“Even if we got nuked, your data would still be safe.”
Brian Schlect, Implementation Crew, to someone wondering about how thoroughly Populi backs up college data.
That’s one way to put it, Brian.
Populi Blog
Archive for July, 2009
Customer Support Comment of the Day
Thursday, July 30th, 2009The Small College & The Hosted SIS
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009How Visible School got more for its students, more for its staff, and more for its buck by going with Populi
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Shane Flynn had his hands full. As the IT Director for Visible School, a music and worship arts college with just under 100 students located in Memphis, Tennessee, his duties were aptly summed up in the oft-uttered phrase, “If it has wires, give it to Shane.” Computers, servers, internet connections, the college website—even the copy machine—all fell under Flynn’s purview. But in addition to managing the college’s hardware and recording technology needs—a considerable workload at a music college—he had to oversee multiple home-grown student information systems.
“It was like a huge anvil sitting on my shoulders,” said Flynn. (more…)
Apps We Use
Wednesday, July 29th, 200937 Signals produces great web apps with simple, elegant designs. We use their Highrise contact manager, and their Ta-Da Lists are as good as free, online to-do lists get (Populi’s already great at contacts, and we’re incorporating To-Do’s in our next major release).
Freshbooks is an online invoicing application that promises “painless billing.” Our billing man, Mark Ackerman, testifies that Freshbooks (more…)
Welcome to our new website!
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009Not to mention our new blog, too…
We trust you’ll find the redesigned www.populiweb.com to be more informative, usable, and easier on the eyes than our previous website. If you haven’t already poked around the site, here’s a fast overview:
Populi’s big-picture lives in the About section. “We’re here to solve a problem,” we begin, and then we tell you, well, how Populi solves it. You’ll also find a brief corporate history.
You’ll find a lot of meat in the Tour section, which describes Populi’s approach and features, in addition to screenshots.
Of equal interest, probably, is our Pricing page, in which we tell you exactly what we charge—which, incidentally, is $200 a month plus $7 per student—without having us contact you with a sales pitch.
Contact lets you know how to get a hold of us, as a company and individually, and lets you sign up for a demo and/or the newsletter.
And, of course, this here Blog, which you’re reading. The Populi Blog will cover, of course, Populi—software updates, more about our company and people, support, other announcements—as well as software in general, the web in particular, higher education (especially small colleges), and some things of general interest. We intend to update it once or twice a week—and maybe more frequently, as time permits.
Thanks for checking in with us!
