APA CIO's Blog: Keeping IT real... : IT

Taking business meetings online...

William Bruce — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:04:00 GMT

This week we procurred licenses for Microsoft LiveMeeting Professional. This is an online meeting system that will allow the APA to host meetings over the Internet. Presenters will be able to share meeting materials such as files from Word, Excel, PowerPoint...(read more)

MacAttack at Microsoft's TechMentor and VSLive events...

William Bruce — Mon, 12 May 2008 15:16:00 GMT

Among the many regular events that I find myself attending are Microsoft's TechMentor and Visual Studio conferences. These are usually held in wonderfully tropical cities where you can be cruelly trapped in windowless conference rooms for hours on...(read more)

What's that? A Mac at the APA?

William Bruce — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:28:00 GMT

Yes, it is true. I have been using a Mac for a couple months now. Those of you who know me well enough will be familiar with my long held disdain for many Apple products, but over the past year, I have been (finally) won over. I started with the iPhone...(read more)

The quest for DB websites: SharePoint, Joomla and LAMP...

William Bruce — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:59:00 GMT

For well over a year we’ve been working on finding ways to help our district branches with website hosting. Initially, we sought out to develop a lightweight content management system for smaller branches who have limited or no websites. What we come...(read more)

Psych.org was completely updated this week...

William Bruce — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 03:59:00 GMT

After nearly fifteen months of planning and development, the joint project between Information Technology and the Office of Communications and Public Affairs is finally out of the box. The APA now has a new website and for the first time in its history...(read more)

www.psych.org is getting a much needed update...

William Bruce — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:11:00 GMT

We have been working hard over the past year on updating our primary website. Many have noted the site's various shortcomings and we have gone to great lengths to provide a fresh image and new features to the website. From the Office of Communications...(read more)