mindhives.com
Another joint project from Katherine Nolan and I, Mindhives.com is an online learning community where you can find and list lessons on anything from tennis to guitar, blogging to solving a Rubix cube, all across Ireland. While the Mindhives gang is working with professional associations up and down the country to get their formally recognised instructors listed, I like this site because it surfaces informal knowledge – anyone can list a lesson (including you!)
If you take a basic skill like learning to knit, traditionally you were taught across generations by your close family circle. The world doesn’t so much work that way any more, and there are tons of things I want to know how to do you may be able to teach me, from container gardening to makeup application to driving. I like the ability to list and market lessons to make money, but mostly I like the idea of learning from my neighbours and meeting new people this way.
Site is a mashup of off-the-shelf directory software plus WordPress and BuddyPress. Soft launched a few weeks ago, it was long-listed for the Irish Web Awards in Best New Web App and was already covered in the Irish Times!
29 Nov 2010
| In: Design + Portfolio | Tags:buddypress, Design, development, wordpress
