there’s a new website in town, but not here

i may be biased, but one of the nicest new websites in town is EdWorks‘ brand new website. it’s pretty (c) sharp – which is my form of geek humor – insinuating that is it C# based (i have the inside track, yo). the company does some amazing work in education reform and will be a big player in the national education reform market in the coming years. their level of experience is also pretty magnificent, they have an amazing knowledge base, and their team consists of some really spectacular people who are leading the charge. i might know some of the people involved with making the site come to life (hint: me) and hope that you enjoy it – and please contact them if you need some assistance or know someone who is looking to help make public education better.

upgrade: i like the new ebay homepage

i haven’t read much about this, but maybe the bloggers i read aren’t checking out ebay as much as i am. they just launched a new homepage (or i just got it), but i like it quite a bit more than the previous version. first and foremost, they give me a login link smack dab in the middle of the page. perfect, i’m always going straight to my ebay anyway and now can get there quicker.

second, once i sign in, i can see items which i’m watching, and it indicates how many are ending today. i also get a view of what i’ve looked at recently. very nice – amazon-like. maybe i really need to get back to that vintage storm shadow figure i was just looking at. it also displays what you’re selling and notifications on separate tabs, very nice and super convenient.

also, i’m really happy that they added a list of their “family members.” i’ve read about all of their acquisitions at some point, but really don’t remember those types of things off the top of my head. i think it’s a really good move on their part to add this listing to make others who don’t read about every web company acquisition aware. ebay is pretty highly trusted, i think, and this can only shed a positive light on the other companies.

i’m sure there are other great features – and i did notice that they cleaned things up a bit, used a larger font and just made the overall experience a little more web two-point-oh like. there’s plenty on the homepage which i’m sure i will almost always ignore, but i be those things work well for some folks as well. i give it a thumbs up and hope they continue to make upgrades like this.